Occupation Actress Parents Gordon Parry | Role Actress Name Natasha Parry | |
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Born 2 December 1930 ( 1930-12-02 ) Died July 22, 2015, La Baule-Escoublac, France Movies Romeo and Juliet, King Lear, Dance Hall, Meetings with Remarka, The Dark Man Similar People | ||
Children Irina Brook, Simon Brook | ||
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Natasha Parry (2 December 1930 – 22 July 2015) was an English actress.
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- Natasha parry king john act 4 scene 2 extract shakespeare
- NATASHA PARRY TRIBUTE
- Early life
- Stage
- Film
- Personal life
- Marriage
- Death
- Selected filmography
- Selected television
- Selected theatre
- References
NATASHA PARRY TRIBUTE
Early life
Born in London, Parry was the daughter of the Anglo-Greek film director Gordon Parry and his Russian wife. (Some sources say Gordon Parry was her stepfather.)
Stage
Parry made her stage debut at age 12 in The Wingless Victory. At 14, she was in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and later she played in Big Ben and Bless the Bride. On Broadway she appeared in The Fighting Cock (1959-1960). Toward the end of her career, she was in The Tragedy of Hamlet at the Young Vic in London.
Film
Parry made her screen debut in Dance Hall (1950). She appeared in many of her husband's productions including a live American television version of King Lear (1953) opposite Orson Welles, in Anouilh's The Fighting Cock with Rex Harrison, Meetings with Remarkable Men, The Cherry Orchard, and Happy Days.
Personal life
Parry was out of performing for a year after contracting tuberculosis in 1952.
Marriage
In 1951, she married director Peter Brook; the couple had two children, Irina and Simon.
Death
Parry died on 22 July 2015 (Some sources say 23 July 2015) while on holiday in La Baule, Brittany, France, at the age of 84 after a stroke. She was survived by her husband and their children, Irina and Simon.