Cecilia Parker

Acting

Cecilia Parker

Born — Died

1914-04-26 — 1993-07-25

Place of birth

Fort William, Ontario, Canada

Known for

Acting

Credits

59 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cecilia Parker (April 26, 1914 – July 25, 1993) was a Canadian-born American film actress. She was best known for portraying Marian Hardy, the sister of Andy Hardy, in eleven of the Andy Hardy series films.

Known for

American Playhouse poster
6.6

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

American Playhouse

1982

Frankenstein poster
7.5

Obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from deceased body parts. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it flees into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc.

Frankenstein

1931

Andy Hardy Comes Home poster
5.0

Andy Hardy, now a grown man with a wife and children, returns to his hometown on a business trip and finds himself getting mixed up in local politics.

Andy Hardy Comes Home

1958

Grand Central Murder poster
5.7

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

Grand Central Murder

1942

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante poster
5.7

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940

Andy Hardy's Double Life poster
5.0

Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for $20 to pay for a bill and he must convince his father not to go with him to college. Worst of all is that Polly wants to make up but her best friend decides to give Andy a test.

Andy Hardy's Double Life

1942

Film credits

1940s · 7 titles

Grand Central Murder poster
5.7

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.

Grand Central Murder

1942

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante poster
5.7

Judge Hardy takes his family to New York City, where Andy quickly falls in love with a socialite. He finds the high society life too expensive, and eventually decides that he liked it better back home.

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante

1940

Andy Hardy's Double Life poster
5.0

Andy is about to head off to college but he's got a few things to take care of before leaving. For starters, he must try and sell his junk car for $20 to pay for a bill and he must convince his father not to go with him to college. Worst of all is that Polly wants to make up but her best friend decides to give Andy a test.

Andy Hardy's Double Life

1942

The Courtship of Andy Hardy poster
6.2

While Judge Hardy handles a couple's divorce, Andy takes a shine to their shy daughter.

The Courtship of Andy Hardy

1942

Seven Sweethearts poster
6.3

Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.

Seven Sweethearts

1942

Hollywood: Style Center of the World poster
5.8

An MGM short promoting the studio's impact on fashion through film through their chief of costume design, Adrian; in rural America, a mother and daughter are shopping and observe a designer dress worn by Joan Crawford in a recent movie.

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940

Gambling Daughters poster
5.7

A couple of rich girls at a private boarding school find themselves mixed up in gambling and blackmail, and must steal from their parents to pay their gambling debts.

Gambling Daughters

1941

1930s · 50 titles

Frankenstein poster
7.5

Obsessed scientist Dr. Henry Frankenstein attempts to create life by assembling a creature from deceased body parts. Aided by his loyal misshapen assistant, Fritz, Frankenstein succeeds in animating his monster, but it flees into the countryside and begins to wreak havoc.

Frankenstein

1931

Riders of Destiny poster
5.3

James Kincaid controls the local water supply and plans to do away with the other ranchers. Government agent Sandy Saunders arrives undercover to investigate Kincaid's land swindle scheme, and win the heart of one of his victims, Fay Denton.

Riders of Destiny

1933

The Painted Veil poster
6.4

The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.

The Painted Veil

1934

Naughty Marietta poster
5.5

In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.

Naughty Marietta

1935

Ah, Wilderness! poster
6.8

At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance from his wise father. A tender, coming-of-age story, with a wonderful look at a long-gone, but fondly remembered, small town America.

Ah, Wilderness!

1935

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever poster
5.7

Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever

1939

A Family Affair poster
5.9

Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned with everyone in the family and lends wisdom and calmness to all.

A Family Affair

1937

You're Only Young Once poster
5.7

Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.

You're Only Young Once

1937

Out West with the Hardys poster
6.7

Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.

Out West with the Hardys

1938

I Hate Women poster
8.0

A reporter is frustrated with women after a string of failed relationships. But then he finds himself taking up the cause of a young women he believes is falsely accused of killing her husband.

I Hate Women

1934

Hollywood Cowboy poster
5.5

Just after Kramer goes to Wyoming to start his protection racket, cowboy actor Jeff Carson finishes a picture and goes camping. Attracted to Joyce Butler, he hires on at her ranch and quickly gets caught up in Butler's conflict with Kramer. When the Butlers refuse to buy his service, he has their cattle stampeded.

Hollywood Cowboy

1937

Judge Hardy's Children poster
6.8

Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.

Judge Hardy's Children

1938

Judge Hardy and Son poster
5.9

Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.

Judge Hardy and Son

1939

Love Finds Andy Hardy poster
6.2

Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.

Love Finds Andy Hardy

1938

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor poster
6.3

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

1939

Mystery Ranch poster
7.0

Megalomaniacal rancher is a law unto himself, until a Ranger is called-upon to bring him to justice.

