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With a high-pitched whine and high-strung personality, Estelle Parsons detailed her performance as Blanche Barrow in Arthur Penn’s Bonnie and Clyde with equal parts theatrics and nuance, garnering an Oscar for her film breakthrough. Born on this day in 1927, Parsons has dabbled in the fields of law, journalism and teaching along with her numerous credits in theater and film, among which are roles in Paul Newman’s Rachel, Rachel, Howard Morris’ Don’t Drink the Water and Gilbert Cates’ I Never Sang For My Father.
Filmstar Factoid: Though Parsons is well known for her work in theater and film, she’s best known to younger generations of viewers for her mid-1990s performance as Bev Harris on “Roseanne.”
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