Catherine Parks


Catherine LaBelle Parks is an American actress who has starred in movies and on television. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the 1982 horror movie Friday the 13th Part III, as Vera Sanchez, and the 1989 comedy Weekend at Bernie's.
Parks was born in Orlando, Florida and grew up in Tampa, Florida. She graduated from Leto High School and attended University of South Florida where she was a theater major.
Parks began doing beauty pageants while still residing in Florida, winning Miss Hillsborough County and Miss Florida before becoming a runner-up in the Miss America 1978 pageant.
She received her Screen Actors Guild card after appearing in the film Looker.
She has appeared on television shows, her first being Behind the Screen, and she later had a recurring role on the short-lived CBS series Zorro and Son in 1983. Parks has made guest appearances on TV shows such as The Love Boat, Three's Company, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Street Hawk, Tales from the Darkside, Hunter, and Empty Nest.
In 2005, Parks left Hollywood and now resides in Tampa. She remains an actress and continues to pursue various movie and television projects as a writer, producer and actor.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981LookerJan
1982Friday the 13th Part IIIVera Sanchez
1989Weekend at Bernie'sTina
1993Aspen ExtremeKaren

YearTitleRoleNotes
1981Behind the ScreenSally DundeeTV series
1982The Love BoatCarole StrucklandEpisode: "A Dress to Remember"
1982Three's CompanySusan Episode: "Extra, Extra"
1982Days of Our LivesMitzi RummleyTV series
1983Zorro and SonSeñorita Anita3 episodes
1984The New Mike HammerRachelEpisode: "Hot Ice"
1985Street HawkSimkins' DaughterEpisode: "Follow the Yellow Gold Road"
1986Tales from the DarksideGina CasavinEpisode: "The Casavin Curse"
1989HunterBonnie ArlingtonEpisode: "Blood Line"
1989Quantum LeapLady in ParkEpisode: "The Americanization of Machiko"
1989Empty NestMrs. HarteEpisode: "Overdue for a Job"
1990Capital NewsBrooke BrosEpisode: "Pilot"
Episode: "Swanns and Drakes"
1991The Man in the FamilyChristina MinettiEpisode: "Once Bitten..."
1993Body of InfluenceHelenVideo