Estelle Parsons

Actor Nov 20 (age 98) Lynn, Massachusetts, USA 1951–2022 (71 year career)

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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 he…

Known For

Film

Bonnie and Clyde

Blanche

Film

Dick Tracy

Mrs. Trueheart

Film

Boys on the Side

Louise

Film

Looking for Richard

Margaret

Film

Rachel, Rachel

Calla Mackie

Film

Empire Falls

Bea

Film

Watermelon Man

Althea Janine Gerber

Film

I Never Sang for My Father

Alice

Filmography

Acting (63)

Movies (37)

Romantic Mysticism: The Music of Billy Goldenberg

2022

as Self

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Diane

2019

as Mary

6.1

Broadway: The Next Generation

2017

as Self

She's The Best Thing in It

as Self

Wilde Salomé

as Self

Strange Septembers: The Hill Abduction & the Exeter Encounter

2011

as Herself

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

as Self

Freak City

as Mrs. Stanapolous

The Love Letter

as Beatrice Corrigan

That Darn Cat

as Old Lady McCracken

Looking for Richard

as Margaret

Boys on the Side

as Louise

The American Clock

A Private Matter

as Mary Chessen

Dick Tracy

as Mrs. Trueheart

The Lemon Sisters

as Mrs. Kupchak

Open Admissions

as Clare Block

Come Along with Me

as Mabel Lederer / Angela Motorman

The Gentleman Bandit

as Marjorie Seebode

Guests of the Nation

as Kate O'Connell

The Tenth Level

as Crossland

The UFO Incident

as Betty Hill

Fore Play

as First Lady / Barmaid

3.0

June Moon

1974

as Lucille

For Pete's Sake

1974

as Helen Robbins

5.6

The Gun and the Pulpit

as Sadie Underwood

Two People

as Barbara Newman

Terror on the Beach

as Arlene Glynn

A Memory of Two Mondays

1971

as Agnes

I Walk the Line

1970

as Ellen Haney

5.7

I Never Sang for My Father

1970

as Alice

6.6

Watermelon Man

1970

as Althea Janine Gerber

6.3

Don't Drink the Water

as Marion Hollander

Rachel, Rachel

as Calla Mackie

Bonnie and Clyde

as Blanche

Ladybug Ladybug

as JoAnn's Mother

Television (26)

The Conners

as Beverly Harris

Grace and Frankie

as Babe

The Good Wife

as Nana Joe

Empire Falls

as Bea

100 Centre Street

as Esther O'Neill

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Rose Rinato

Touched by an Angel

as Jennette Fisher

Inside the Actors Studio

1994

as Self

7.5

Frasier

1993

as Celeste's Mother (voice)

Roseanne

as Beverly Harris

American Playhouse

as Mabel Lederer /Angela Motorman

6.4

Backstairs at the White House

1979

as Bess Truman

5.9

NBC Special Treat

1975

as Edwina Kemp

Great Performances

1971

as Agnes

5.8

All in the Family

1971

as Dolores Mancheney Fencel

Love, American Style

as Bernice

Medical Center

The Trials of O'Brien

The Patty Duke Show

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as Mrs. Martin

Kraft Music Hall

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

Tony Awards

as Self - Nominee

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Beatrice Corrigan

8.6