When I say hello to Marlene Parker, my neighbor of more than 20 years, I usually say, “Good to see you,” and she’ll reply with a smile and a laugh, “It’s good to be seen.”
She has lived on the same corner in West Hollywood for more than 40 years, even before the LGBTQ-friendly Los Angeles enclave officially became its own city. She’s hard to miss, with a boisterous energy that belies her 92 years and an insistence on dressing to the nines — jewelry, makeup, and fabulous hair, of course — even if it’s to walk the dog or go to the store. If she comes to a city meeting, she arrives fashionably late enough to make a grand entrance, apologizing in her distinctly throaty, German-accented voice.
Even if you know Marlene, you don’t know her whole story, which she was never willing to tell publicly. She’s turned...
She has lived on the same corner in West Hollywood for more than 40 years, even before the LGBTQ-friendly Los Angeles enclave officially became its own city. She’s hard to miss, with a boisterous energy that belies her 92 years and an insistence on dressing to the nines — jewelry, makeup, and fabulous hair, of course — even if it’s to walk the dog or go to the store. If she comes to a city meeting, she arrives fashionably late enough to make a grand entrance, apologizing in her distinctly throaty, German-accented voice.
Even if you know Marlene, you don’t know her whole story, which she was never willing to tell publicly. She’s turned...
- 1/6/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Marlene Parker was born in Dresden, Germany in 1930, survived the Allied bombing of the city, became a hairdresser in East Berlin, then escaped to the West with her boyfriend, Felix. She came to America in the ’60s and, as John Siegfried, landed roles in “Hitler” with Richard Basehart, and “Perry Mason.” She gave up acting to transition in the ’70s and has lived in West Hollywood for more than 40 years. After decades of keeping a low profile, she tells her life story for the first time to TheWrap. (Read our exclusive interview.)...
- 1/6/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
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