Parsons starred as Calla Mackie in the 1968 movie Rachel, Rachel and won a Laurel Award for Top Female Supporting Performance and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Parsons starred as Althea Geber in the 1970 film Watermelon Man and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. From 1989 to 1997 she starred as Beverly Harris in the television series Roseanne. She was also nominated for Tony Awards for The Seven Descents of Myrtle, And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little, Miss Margarida’s Way, and Morning’s at Seven.
