Estelle Parsons
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Estelle Margaret Parsons (born November 20, 1927) is an American theatre, film and television actress and occasional theatrical 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).
Parsons worked extensively in film and theatre during the 1970s and later directed several Broadway productions. More recently her television work included a role in the sitcom Roseanne. Nominated on four occasions for a Tony Award, in 2004 Parsons was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame.
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- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Rose Rinato
- The Good Wife (2009) as Nana Joe
- Frasier (1993) as Opal
- Frasier (1993) as Celeste's Mother (voice)
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- Touched by an Angel (1994) as Jennette Fisher
- Great Performances (1971) as Agnes
- Great Performances (1971) as Lucille
- Love, American Style (1969) as Bernice
- Grace and Frankie (2015) as Babe
- Medical Center (1969)
- The Defenders (1961) as Mrs. Martin
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Conners (2018) as Beverly Harris
- All in the Family (1971) as Blanche Hefner
- All in the Family (1971) as Dolores Mancheney Fencel
- The Patty Duke Show (1963)
- Kraft Music Hall (1958) as Self
- 100 Centre Street (2001) as Esther O'Neill
- Roseanne (1988) as Beverly Harris
- American Playhouse (1982) as Mabel Lederer /Angela Motorman
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) as Blanche
- Dick Tracy (1990) as Mrs. Trueheart