Natasha Parry

• Name — Natasha Parry • Birth Name — Natalie Wills • Born — 2 December 1930 • Birthplace — London, England • Died — 22 July 2015 • Place of death — Saint-Nazaire, France • Resting Place — Jouars-Pontchartrain Churchyard, Île-de-France • Father — Gordon Parry (step-father) • Children — Irina Brook Simon Brook • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1949–2014

Parry was born Natalie Wills in London in 1930. Her mother was a White Russian émigré who, according to John Heilpern, was related to Alexander Pushkin. At some point, her mother remarried to film director Gordon Parry.

Parry made her stage debut at age 12 in The Wingless Victory. At 14, she was in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and later she played in Big Ben and Bless the Bride. On Broadway she appeared in The Fighting Cock (1959–1960). Toward the end of her career, she was in The Tragedy of Hamlet at the Young Vic in London.

In 1951, she married director Peter Brook at the Russian Orthodox Cathedral of the Dormition of the Mother of God and All Saints, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge, London. The couple had two children, Irina and Simon. Parry stopped performing for a year after contracting tuberculosis in 1952.

Parry died on 22 July 2015 (Some sources say 23 July) while on holiday in La Baule, Brittany, France, at the age of 84 after a stroke.

• Sir Francis Drake – The Prisoner (1961) as Countess Inez • The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) as Mercédès

• King Lear (1953) • Tchin-Tchin (1984, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris)

Natasha Parry was recorded at birth as Natalie Wills. Her recorded language was English. She was the child of Gordon Parry. She married Peter Brook. 2 children are recorded: Irina Brook and Simon Brook.

Natasha Parry is recorded as actress.

Parry made her screen debut in Dance Hall (1950). She appeared in many of her husband's productions including a live American television version of King Lear (1953) opposite Orson Welles, in Anouilh's The Fighting Cock with Rex Harrison, Meetings with Remarkable Men, The Cherry Orchard, and Happy Days.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1949 — Golden Arrow — Betty Felton • 1950 — Dance Hall — Eve • 1950 — Midnight Episode — Jill Harris • 1951 — The Dark Man — Molly Lester • 1952 — Crow Hollow — Ann Amour • 1953 — King Lear — Cordelia • 1954 — Knave of Hearts — Patricia • 1957 — Windom's Way — Anna Vidal • 1959 — The Rough and the Smooth — Margaret Goreham • 1960 — Midnight Lace — Peggy Thompson • 1961 — The Fourth Square — Sandra Martin • 1963 — Girl in the Headlines — Perlita Barker • 1968 — Romeo and Juliet — Lady Capulet • 1969 — Oh! What a Lovely War — Sir William Robertson's Lady • 1979 — Meetings with Remarkable Men — Vitvitskaia • 1981 — La fille prodigue — La mère • 1982 — Le Lit — Eva • 2014 — Le goût des myrtilles — Jeanne