A Tribute to Lara Parker aka Angelique on Dark Shadows

[jetcityhawk]

Those cheekbones...otherworldly! Lara Parker was, and is...so beautiful. Angeligue was always my favorite character as well.

[interstategar]

I used to get home from school, get a fudgical out of the freezer and watch Dark Shadows. I told my neighborhood friends about it. I was there when they watched their first episode. They said "Its a soap opera, no way. I told them just hear the story forget about stereostypes. At the end of their first show-THEY WERE HOOKED! It was now ALL of our daily ritual... And these were mostly guys.

[SecretWife56]

RMPenta, Kind of confused by your response. I addressed her killing Sarah and her hatred of Josette was absurd, Josette never did anything to Angelique! So are saying that Barnabas was not at all to blame for seducing and abandoning Angelique?

[SecretWife56]

Angelique is my girl! As a Woman Betrayed, I FEEL HER RAGE! HOWEVER, SHE DID GO WAY TOO FAR! She harmed innocents, a child for Goddess's sake! A real Witch, which I am, would NEVER harm a child! But Barnabas deserved a major butt-kicking, but turning him into a vamp and making him hurt lots of other innocents, not OK!

[RPenta]

@SecretWife56 Wrong; she helped kill Sara Collins; how about driving Josette off the Widow's Hill-don't sanitize the character of Angelique.

[stp88661]

I loved Dark Shadows & all the actors & actress's equally, but I'll be damned if I can't shake off the fact that Lara Parker was my favorite villainess. She portrayed evil incarnate to the tee & it didn't hurt that she was strikingly beautiful, plus she was a top notch actress in movies like "Save the Tiger & Race with the Devil," who's talent went unappreciated & underused by the Hollywood studios. This is a great tribute to a wonderful actress! Thanks Baron! Yes, I did have a crush on her.

[killasocialist]

Lara Parker was esome! I really do miss dark Shadows

[killasocialist]

Thanks fdor postin! Back then I said I was going to marry her when I got big enough!

[RPenta]

continued,

The Phoenix could defeat Quentin, Barnabas, and Angelique. I reviewed some episodes and see she was quite weak at the end and without the sacred scarab; an interesting tag match: Nicholas and Angelique vs. Laura and Count Petofi.

[RPenta]

Baron, I know I have been taking some shots at the DS writers and producers lately and even at Lara Parker also--but as much as think Diana Millay's character was more interesting and original than Parker's and Millay did a fantastic job of playing Laura-as a general proposition Lara was really incomparable as a horror actress--it was hard for her to be on screen and not be scary. I do think that the Phoenix got the bum's rush in the 1897 storyline--I also think it is clear that at full power

[kellygirl19581]

Hello there---Mr. BaronVonBlixberg...... Great video.

This is my favorite cause I Always Liked the episodes with Lara & Frid.

Back in 69 I met Lara, Selby, Grayson, but not Frid. My Fathers cousin was stage mngr "Edward Melton". his name appears at the end credits. Just a few mnths ago due to being laid off from work that I became a You-Tube watcher & found out that DS was still so popular with all new generations of people. It's bringing back lots of memories for me.

Tks....

Kathy (NY)

[BaronVonBlixberg]

Hi Kellygirl19581...that is so AWESOME!!! How lucky you are to have actually met those three amazing DS actors..and back in 1969 when they were still working on the show!!! :) Thank you so much for taking the time to comment...it really means alot to me. :)

[kellygirl19581]

@BaronVonBlixberg

Yes, if you look at the credits up to year 1969 you will see his name.

Plus I am a New Yorker all my life (52yrs.)---Oh.I just gave away my age.!!!!!!

Like I told others I am new at this you tube videos etc... Cause My Generation did not have computers and all that other stuff so I am not sure if People get my responces and stuff, so be patient, I am new & still learning.

Sincerely

Kathy

[Rayarena]

I used to think that all witches were ugly--big noses, warts, boomsticks--until I saw Angelique. Undoubtedly, the most beautiful witch in television and movie history! Absolutely gorgeous!

[RPenta]

@Rayarena

I have said it before and I will say it here again; while Laura Collins is my favorite villeness in DS--Lara Parker was the greatest horror actress in history of TV and is long overdue for the TV Hall of Fame.

[hecate55]

Those piercing green eyes, those cheek bones! She was absolutely beautiful!

What a great tribute!