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- Birth nameFrancine Schoenholtz
- Francine Parker was born on December 18, 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a director and producer, known for FTA (1972), Cagney & Lacey (1981) and The Owl and the Pussycat (2004). She died on November 8, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Taught film directing at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, for 18 years.
- Was a tireless fighter to expand opportunities for women in the American film industry. As president of Women for Equality in Media, Parker led a march against the American Film Institute in 1971 to protest the near absence of women in institute programs. By 1973, the number of women admitted to the institute's Center for Advanced Film Studies had risen to seven from zero in 1969.
- In 1971, she became the 11th woman to join the Directors Guild of America.
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