- Born
- Birth nameEstelle Margaret Parsons
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- The charming, witty, and immeasurably talented Estelle Parsons was born November 20, 1927 in Lynn, Massachusetts, to Elinor and Eben Parsons. She attended the Oak Grove School for Girls in Maine, and later graduated from Connecticut College in 1949. She worked as a singer with a band before she became the first Women's Editor on Today (1952). She left the program in 1955. her claim to fame was her Oscar-winning performance as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). The following year, she garnered an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Rachel, Rachel (1968). On television, she is best remembered as Beverly Lorraine Harris, Roseanne and Jackie's zany, manipulative and pretentious mother on Roseanne (1988). In 2003, her character was honored with a TV Land Award for Favorite Classic TV In-Law.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tony Vario / edited by Hans Delbruck
- SpousesPeter Lenard Zimroth(January 2, 1983 - November 8, 2021) (his death, 1 child)Richard Gehman(December 18, 1953 - August 1958) (divorced, 2 children)
- ParentsElinor Ingeborg MattsonEben Parsons
- With a background in law, she was hired by Today (1952), becoming the first TV network political news reporter.
- Was a childhood friend of Jack Lemmon.
- Originally studied to be a lawyer.
- Taught acting at Yale and Columbia, among other universities.
- Learned Italian in order to translate the plays of Dario Fo and Franca Rame.
- [on Faye Dunaway] I never met anyone with such a demoniacal drive to succeed as a movie star.
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) - $5,000
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