Barbara Parkins

Acting

Barbara Parkins

Born 1942-05-22 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Barbara Parkins was born in Vancouver British Columbia, Canada in 1942. She is a television and film actress. She is best known on Television as Betty Anderson in "Peyton Place", and in Cinema as Anne Welles in "Valley of the Dolls".

Acting credits

Valley of the Dolls poster
6.0

Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."

Valley of the Dolls

1967

The Mephisto Waltz poster
6.0

A frustrated pianist himself, music journalist Myles Clarkson is thrilled to interview virtuoso Duncan Ely. Duncan, however, is terminally ill and not much interested in Myles until noticing that Myles' hands are ideally suited for piano. Suddenly, he can't get enough of his new friend, and Myles' wife, Paula, becomes suspicious of Duncan's intentions. Her suspicions grow when Duncan dies and Myles mysteriously becomes a virtuoso overnight.

The Mephisto Waltz

1971

Shout at the Devil poster
6.0

During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.

Shout at the Devil

1976

Asylum poster
6.0

A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.

Asylum

1972

The Deadly Trap poster
5.5

Jill's husband has been distant since they moved to Paris. He's pressured at work to engage in illegal activities but he refuses. Soon after, when their children disappear while in Jill's care, her mental health comes into question.

The Deadly Trap

1971

The Kremlin Letter poster
5.9

After an unauthorized letter suggesting U.S. support for a Russian attack on China is sent to Moscow, a former naval officer and his team go undercover to retrieve it. Their plans are disrupted when a cunning politician raids their hideout.

The Kremlin Letter

1970

Calendar Girl Murders poster
4.7

During the launch party of a nude calendar, one of the models is thrown to her death by a black gloved killer. When the killer begins to strike again, going in the order of the calendar itself, a hard nosed cop realizes that he needs to solve the mystery, or risk all of the models ending up in the morgue!

Calendar Girl Murders

1984

Bear Island poster
6.1

A group of people converge on a barren Arctic island. They have their reasons for being there but when a series of mysterious accidents and murders take place, a whole lot of darker motives become apparent. Could the fortune in buried Nazi gold be the key to the mystery? Donald Sutherland and Vanessa Redgrave investigate

Bear Island

1979

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired poster
6.3

Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary director Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

2008

Puppet on a Chain poster
6.0

Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent, Paul Sherman, arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do much about it. With his incognito female fellow agent, Maggie, the American is soon stirring things up.

Puppet on a Chain

1970

No artwork available
NR

Unsold pilot for a television show based on Archie Comics.

Life with Archie

1962

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women poster
7.0

The life and times of the flamboyant showman who built his legendary Follies around beautiful women -- as told by the women in his life.

Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women

1978

Christina poster
7.5

An unemployed engineer accepts a $25,000 bribe to marry a beautiful and mysterious woman so that she can stay in the United States. During their honeymoon, he starts to fall in love with her, but she suddenly disappears. When he tries to find her, it puts his life in danger.

Christina

1974

A Taste of Evil poster
6.1

On her way home from a stay at a mental institution after a traumatic rape, a woman realizes that someone is deliberately trying to drive her insane.

A Taste of Evil

1971

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun poster
7.1

A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

1986

Uncommon Valor poster
NR

The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed by dauntless battalion chief Tom Riordan (Mitchell Ryam), the unit tries to drench a raging conflagration at County General Hospital (a disaster enhanced by some pretty good special effects). They also have to battle the villain of the piece, discreetly described in the original network press release as a "deranged arsonist."

Uncommon Valor

1983

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy poster
NR

The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy

1977

Snatched poster
5.8

The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.

Snatched

1973

To Catch a King poster
7.0

Robert Wagner plays an American who owns a Lisbon nightclub and Teri Garr is a slightly dippy chanteuse who has stumbled across a Nazi plot to kidnap the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, living at the time (1942) in Portugal.

To Catch a King

1984

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill poster
8.0

Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

1974

Law of the Land poster
3.8

A frontier sheriff and his young deputies search for a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes.

Law of the Land

1976

Peyton Place: The Next Generation poster
NR

Another attempt to bring the 1960s primetime serial back to network television

Peyton Place: The Next Generation

1985

Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story poster
3.9

The life of Valley of the Dolls author Jacqueline Susann, filled with frustrations and glamour as she settles to become a best-selling writer after struggling as an actress.

Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story

1998

The Dish on Dolls poster
NR

Stories about the filming of the cult classic, Valley of the Dolls (1967)

The Dish on Dolls

2006