《音乐之声》女演员埃琳诺·帕克逝世

    Eleanor Parker, who was nominated for Academy Awards three times for her portrayals of strong-willed women and played a scheming* baroness* in “The Sound of Music,” has died at 91.

    Family friend Richard Gale said Parker died on Monday morning due to complications from pneumonia*. “She passed away peacefully, surrounded by her children at a medical facility near her home in Palm Springs,” Gale added.

    Parker was nominated for Oscars in 1950, 1951 and 1955, but then saw her career begin to wane* in the early 1960s. Her last memorable role came in 1965’s “The Sound of Music,” in which she played the scheming baroness who loses Christopher Plummer to Julie Andrews.

    “Eleanor Parker was and is one of the most beautiful ladies I have ever known,” said Plummer in a statement. “Both as a person and as a beauty. I hardly believe the sad news for I was sure she was enchanted and would live forever.”

    Her other notable films included “The Man With the Golden Arm” and “A Hole in the Head” (both opposite Frank Sinatra) and “The King and Four Queens” with Clark Gable.

    (SD-Agencies)