By 1946 she had starred in Between Two Worlds[?], Hollywood Canteen[?], Pride of the Marines[?] and Of Human Bondage[?]. In 1950 she received the first of three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, for Caged, in which she played a prison inmate.
Parker never became a big name in Hollywood, despite numerous movies and Oscar nominations. In 1967 she starred in the television series Bracken's World[?], and then in several made-for-television movies.
She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6340 Hollywood Blvd.
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