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Photo by Pamela Rankin - Smith - Estelle Parsons: Signed Photo Portrait. B/W photo of Estelle Parsons by P.Rankin- Smith mounted on art paper /board and signed on the margin by Estelle Parsons. The signature is authentic with provenance. Image size : 6.75 x 9.25 inches. Mount size: 11 x 14 inches. Please refer to images for the best determination of the condition. American actress: Estelle Margaret Parsons is an American actress, singer, and stage director. After studying law, Parsons became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked as a singer with a band before she became the first Women's Editor on Today (1952). She left the program in 1955. her claim to fame was her Oscar-winning performance as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967). The following year, she garnered an Academy Award nomination for her performance in Rachel, Rachel (1968). On television, she is best remembered as Beverly Lorraine Harris, Roseanne and Jackie's zany, manipulative and pretentious mother on Roseanne (1988). In 2003, her character was honored with a TV Land Award for Favorite Classic TV In-Law.