Originally Posted by Rob_Ray
I've always been curious as to how she felt about the success of "The Sound of Music" and the film in general. Here she was a leading lady from about 1945 through about 1960 making films such as "Between Two Worlds," "Caged," "The Man with the Golden Arm" and "Interrupted Melody" and most people today remember her for a relatively small supporting role in a movie in which Julie Andrews' screen presence made everyone else seem superfluous. On top of that, she gave an incredibly nuanced performance which was overlooked by the Academy in favor of Peggy Wood's admittedly fine, but far less challenging role. And when people talk about the tilm, she's seldom ever mentioned. Case in point: the announcement that Julie, Chris and the seven children would be appearing on Oprah was phrased with the words "the entire cast."
I wish she'd talk more about her experiences in making the film, her reaction to its reception and its place in her body of work. I assume she had a good working relationship with Mr. Wise as they had worked together years before and she came on board at the last minute when other actresses proved unavailable. But I've never heard her thoughts about the film in general.
I've always felt she was seriously overlooked as an actress and her work in this film deserves better recognition.
Perhaps we should should start a Facebook campaign and letter writing to Oprah to include Miss Parker in the reunion. She is a very overlook actress today and needs rediscovering. I would love for TCM to do something with her before it is too late.