Street's wife, Cindy, told The Associated Press that her husband died at a hospital in Las Vegas after a short illness.
But her greatest challenge to date was as the ruthless Mildred in Of Human Bondage 1946 , not only because Bette Davis in the same role 12 years previously was still in some people's minds but because Parker had to reveal a nasty side, which she did with relish, especially in the scene where she smashes up a room with a poker.