Grace Moore

Grace Moore died in a plane crash in Copenhagen Airport on January 26, 1947. Among the victims was also Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, father of the present Swedish king, Carl XVI Gustaf. Not surprisingly, she is now featured in ad campaigns for the Gap. Moore's life story was made into a movie, So This is Love, in 1953, starring Kathryn Grayson. Her sense of style carries over into her private life as well, and she is often cited as one of the best dressed at red-carpet events. She was at one point chosen by Florenz Ziegfeld as one of the most beautiful women in the world. As Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, Parker was influential in starting a multitude of fashion trends. Born in Slabtown, Tennessee, she won fame as an opera, Broadway and Hollywood star, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1935 for One Night of Love. Fund for UNICEF.

Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 - January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress. Parker is a National Ambassador for the U.S. Kennedy, Jr.. and John F. Before the marriage, she dated Robert Downey Jr.

The two have one son. Parker has been married to fellow actor Matthew Broderick since May 1997. While performing in movies, Parker continued her career on stage, with a lead role as a dog in the critically acclaimed off-Broadway play Sylvia, and Broadway roles in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (with Matthew Broderick), and the Tony Award-nominated Once Upon a Mattress in the role originated by Carol Burnett. In 1999, she starred in Dudley-Do-Right, opposite Brendan Fraser, and in 2000, she had a role in David Mamet's State and Main.

The year 1996 saw roles in The First Wives Club, If Lucy Fell, and Mars Attacks!. A big Woody Allen fan, she starred opposite the renowned filmmaker in the TV movie The Sunshine Boys in 1995, and in that same year, she landed a starring role in the big screen Miami Rhapsody. She had roles in Hocus Pocus, Striking Distance (opposite Bruce Willis), and Ed Wood (1994), with Johnny Depp. More substantial film roles soon followed, including a role opposite Nicolas Cage in Honeymoon in Vegas, in which she had an opportunity to display her comedic talent.

Story. She followed that role with appearances in films such as Footloose, Girls Just Want to Have Fun and L.A. She first came to national attention in the 1982 sitcom Square Pegs, garnering critical acclaim in a show which lasted a single season. In 1978, she was cast as an orphan in Annie, and within a year she took over the title role.