Park Overall

Originally from Greeneville, Tennessee, Parker Overall toured East Tennessee with a children's theater group before heading to New York and a career on the professional stage. Numerous off-off-Broadway productions of such plays as "The Seagull" and "The Skin of Our Teeth" preceded her performance as "Becky Lou" in the Hartford Stage Company's production of 'Sam Shepard' (qv)'s "The Tooth of Crime". Overall made her Broadway debut as "Rowena", the prostitute, in 'Neil Simon' (qv)'s "Biloxi Blues" and reprised the role in the motion picture version. Other film credits include _Vibes (1988)_ (qv) with 'Jeff Goldblum' (qv) and 'Cyndi Lauper' (qv), _Talk Radio (1988)_ (qv), directed by 'Oliver Stone' (qv), _Mississippi Burning (1988)_ (qv) with 'Gene Hackman' (qv) and 'Willem Dafoe' (qv) and _Kindergarten Cop (1990)_ (qv) with 'Arnold Schwarzenegger' (qv). On television, Overall starred in the Witt-Thomas-Harris pilot _The Line (1987)_ (qv) and has appeared in several productions for The Nashville Network. Parker Overall was named Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Comedy by the members of Viewers for Quality Television (VQT), for her work on the sitcom _Empty Nest (1988)_ (qv).::Anonymous