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Estelle Parsons movIes are no longer bIg business Parsons plays Mrs Truman in White House miniseries By NANCY ANDERSON opley News Service HOLLYWOOD When Estelle Parsons was invited to the White House recently she walked in and as she tells it felt right at home knew where everything was Because shed lived there No she hasnt had Bridey Murphy experience Shes not Mary Todd Lincoln rein carnate But she Is Bess Truman per sonified iii IIack Stairs at the White House miniseries for MW in which shed completed her part shortly before her Visit to the Executive Manston And the docudiaina is so meticulous regarding set details that when she went to the White House Miss Parsons almost expected director to shout ut Shed been to the White House before As student shed even been introduced to Harry Truman there whose wife she played for NBC But shes never met Mrs Truman nor did she try to before she undertook to bring her to television NOT INTERESTING Mrs Truman was not in any way an interesting person Miss Parsons maintains so had no character to play But for the first time forgot my lines It was iii scene between Mrs Truman and the housekeeper and it was iust terrible Itaekstairs at the White House is based on an account by mother and daughter who were White House maids who say that of the first ladies they worked for the servants liked Mrs lruman best In the show look more like Mrs Truman than wanted to Im 50 years old but was made up to look 57 which is the age she was in the script While Parsons didnt do any research before she played Mrs Truman she did deep wholesome trip site declares hated the picture but did it for two reasons had no money and had to support my kids And wanted to work WIIh Ar thur Penn think Jack Valenti and the motion picture industry have run completely away from any sense of responsibility to the public NI VISION The name business Isnt big business anymore but whats left has no Vision no responsibility no nothing These are difficult times we live In Despite the recent spate of alleged womens pictures Parsons claims she hasnt seen single good role for woman thitik that picture with Shirley Maclaitnc and Anne ancroft that everyone calls womans picture was Just ap palling It was the worst stereotypical thing There are still to male stars for every one woman In fact one of the few women stars can think of is Barbra Streisand did picture With her which was just awful But the public knew it could rely on her for certain level of eiitcr tainment and it got It Yes think shes star whose name means something at the box office Parsons doesnt risk her valuable time going to many movies though she did see National Lampoons Animal House arid enjoyed it On the other hand she says went to see lntcriors and walked out after the first It minutes ALSIII OMMICNIS Wheii Parsons says something caustic about movies she speaks frotn posi tion of strength because she not only won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for Bonnie and Clyde but was nominated in the same category for her work in Rachel Rachel research for her role inBOnniei Recently Shes been touring and Clyde which she perform ed so well that she won an Oscarforit picture despicable When you start cheering for the crook youre on an un have two kinds of mowes com lwith play and doing an ex Aperimental lYork Nevertheless she calls the The experimental thing is called Cleopatra thing in Soon Parsons says well New mercial and artistic As for docudrama genre which has come under criticism because of its oftenloose re counting of history but classification in which IIackstairs at the White House falls the actress says sliclikesn For Many important people In history are oiin known through the movtcs and now through television Maybe all the scripts havent been true to fact But at least because of these scripts know the peoples names lCteriially energetic Parsons runs two miles day and has been doing so for the past to years Hut better yet she says ltkctohikcandcliiiib 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