Webeleanor parker, a film actress known for her versatility and wide variety of portrayals, died dec. 9 at a medical facility near her home in palm springs. Webeleanor parker, who received three academy award nominations, including for her inspired portrayal of soprano marjorie lawrence in the 1955 film “interrupted. Webeleanor parker, an actress of patrician beauty nicknamed “the woman of a thousand faces” for the range of parts she played, from a terrified prisoner in “caged” to. The sound of music. Eleanor jean parker was born on june 26, 1922, in cedarville, ohio, the last of three children born to a mathematics teacher and. Webeleanor parker was an actress of patrician beauty nicknamed the woman of a thousand faces for the range of parts she played, from a terrified prisoner in caged to.