Eleanor Parker of theatrical productions, including the role of Margo Channing in "Applause", the Broadway musical version of the film "All About Eve". The role was originally played in the musical by Lauren Bacall and in "All About Eve" by Bette Davis. In 1976, she played Maxine in the Ahmanson Theater revival of "The Night of the Iguana". She was replaced in the Circle in the Square Theatre revival of "Pal Joey" during previews. Eleanor Parker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6340 Hollywood Boulevard. Parker was married four times: She was the grandmother of one-time child actor
Bette Davis film "As Summers Die" (1986), and in Lindsay Anderson's film "The Whales of August" (1987), in which she played the blind sister of Lillian Gish. Though in poor health at the time, Davis memorized her own and everyone else's lines, as she always had. The film earned good reviews, with one critic writing: "Bette crawls across the screen like a testy old hornet on a windowpane, snarling, staggering, twitching - a symphony of misfired synapses." Davis became an honouree of the Kennedy Center Honors for her contribution to films in 1987. Her last performance was the title role in Larry