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Barbara Parkins

Highest Rated: 67% Puppet on a Chain (1972)

Lowest Rated: 32% Valley of the Dolls (1967)

Birthday: May 22, 1942

Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

A slim brunette leading lady of film and TV, Barbara Parkins made her feature debut in the crime drama "20,000 Eyes" (1961) but really came to public attention as the oft-married Betty Anderson on the popular primetime soap opera "Peyton Place" (ABC, 1964-69). In her second feature, the high profile but trashy "Valley of the Dolls" (1967), she was cast as an aspiring actress with roots in New England, a role that was not much of a stretch from her TV persona. In its day, the film was widely dismissed by critics, but by the 1990s it enjoyed popularity as a camp classic. While never a major screen presence, Parkins acquitted herself in a handful of roles in horror films, including "Asylum" (1972) and particularly in the Canadian-made "Christina" (1974), which utilized her voluptuous beauty to good effect. She made her last feature appearance to date as a fashion designer in the misguided Australian romantic comedy "Breakfast in Paris" (1981).

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Highest rated movies

67% 33% Puppet on a Chain
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67% 51% Asylum
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63% 43% The Mephisto Waltz
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57% 33% Shout at the Devil
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32% 58% Valley of the Dolls
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To Catch a King
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Law of the Land
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Double Play
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Breakfast in Paris
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Snatched
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story Annie Laurie Williams (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 56% Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun Ellen Cartwright (Character) - 1986
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peyton Place: The Next Generation Betty Harrington Cord (Character) - 1985
No Score Yet 24% The Calendar Girl Murders Cleo Banks (Character) - 1984
No Score Yet No Score Yet To Catch a King Duchess of Windsor (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet 81% Katy Caterpillar Nature (Voice) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Uncommon Valor Dr. Margaret Houghton (Character) - 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Breakfast in Paris Jackie Wyatt (Character) - 1981
No Score Yet 33% Bear Island Judith Rubin (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Critical List Angela Adams (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women Anna Held (Character) - 1978
No Score Yet No Score Yet Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy Vanessa Hunt (Character) - 1977
57% 33% Shout at the Devil Rosa O'Flynn / Oldsmith (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Law of the Land Jane Adams (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Christina Christina/Kay (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Snatched Barbara Maxvill (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 29% The Deadly Trap Cynthia (Character) - 1972
67% 33% Puppet on a Chain Maggie (Character) - 1972
67% 51% Asylum Bonnie (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Double Play Unknown (Character) - 1972
63% 43% The Mephisto Waltz Roxanne Delancey (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Taste of Evil Susan Wilcox (Character) - 1971
No Score Yet 61% The Kremlin Letter B.A. (Character) - 1970
32% 58% Valley of the Dolls Anne Welles (Character) - 1967

TV

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82% 93% Picket Fences Unknown (Guest Star) 1996
No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Kay Weber (Guest Star) 1989
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1988
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel Unknown (Guest Star) 1983
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fantasy Island Unknown (Guest Star) 1980
No Score Yet No Score Yet Testimony of Two Men Unknown (Character) 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gibbsville Unknown (Guest Star) 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Peyton Place Betty Anderson/Harrington/Cord/Harrington (Character) 1964-1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Marilee Bishop (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Paula Durham (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Three Sons Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tall Man Sue Wiley (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Leave It to Beaver Unknown (Guest Star) 1961