---
name: "Park Overall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/park-overall"
fi1m_id: "park-overall"
imdb_id: "nm0653802"
tmdb_id: 14704
wikidata_id: "Q457962"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "15 March 1957"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T21:22:48.319784+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Park Overall

## Identity

Park Overall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/park-overall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** park-overall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0653802
- **TMDB ID:** 14704
- **Wikidata ID:** Q457962
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Overall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14704

Actor. Born 15 March 1957 in Greeneville, Tennessee, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 15 March 1957, Greeneville, Tennessee, USA
- **Active:** 1988–1990
- **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 72 (1), 1990s 65 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Overall, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457962, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653802/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14704

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Kindergarten Cop*](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Park Overall is an American actress and political activist. Born on 15 March 1957 in Tennessee, she graduated from Tusculum College with a degree in English before moving to New York to pursue acting.

She made her Broadway debut as Rowena in Neil Simon's *Biloxi Blues* and reprised the role in the 1988 film adaptation. Overall is known for playing nurse Laverne Todd in the sitcom *Empty Nest* (1988–1995) and has appeared in films including *Mississippi Burning* (1988), *Kindergarten Cop* (1990) and *The Vanishing* (1993), as well as the series *Reba*. She ran as a Democratic candidate in the 2012 U.S. Senate primary in Tennessee.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), Fi1m 65, as Samantha's Mother — [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), Fi1m 72, as Connie — [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beer for My Horses* (2008), as Barbara
- *Cut & Run* (2004), as Pauline
- *Reba* (2001), series, as Lori Ann
- *When Andrew Came Home* (2000), as Gail
- *Buzz Lightyear of Star Command* (2000), series, as Zoey / Female Ranger (voice)
- *Ladies Man* (1999), series, as Claire Stiles
- *The Price of a Broken Heart* (1999), as Dot Hutlemeyer
- *Katie Joplin* (1999), series, as Katie Joplin
- *Abilene* (1999), as Betty
- *Fifteen and Pregnant* (1998), as Evie Spangler
- *Sparkler* (1997), as Melba May
- *Inflammable* (1995), as Warr. Off. Charlene Porter
- *The Stars Fell on Henrietta* (1995), as Shirl (waitress)
- *The Good Old Boys* (1995), as Florence
- *The Critic* (1994), series, as Alice Tompkins (voice)
- *Precious Victims* (1993), as Paula Sims
- *Undercover Blues* (1993), as Bonnie Newman
- *House of Cards* (1993), as Lillian Huber
- *The Vanishing* (1993), as Lynn
- *Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story* (1992), as Tyria Moore
- *The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw* (1991), as Melody O'Rourke
- *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), as Samantha's Mother — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/kindergarten-cop.md)
- *Lost Angels* (1989), as Richard Doolan's Girlfriend
- *Talk Radio* (1988), as Debbie / Agnes / Theresa (voice)
- *Mississippi Burning* (1988), as Connie — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mississippi-burning.md)
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, as LaVerne Todd
- *Vibes* (1988), as Jane
- *Biloxi Blues* (1988), as Rowena
- *Tainted* (1987), as Marion
- *The Golden Girls* (1985), series, as Laverne — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-golden-girls.md)

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