Leading lady of 1950s
Eleanor Parker
Parker dies at age 91 s who played baroness in 'Sound of Music,' dies at 91
LOS ANGELES — Eleanor Parker, a versatile leading lady of the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s who earned three Oscar nominations — none of which were for her best-known role as the baroness in “The Sound of Music” — died Monday in Palm Springs of complications of pneumonia. She was 91.
Parker brought a coolness, reserve and elegance to her portrayal of the baroness who is determined to marry the captain played by Christopher Plummer, only to lose him to his children’s governess, Maria, played by Julie Andrews.
She earned Oscar nominations for the 1950 melodrama “Caged,” in 1951 for “Detective Story,” and for the 1955 feature “Interrupted Melody.”
By The Associated Press
