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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 20, 1927
Place of Birth
Lynn, Massachusetts, USA
Estelle Parsons
1.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American theatre, film and television actress and occasional theatrical director. After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program Today and made her stage debut in 1961. During the 1960s, Parsons established her career on Broadway before progressing to film. She received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and was also nominated for her work in Rachel, Rachel (1968). Parsons worked extensively in film and theatre during the 1970s and later directed several Broadway productions. More recently her television work included a role in the sitcom Roseanne. Nominated on four occasions for a Tony Award, in 2004 Parsons was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article Estelle Parsons, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
0.0
Self
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
2022
0.0
Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
2021
6.1
Mary
Diane
2019
7.0
Beverly Harris
The Conners
2018
10.0
Self
Broadway: The Next Generation
2017
7.7
Babe
Grace and Frankie
2015
1.0
Self
She's The Best Thing in It
2015
6.2
Self
Wilde Salomé
2013
0.0
Herself
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
2011
7.6
Nana Joe
The Good Wife
2009
Credits
Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg
as Self
2022
0.0
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age
as Self
2021
0.0
Diane
as Mary
2019
6.1
The Conners
as Beverly Harris
2018
7.0
Broadway: The Next Generation
as Self
2017
10.0
Grace and Frankie
as Babe
2015
7.7
She's The Best Thing in It
as Self
2015
1.0
Wilde Salomé
as Self
2013
6.2
Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter
as Herself
2011
0.0
The Good Wife
as Nana Joe
2009
7.6
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
as Self
2008
4.6
Empire Falls
as Bea
2005
6.5
100 Centre Street
as Esther O'Neill
2001
7.7
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Rose Rinato
1999
7.9
Freak City
as Mrs. Stanapolous
1999
5.0
The Love Letter
as Beatrice Corrigan
1998
6.5
That Darn Cat
as Old Lady McCracken
1997
5.0
Looking for Richard
as Margaret
1996
6.8
Boys on the Side
as Louise
1995
6.4
Touched by an Angel
as Jennette Fisher
1994
7.2
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
7.5
Frasier
as Opal
1993
7.7
Frasier
as Celeste's Mother (voice)
1993
7.7
The American Clock
1993
5.4
A Private Matter
as Mary Chessen
1992
4.8
Dick Tracy
as Mrs. Trueheart
1990
6.1
The Lemon Sisters
as Mrs. Kupchak
1989
4.6
Roseanne
as Beverly Harris
1988
6.8
Open Admissions
as Clare Block
1988
1.0
Come Along with Me
as Mabel Lederer / Angela Motorman
1982
6.0
American Playhouse
as Mabel Lederer /Angela Motorman
1982
6.2
The Gentleman Bandit
as Marjorie Seebode
1981
4.8
Guests of the Nation
as Kate O'Connell
1981
0.0
Backstairs at the White House
as Bess Truman
1979
5.9
The Tenth Level
as Crossland
1976
5.1
🎬
NBC Special Treat
as Edwina Kemp
1975
0.0
The UFO Incident
as Betty Hill
1975
6.7
Fore Play
as First Lady / Barmaid
1975
3.0
For Pete's Sake
as Helen Robbins
1974
5.6
The Gun and the Pulpit
as Sadie Underwood
1974
5.9
June Moon
as Lucille
1974
0.0
Terror on the Beach
as Arlene Glynn
1973
4.6
Two People
as Barbara Newman
1973
3.8
Great Performances
as Agnes
1971
5.8
Great Performances
as Lucille
1971
5.8
A Memory of Two Mondays
as Agnes
1971
0.0
All in the Family
as Blanche Hefner
1971
7.8
All in the Family
as Dolores Mancheney Fencel
1971
7.8
I Walk the Line
as Ellen Haney
1970
5.7
I Never Sang for My Father
as Alice
1970
6.5
Watermelon Man
as Althea Janine Gerber
1970
6.3
Don't Drink the Water
as Marion Hollander
1969
5.0
Love, American Style
as Bernice
1969
6.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
Rachel, Rachel
as Calla Mackie
1968
6.5
Bonnie and Clyde
as Blanche
1967
7.5
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
6.8
Ladybug Ladybug
as JoAnn's Mother
1963
6.7
The Patty Duke Show
1963
5.6
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
The Defenders
as Mrs. Martin
1961
5.9
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1958
4.7
Tony Awards
as Self - Nominee
1956
5.9
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Beatrice Corrigan
1951
8.6