Ellen Parker (born September , ) is an American actress.Parker is
primarily a New York stage actress. Among her credits was the original
production of The Heidi Chronicles, as well as Equus, David Hare's
Plenty, and the play "Strangers". She also had a role in the film
Kramer vs. Kramer.Parker's first television appearance was in the PBS
adaptation of another one of Wasserstein's works, Uncommon Women and
Others. Her first major television role was as Ethel Kennedy in the
miniseries Kennedy in . Among her other television credits are
appearances on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as
well as The Education of Max Bickford and Ed.Parker is perhaps best
known for her role as Maureen Reardon Bauer on Guiding Light, which
she played from to . She replaced Ellen Dolan in the role of Maureen
in , and played the role for seven years. During that time, the show's
tentpole character, Bert Bauer, died when actress Charita Bauer, who
played Bert, died. Maureen then became the show's matriarchal figure.
In , then-executive producer Jill Farren Phelps made a surprising
decision to kill the character of Maureen, based on lackluster
responses to the character during a focus group session. Parker's
performance during her character's death (Maureen died in a car
accident after discovered her husband Ed had been unfaithful) earned
her a Daytime Emmy Award in . She subsequently returned to the show in
, , , and for flashback scenes and moments where Maureen appeared as
a spirit. The character's death, and Parker's departure from the show,
proved controversial and unpopular.[citation needed]
primarily a New York stage actress. Among her credits was the original
production of The Heidi Chronicles, as well as Equus, David Hare's
Plenty, and the play "Strangers". She also had a role in the film
Kramer vs. Kramer.Parker's first television appearance was in the PBS
adaptation of another one of Wasserstein's works, Uncommon Women and
Others. Her first major television role was as Ethel Kennedy in the
miniseries Kennedy in . Among her other television credits are
appearances on Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, as
well as The Education of Max Bickford and Ed.Parker is perhaps best
known for her role as Maureen Reardon Bauer on Guiding Light, which
she played from to . She replaced Ellen Dolan in the role of Maureen
in , and played the role for seven years. During that time, the show's
tentpole character, Bert Bauer, died when actress Charita Bauer, who
played Bert, died. Maureen then became the show's matriarchal figure.
In , then-executive producer Jill Farren Phelps made a surprising
decision to kill the character of Maureen, based on lackluster
responses to the character during a focus group session. Parker's
performance during her character's death (Maureen died in a car
accident after discovered her husband Ed had been unfaithful) earned
her a Daytime Emmy Award in . She subsequently returned to the show in
, , , and for flashback scenes and moments where Maureen appeared as
a spirit. The character's death, and Parker's departure from the show,
proved controversial and unpopular.[citation needed]
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