Mystery Ranch

1932

Young as You Feel poster
9.0

Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that neither of his two sons have the time nor inclination to eat with him. Billy is obsessed with culture, while Tom is a physical fitness nut. At the office, Lemuel is exasperated when Billy arrives for work at four in the afternoon and cannot stay because of a party he is giving that night to unveil a statue he bought for $20,000. Lemuel then finds Tom meeting with his golf committee rather than working. When the boys argue that business is only a means to an end, and that happiness and enjoyment of life are desired goals, Lemuel counters their contentions by declaring that what they really need are wives and tells them that Dorothy and Rose Gregson, the daughters of an old friend, will soon be visiting.

Young as You Feel

1931

Honor of the Range poster
6.3

After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sheriff and lock up Ken. Clem, now a prisoner of Rawhide, has a change of heart and sends Ken a message with the outlaw's location. Ken escapes by impersonating the saloon entertainer and rides for the hangout.

Honor of the Range

1934

The Lost Jungle poster
3.9

Clyde Beatty, an animal trainer and circus star, leads a search for his missing girlfriend and her father who were on an expedition looking for a lost tropical island. Using a dirigible as his mode of transportation, Beatty and his band head off in search of the missing explorers only to crash their airship on the same island their friends are located. Battling wild animals and a gang of greedy men searching for gold, Beatty and his party must rescue his girlfriend and father all the while trying to escape their jungle island. Feature version of the same-title serial of the same year, with refilmed sequences substantially altering the plot and characters of the original chapterplay.

The Lost Jungle

1934

Here Is My Heart poster
7.3

A rich and famous singer disguises himself as a waiter in order to be near the woman he loves, a European princess.

Here Is My Heart

1934

From the Ends of the Earth poster
5.0

An MGM short showing how materials are shipped by boat 'From the Ends of the Earth' to Hollywood. Featuring footage from the MGM films being made at the time. Such as The Women, Thunder Afloat, Siren of the Tropics, Ninotchka, Northwest Passage, and At the Circus.

From the Ends of the Earth

1939

Gun Justice poster
7.0

Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance. Ken learns of the plan, captures the imposter, and arrives posing as himself. In an ensuing gunfight a man is killed and Ken is in trouble when not only is he accused of the murder, but the imposter escapes and convinces the Sheriff he's the real Ken Lance.

Gun Justice

1933

Three Live Ghosts poster
6.0

Three WWI veterans thought long dead turn out to be still alive and return home - much to the consternation of their friends and family.

Three Live Ghosts

1936

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara poster
6.1

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Color). It features a young, pre-stardom 13-year-old Judy Garland singing "La Cucaracha" with her two sisters (billed as "The Garland Sisters"). In the film, Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador," engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by Buster Keaton, and musical numbers are provided by Joe Morrison and The Garland Sisters. Comedy bits and dance numbers are also featured.

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

1935

Damaged Lives poster
4.7

An extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.

Damaged Lives

1933

The Hardys Ride High poster
6.5

Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars. In order to claim the inheritance, he and his family must leave for Detroit. The disinherited heir Philip 'Phil' Westcott, adopted son of the deceased relative, has to leave the fabulous mansion Detroit. But the playboy Phil ain't going down without a fight. He decides on a charm offensive. First with Polly Benedict and foremost Andrew 'Andy' Hardy, the son of Judge Hardy.

The Hardys Ride High

1939

The Lost Special poster
6.0

A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.

The Lost Special

1932

Secret Sinners poster
6.0

A young, unmarried theatrical couple befriend an out-of-work housekeeper and introduce her to another new acquaintance, a man of means, unaware that he is married and going through a messy divorce.

Secret Sinners

1933

Another Romance of Celluloid poster
5.3

This second entry in MGM's "Romance of Film" series documents how celluloid movie film is processed and features behind-the-scenes glimpses of current MGM productions.

Another Romance of Celluloid

1938

Below the Deadline poster
4.9

After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to expose the real killers.

Below the Deadline

1936

The Mine with the Iron Door poster
9.0

Having acquired the controlling interest in the Eureka Discovery Corporation for five-hundred dollars, and selling half of it to a detective for two-hundred dollars, Bob Harvey sets off with his new partner to find the buried treasure of San Capello---with very strange consequences.

The Mine with the Iron Door

1936

Old Hutch poster
10.0

Life changes in surprising ways when a lazy, unemployed husband and father finds a box containing thousands of dollars in cash.

Old Hutch

1936

Enter Madame poster
5.7

Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.

