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- Birth nameMarion Dean Hughes
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- Marion Dean Hughes was born in Greenwich, Connecticut. She received a B.A. from UCLA in 1932. As an actress she appeared on Broadway in "New Faces", "Three Waltzes" and "I Must Love Someone." In stock she appeared in "The Women" and "The Man Who Came to Dinner." She also appeared in the national tour of "Lady in the Dark." She appeared in various nightclub stints and from 1951-59 she ran her own club, "Marion Parker's Guys & Dolls" in Scottsdale, Arizona. After 1960 she switched from performing to working in managerial positions, though she did appear in a 1964 TV commercial for Ivory Soap. By 1970 she was a public relations consultant.
- IMDb mini biography by: Bob Kosovsky <bkosovsky@nypl.org>
- SpousesWillard Parker(October 5, 1939 - October 11, 1951) (divorced, 1 child)Andrew Granville Pierce III(October 21, 1933 - December 10, 1937) (divorced)Conkey Pate Whitehead(November 14, 1929 - August 23, 1933) (divorced)
- Had one son by actor Willard Parker. The son became a banker.
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