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Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American stage, film and television actress, Today Show television presenter, and occasional stage 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).
She worked extensively in film and theatre during the 1970s and later directed several Broadway productions. More recently her television work included playing Beverly Harris on the sitcom Roseanne. She has been nominated five times for the Tony Award (four times for Lead Actress of a Play and once for Featured Actress). In 2004, Parsons was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
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Plot: A reimagining of the classic horror tale about Carrie White (Chloë Grace Moretz), a shy girl outcast by her peers and sheltered by her deeply religious mother (Julianne Moore), who unleashes telekinetic terror on her small town after being pushed too far at her senior prom. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King, Carrie is directed by Kimberly Peirce with a screenplay by Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa.
Keywords: 17-year-old, abuse-of-power, adolescence, adolescent-romance, alienation, anger, bad-girl, bad-mother, banging-head-in-wall, based-on-bookOscar winner Estelle Parsons, 87, invites cameras inside her New York City home and shares her weekly workout routine. Find OWN on TV at http://www.oprah.com/FindOWN SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1vqD1PN Their stories made headlines across America. “Oprah: Where Are They Now?” features updates on some of the biggest newsmakers and most memorable “Oprah Show” guests of all time. Find out where they are now, plus see what happened to the biggest newsmakers of all time and how their lives changed after sudden fame and notoriety turned their worlds upside down. Oprah Winfrey Network is the first and only network named for, and inspired by, a single iconic leader. Oprah Winfrey's heart and creative instincts inform the brand -- and the magnetism of the channel. Winfrey provides leadership in p...
Walter Matthau presenting Estelle Parsons with the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in "Bonnie and Clyde" at the 40th Academy Awards® in 1968. Introduced by Bob Hope.
Career Conversations with Estelle Parsons. Moderated by Richard Ridge, Broadway World. ESTELLE PARSONS is most widely known for her Academy Award winning performance in Bonnie and Clyde and her ten years as Mother Bev on the hit sitcom Roseanne. In the theater, she is best known for her portrayal of the tyrannical eighth grade teacher in Roberto Athayde's classic about totalitarian power, Miss Margarida's Way, which she performed on Broadway, all over the United States and in London, Dublin, Turkey and Australia. She has appeared in plays by the great writers of our time, including Edward Albee, Tennessee Williams, Dario Fo, Arthur Miller, Samuel Beckett, Paul Zindel and Horton Foote. Estelle starred in August: Osage County by Tracy Letts on Broadway for a year and on the road for a year...
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Taped: 06/16/2006. Accomplished actress Estelle Parsons discusses her long and multi-faceted career as an actress, from being the first woman to read the news on the "Today Show," to her film career highlighted by her 1968 Oscar for "Bonnie & Clyde", to her working acting and directing in the theatre, where she considers her home to be. Parsons insists on the importance of teaching the classics and dramatic literature. She also argues with intensity that the theatre is the only admirable venue for serious actors. The acclaimed television series 'Women in Theatre' provides a unique look into the lives of some of the gifted women who create and sustain theatre in the United States -- with major directors, designers, actors, lyricists, composers and producers -- conducted by Linda Winer, t...
Actress Estelle Parsons discusses her role in the Tony-winning play "August: Osage County," as well as her remarkable career, which included being the 1st woman on NBC's "Today Show," an Oscar for "Bonnie and Clyde" and a recurring role on "Roseanne." Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New York City viewers additional opportunities to catch each week's show. (Of course, Theater Talk is no stranger to CUNY TV, since the show is taped here each week before its first ai...
See The Full Episode Here: http://www.amazon.com/PROFILES-Featuring-Estelle-Parsons-Entertainment/dp/B00FDW5DSE/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie;=UTF8&qid;=1393358855&sr;=1-3&keywords;=profiles+featuring PROFILES host Mickey Burns interviews film, theatre and television actress Estelle Parsons. In the late 60's Estelle won an Oscar as best supporting actress in "Bonnie and Clyde" which also starred Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway and Gene Hackman. One year later Parsons earned a second Oscar nomination playing a religious fanatic in Paul Newman's "Rachel, Rachel". Estelle Parsons began her show business career in television and holds the distinction of being the first female political reporter on network television when she was hired by "The Today Show" in the 50's. A native of Massachusetts, Estelle P...
Estelle Parsons reads "Everything That Rises Must Converge" by Flannery O'Connor. To purchase other readings from this series, go to http://store.symphonyspace.org/
Estelle Parsons is a veteran of nearly 60 years on stage -- Broadway and off-Broadway, regional theater and smaller, mainstream and experimental, as actor and director. This week she's at the Benedum through Sunday as the ferocious matriarch Violet in the Tony-winning "August: Osage County." She talks with senior theatre critic Chris Rawson.
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Interviewer: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive in the Duke University Libraries: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/dsva/ Diamonstein interviews Parsons concerning her life and acting career.