Barbara Parkins Biography (1942-)

Born May 22, 1942, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; mother, a pianistat a dance studio; married, late 1970s (marriage ended); children: Christina.

Nationality: Canadian
Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: May 22, 1942; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
Betty Anderson Harrington Cord Harrington, Peyton Place, ABC, 1964-69
Multiple roles, Scene of the Crime (also known as L'heure du crime), CBS, 1991-94
Miniseries
Leonie Jerome, "Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill," Great Performances, PBS, 1974
Martinique, Captains and the Kings, NBC, 1976
Marjorie Ferrier and Hilda Eaton, Testimony of Two Men, syndicated, 1977
Charlotte Kent, The Manions of America, ABC, 1981
Movies
Susan Wilcox, A Taste of Evil, ABC, 1971
Barbara Maxvill, Snatched, ABC, 1973
Vanessa Hunt, Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy, ABC, 1977
Anna Held, Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women, NBC, 1978
Cleo Banks, Calendar Girl Murders (also known as Insatiableand Victimized), ABC, 1984
Duchess of Windsor, To Catch a King, HBO, 1984
Betty Anderson Harrington Cord Harrington, Peyton Place: The Next Generation, NBC, 1985
Ellen Cartwright, Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun, NBC,1986
Annie Laurie Williams, Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story(also known as Jacqueline Susann, la scandaleuse), USA Network, 1998
Specials
Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls, 1968
Peyton Place Revisited, 1973
NBC team member, Battle of the Network Stars, ABC, 1976
Episodic
Betty, "We're Holding Your Son," General Electric Theater, CBS, 1961
Eve, "The Mark Miner Story," Wagon Train, NBC, 1961
Judy, "No Time for Babysitters," Leave It to Beaver, ABC, 1961
Ruth, "A Friendly Tribe," General Electric Theater, CBS, 1961
Sue Wiley, "Shadow of the Past," The Tall Man, NBC, 1961
"The Lily Dallas Story," The Untouchables, ABC, 1961
Annie, "The Soul Killer," Dr. Kildare, NBC, 1962

Bobbie, "Coincidence," My Three Sons, ABC, 1962
Paula Durham, "The Case of the Unsuitable Uncle," Perry Mason, CBS, 1962
Sharon Crosley, "Our Ernie Kills People," The Wide Country, NBC, 1962
Marilee Bishop, "The Wedding Party," Laramie, NBC, 1963
Guest, The Mike Douglas Show, syndicated, 1968
Guest, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, NBC, 1970, 1976
Kim, "The Devil Leopard," Born Free, NBC, 1974
"All the Young Girls," Gibbsville, NBC, 1976
Lani, "Aloha, You're Dead: Parts 1 & 2," Vega$, ABC, 1980
Lorna Hendricks, "The Love Doctor/Pleasure Palace/Possessed," FantasyIsland, ABC, 1980
Eileen Weston, "Faith, Hope, and Charity," Hotel, ABC, 1983
"Only the Good Die Young/The Light of Another Day/Honey Beats the Odds,"The Love Boat, ABC, 1984
Guest, Hour Magazine, syndicated, 1985
Guest, Today (also known as NBC News Today and The TodayShow), NBC, 1985
Candace Morgan, "But Not for Me," Jake and the Fatman, CBS, 1988
Kay Weber, "The Error of Her Ways," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1989
Lucy Wanamaker, "Forget Selma," Picket Fences, CBS, 1996
Voice of mother box, "Apokolips Now: Parts 1 & 2," The New BatmanSuperman Adventures (animated), The WB, 1998
Herself, Intimate Portrait: Jacqueline Susann, Lifetime, 1999
Guest, The View, ABC, 2000
Herself, "Valley of the Dolls," Backstory, American Movie Classics, 2001
Herself, "Sharon Tate: Murdered Innocence," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 2002
Pilots
Eileen, "The New House," Ghost Story (also known as Circle of Fear), NBC, 1972
Jane Adams, Law of the Land (also known as The Deputies), NBC, 1976
Angela Adams, The Critical List, NBC, 1978
Dr. Margaret Houghton, Uncommon Valor, CBS, 1983
Film Appearances
High school girl, 20,000 Eyes, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961
Anne Welles, Valley of the Dolls, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
Herself, Think Twentieth (documentary short film), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
Herself, Wedding of the Doll (documentary), British Movietonews, 1968
B. A., The Kremlin Letter, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1970
Maggie, Puppet on a Chain, Cinerama Releasing, 1970
Cynthia, La maison sous les arbres (also known as The Deadly Trap, Death Scream, The House under the Trees, and Unico indizio: Una sciarpa gialla), National General, 1971
Roxanne Delancey, The Mephisto Waltz, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1971
Bonnie, Asylum (also known as House of Crazies), Cinerama Releasing, 1972
Christina Brice (title role)/Kay, Christina, International Amusements Corporation, 1974
Rosa O'Flynn/Oldsmith, Shout at the Devil, American InternationalPictures, 1976
Judith Rubin, Bear Island (also known as Alistair MacLean's Bear Island), Taft International Pictures, 1980
Jackie Wyatt, Breakfast in Paris, Roadshow, 1982
Vengeance, Dark Night Films, 1992
1968: The 25th Anniversary, 1993
(In archive footage) Herself, God Part II, 2004
RECORDINGS
Videos
(In archive footage) Barbara Parkins ainda esta em "Peyton Place,"c. 1997

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

Celebrity Sleuth, Volume 4, number 9, 1991, pp. 20-21

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