Actress Lara Parker, known for her role as Witch Angelique Bouchard in Dark Shadows, has died. She was 84.
Parker died in her sleep on Oct. 12 in her Los Angeles home, her former co-star Kathryn L. Scott confirmed on Facebook Monday.
Who was Lara Parker?
Mary Lamar Rickey better known as Lara Parker, was an American actress known for her role as Angelique on the ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows, which aired from 1966 to 1971.
Lara Parker was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, on October 27, 1938, and grew up in Memphis.
Descendant of a prominent Southern family, she was a great-great-granddaughter of Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II and a third-great-granddaughter of Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, an uncle of Confederate General James Longstreet.
She began a philosophy B.A. at Vassar College before receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes College (then known as Southwestern) and a Master of Arts degree in speech and drama from the University of Iowa.
career
Lara Parker played the role of “Laura Banner” in the opening sequence of the pilot for the television series The Incredible Hulk (1977), and the fashion model-witch “Madelaine” in the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode “The Trevi Collection”.
Her television credits include appearances on popular shows such as Emergency, Kung Fu, The Six Million Dollar Man, Police Woman, Kojak, Alice, Quincy, M.E., Hawaii Five-O, The Rockford Files, Highway to Heaven, Switch, Baretta, Galactica 1980, Barnaby Jones, Capitol, and One Life to Live.
She played secretary Wanda in the 1977 television miniseries Washington: Behind Closed Doors and had a recurring role in the short-lived television series Jessica Novak.
Parker reprised the role of Angelique in Night of Dark Shadows, the second feature film based on Dark Shadows. She was joined by her Dark Shadows castmates Kate Jackson, David Selby, Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett, John Karlen, and Thayer David.
This film was more loosely based on the series than House of Dark Shadows was, and it did not fare as well at the box office as the first film.
She starred with Robert De Niro in Hi, Mom! (1970), but her most famous role was in Save the Tiger (1973), where she played a compassionate prostitute who is deeply affected when her client has a near-fatal heart attack.
In 1975, she played the wife of Peter Fonda’s character in Race with the Devil.
Lara Parker debuted on Broadway in 1968 in “Woman is My Idea,” written and directed by Don C. Liljenquist. In 1969, she starred in an Off-Broadway production of “Lulu” and appeared in “A Gun Play.”
She published her first novel, “Angelique’s Descent,” in 1998, followed by two sequels. She recently reprised her role as Angelique in Dark Shadows audio dramas and narrated the audiobook versions of her novels.
In 2012, she had a cameo in the film adaptation of Dark Shadows. She also appeared in two Doctor Mabuse films with her Dark Shadows co-stars. Her final film, “The Great Nick D,” was filmed in 2023 and features her Dark Shadows co-stars.
Lara Parker husband
Lara Parker was married to Jim Hawkins, a building contractor .
Lara Parker children
Lara Parker had three children: Rick Parker, Andy Parker, and Caitlin Hawkins.
Rick is a successful record producer, Andy is a contractor, and Caitlin is a set designer and stylist for videos and commercials.
Lara Parker cause of death
Lara Parker died in Los Angeles on October 12, 2023, at the age of 84, The cause of her death is not yet known.
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