Nancy Parsons as Ida
Farmer Vincent kidnaps unsuspecting travellers and is burying them in his garden. Unfortunately for his victims, they are not dead. He feeds his victims to prepare them for his roadside stand. His motto is: It takes all kinds of critters...to make Farmer Vincents fritters. The movie is gory, but is also a parody of slasher movies like Last House on the Left.
Biography for Nancy Parsons
Birth name
Nancy Anne Parsons
Date of birth
17 January 1942
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Date of death
5 January 2001
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA.
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Nancy Parsons, was born in Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota to Mary and Charles Parson. She had two siblings - Mary Parsons, and Theresa Macrae. When she was seventeen, her father remarried Genevieve Stack, and moved with the three girls to South Pasadena, California. It was here that the acting bug first bit, when she appeared in the senior play and was subsequently given a full scholarship to the famed Pasadena Playhouse; 1960-1962. In her two years there she appeared in some of the great works of Albee, Odets, Williams, Chekhov, Shakespeare, etc... Nancy married Alan Hipwell immediately after graduation, and gave birth to Elizabeth Hipwell, on November 3, 1964, and to Margaret Hipwell, on October 7, 1969.
She returned to acting after divorcing her husband. While at UCLA, completing a theatre degree, she won the Hugh O'Brien Award; an event which launched her career. This award drew her to her lifelong friend and agent Susan Smith. Throughout her career she garnered a Family Film Award for Best Actress in Porky's Revenge (1985), an Academy of Science Fiction & Fantasy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Motel Hell (1980), a Dramalogue Award for the play, 'Dead End At Sunset', and a woman of the year award from the Alumni Association of her alma mater, The Pasadena Playhouse.
These are all her career achievements, but we would say the greatest legacy she has left us is the ability to live passionately, as individuals. Nancy always believed that art was the noblest of paths one could follow - that it took an immense amount of courage, stamina and hootspa (one of her favorite words.
Nancy is survived by Margot Hipwell and her children Cassidy Coulson, and Jasper Coulson, and me, Elizabeth Hipwell.
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Trivia
Father, Charles Parsons, performed in Vaudelville.
Mother of Margaret Hipwell and Elizabeth Hipwell.
"Days of Our Lives" (1965) TV Series .... Nurse Jackson (1993-1994)/Mary Brook (1996)
... aka "Cruise of Deception: Days of Our Lives" (1990) (USA: new title) (summer title)
... aka "DOOL" (1965) (USA: informal short title)
... aka "Days" (1965) (USA: abbreviated title)
... aka "Tropical Temptation" (1965) (USA: promotional title)
... aka "Tropical Temptation: Days of Our Lives" (1965) (USA: promotional title)
Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994) (TV)
Winter Heat (1994/I) (TV) .... Nurse Jackson
Ladybugs (1992) .... Coach Annie
Wishman (1991) .... Miss Crabbe
Doctor, The (1991) .... Laurie
Silhouette (1990) (TV) .... Hotel Proprietor
Loose Cannons (1990) .... Nurse
Steel Magnolias (1989) .... Janice Van Meter
Homer & Eddie (1989) .... Maid
Little Spies (1986) (TV)
Porky's Revenge (1985) .... Beulah Balbricker
Sudden Impact (1983) .... Mrs. Kruger
... aka Retour de l'inspecteur Harry, Le (1983)
Quarterback Princess (1983) (TV) .... Mrs. Klosterman
Porky's II: The Next Day (1983) .... Beulah Balbricker
White Water Rebels (1983) (TV) .... Georgia Gubser
Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) .... Alice the Teller
Porky's (1981) .... Beulah Balbricker, Girls Head Coach aka 'Kong'
... aka Chez Porky (1982) (Canada: French title)
Pennies from Heaven (1981) .... The Old Whore
Motel Hell (1980) .... Ida Smith
Where the Buffalo Roam (1980) .... Head Nurse
Lady in Red, The (1979) .... Tiny Alice
... aka Guns, Sin and Bathtub Gin (1979) (USA: reissue title)
American Raspberry (1977) .... Lady Mailperson
... aka Prime Time (1977) (USA: alternative title)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977) .... Singing Patient
Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977) (TV) .... Billie Rae