Barbara Parkins News

Penny Champayne, Afrodite, and Bananas Foster in the Gold Dust Orphans' production of "Valet of the Dolls.'' In a conversation that touches on bestiality, the Smurfs, and giant tap-dancing hypodermic needles, the funniest thing Ryan Landry says is this: "I don't do minimalism.'' Landry, of course, is the cofounder and main force of nature behind ...

The veteran crooner got up close to the Rosemary's Baby actress at a nightclub when she was wed to Sinatra during the mid-1960s. He admits he was nervous of how the notoriously volatile My Way star would react - but Farrow was eventually pulled away by her Peyton Place co-stars Ryan O'Neal and Barbara Parkins.

Who says there aren't any good movie roles for 50-year old women? Barbie, the timeless, top-heavy blond bombshell who has played more than 100 roles during her half-century career as a doll, is finally making it to the big screen.

Patty Duke in an iconic Valley of the Dolls promo shot with Barbara Parkins and Sharon Tate .

"This is the continuing story of Peyton Place ..." And so began the serialized drama "Peyton Place" -- twice weekly starting in 1964.