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Nancy Parsons
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Actor Born: 1942 in Minnesota Death: January 5, 2001 Biography:Quite possibly the quintessential cinematic personification of the sexually repressed high school gym teacher, "Nancy Parsons" had a curiously interesting and diverse catalog of film roles, though that of fearsome phys ed nightmare Beulah Balbricker in "Porky's" and its sequels will likely live eternally in the hearts of teen sex-comedy aficionados as her defining role.
A native of Lake Minnetonka, MN, Parsons' passion for Shakespeare led her to California at the age of 16, where she studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. Though she found work in the L.A. theater scene early on, Parsons soon turned away from acting in favor of marriage and family life. Her marital bliss short-lived, Parsons returned to her passion after her divorce, finding small roles in such films as "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" (1977). Though her comic abilities were hinted at in the 1980 "Bill Murray" comedy "Where... Full Biography
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