Enter Madame

1935

Girl Loves Boy poster
6.0

Bob Conrad is the playboy son of town squire Charles Conrad. Much against his dad's wishes, Bob falls in love with Dorothy McCarthy, the daughter of penniless widow Mrs. McCarthy. At the insistence of his dad, Bob weds Sally Lace. Dorothy's broken heart is mended however, when it turns out that Sally's divorce from her previous husband was never finalized.

Girl Loves Boy

1937

Roll Along, Cowboy poster
6.2

Singing cowboy Randy shows up at Mrs. Blake's ranch. She is beset by bad guys, and Randy loves her daughter Janet.

Roll Along, Cowboy

1937

No artwork available
5.5

Andy Hardy and the rest of the Hardy family wake up Christmas morning to gifts and give a holiday greeting to viewers.

Loews Christmas Greeting (The Hardy Family)

1939

Unknown Valley poster
6.8

Looking for his missing father, Joe Gordon heads into the desert where Elders from a secret village find him unconscious. Attracted to Sheilla O'Neill, the two plan an escape from the village where no one is allowed to leave. But then he learns his father is being held prisoner and finding him, he is also made a prisoner.

Unknown Valley

1933

High School Girl poster
4.7

In this drama, a teenage boy and girl, tired of parental repression, begin sneaking out on dates and to parties. The parents are strict, but pay little real attention to their kids, therefore the kids turn to their high school biology teacher who is willing to really listen to their confidences.

High School Girl

1934

Jungle Mystery poster
7.0

In Africa, two hunters meet a girl and her father who are searching for her lost brother. Their search is complicated by rival hunters who are after ivory and by a tribe of hostile natives.

Jungle Mystery

1932

The Rainbow Trail poster
9.0

The wall to Surprise Valley has broken, and Jane Withersteen is forced to choose between Lassiter's life and Fay Larkin's marriage to a Mormon.

The Rainbow Trail

1932

No artwork available
7.0

Andy has developed a new type of kettle and travels to the "big city" to secure a patent. Once there, he becomes entangled in a series of misadventures involving a patent attorney's wife, which makes it look like he is having an affair. The situation is made worse by the presence of the jealous attorney and the arrival of Andy's own suspicious wife and interfering sister-in-law, who have followed him to the city. The various mix-ups and accusations threaten to turn a simple business trip into an "alienation of affections" lawsuit, and his great kettle invention is nearly forgotten in the ensuing chaos.

His Weak Moment

1933

Sweetheart of the Navy poster
8.5

Singer Joan Whitney, called the "Sweetheart of the Navy" by sailors, is struggling to re-open the Snug Harbor Cafe. After her partner, Richard, skips town with the money owed to their creditors, the club opens unceremoniously. Two of Joan's sailor friends, Andy and Pete, offer to help her raise money for the club by staging a fight with Bumper Martin, boxing champion of the fleet. At Andy's request, straight-laced yeoman Eddie Harris replaces him in the upcoming fight. Andy and Pete then intimidate or coerce the sailors into betting on the fight, promising to give Joan the profits. Navy Commander Lodge, who is grooming Eddie for the Naval Academy at Annapolis, is against the fight, however, and Joan decides to "vamp" Eddie to make him fight.

Sweetheart of the Navy

1937

The Trail Drive poster
10.0

Honest John is pulling off a swindle by buying cattle in Texas with worthless scrip and selling them in New Mexico for cash. Ken is leading the cattle drive not knowing that when they cross the state line Honest John's plan will have succeeded.

The Trail Drive

1933

The Lost Jungle poster
3.4

12 part movie serial where Clyde Beatty encounters obstacles and adventure on his way to rescue his damsel in distress.

The Lost Jungle

1934

The Man Trailer poster
10.0

When an ex-outlaw becomes marshal he must face up to his old gang.

The Man Trailer

1934

Tombstone Canyon poster
4.0

A range lawman unmasks a black-cloaked phantom killer.

Tombstone Canyon

1932

Rainbow Ranch poster
7.0

An emergency at his Aunt's ranch gets Ed Randall leave from the Navy. He returns to find the water cut off and her note due the next day. When the man he seeks legal advice from is murdered, Ed is accused and he now finds himself in jail with a lynch mob forming outside.

Rainbow Ranch

1933

The Fugitive poster
8.0

A half a million dollars has been stolen and stashed away and prison inmate Dutch knows where it is. So Government Agent Joe goes to prison and makes friends with Dutch. When Joe breaks them out, Dutch leads them to the money only to find it gone. But Dutch's old gang is on hand and they haven't found it either.

The Fugitive

1933

The Unholy Three poster
5.9

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

The Unholy Three

1930

No artwork available
10.0

Tom and Ruth are disowned by their parents after eloping. They take up jobs as tenant farmers and and learn the true value of marriage, working and living.

In His Steps

1936

Series credits