Hildy Parks (March 12, 1926 – October 7, 2004)[2] was an American actress and writer for television programs.
[3] Parks made her screen debut in The Night Holds Terror (1955) opposite Jack Kelly, Vince Edwards, but her film career was sporadic, with minor appearances in Fail-Safe (1964), Seven Days in May (1964), and The Group (1966).
Her television career included portraying Ellie Crown in the daytime soap opera Love of Life from its 1951 debut until 1955; appearances in such prime-time dramatic anthology series as Armstrong Circle Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents, Kraft Television Theatre, and Studio One; and as a recurring panelist on the game shows To Tell the Truth and Down You Go.
[5] They also produced, and Parks wrote, the week-long CBS: On the Air retrospective for the network's 50th anniversary.
[3] Parks died at age 78 at the Lillian Booth Actors Home in Englewood, New Jersey, from complications following a stroke.