Mary Lamar Rickey, an American actress better known by her stage name Lara Parker, was born on October 27, 1938. She is well known for playing Angelique in the ABC television series Dark Shadows from 1966 until 1971. On October 12, 2023, Parker, 84, passed away in Los Angeles.

When Lara received a scholarship to Vassar College, she was a student at Memphis Central High School. She started her philosophy studies at Vassar and finished them at Southwestern in Memphis (now Rhodes College), graduating with a BA. She pursued a Masters in speech and drama while enrolling in the graduate program at the University of Iowa.

In 1998, Parker published Angelique’s Descent. The follow-up, Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch, was published in July 2006, and the third volume, Dark Shadows: Wolf Moon Rising, was published in August 2013. Her fourth and final book, Heiress of Collinwood, was released in November 2016.

She reprised her role as Angelique in a recent run of Dark Shadows radio plays. She also read Dark Shadows: The Salem Branch, Dark Shadows: Wolf Moon Rising, and Angelique’s Descent in their unabridged audiobook versions.

Who is Lara Parker’s ex-husband, Jimmy Hawkins, and why divorce?

Contractor Jim Hawkins was the husband of Lara Parker. Caitlin, the couple’s daughter, was born. Jimmy is not widely recognized online other than these factors. As of the time of publication, the internet community still didn’t know why they got divorced.