Park Overall was born on March 15,1957 and is an American actress, political activist, and former US Senate candidate, known for her trademark heavy Southern accent.
20 Facts About Park Overall
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Park Overall is the daughter of Thomas Wesley "Jack" Overall, Jr.
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Park Overall has described her parents as Yellow Dog Democrats.
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Park Overall graduated from Tusculum University with a degree in English, and briefly attended graduate school at the University of Tennessee.
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Park Overall appeared in both the stage and film versions of Neil Simon's Biloxi Blues, and had a role in a failed pilot called The Line with Dinah Manoff, with whom she eventually costarred on the NBC series Empty Nest.
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Park Overall played Laverne Higby Todd Kane, nurse to Harry Weston, played by Richard Mulligan.
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Park Overall played the same role in the early episodes of the Empty Nest spinoff, Nurses, in the early 1990s.
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Park Overall later starred in the short-lived TV series Katie Joplin and Ladies Man, both from 1999.
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Park Overall has appeared in several TV movies, including the Lifetime drama Fifteen and Pregnant.
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Park Overall has made guest appearances on TV shows such as The Golden Girls, The Young Riders, and Reba, in which she had a recurring role during the series' first season.
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Park Overall has actively supported a number of environmental causes, primarily those affecting her native East Tennessee.
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In recent years, Park Overall has been a vocal critic of Nuclear Fuel Services, which operates a uranium processing complex in Erwin, Tennessee.
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Park Overall has charged that the complex has poor safety standards, pointing to a study released in 2010 that found soil samples along the Nolichucky River contaminated with enriched uranium traced to the complex.
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Park Overall has filed numerous petitions with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which insists the complex's radiation output levels are safe.
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In 2002, Park Overall helped thwart an attempt by Louisiana Energy Services to build a uranium enrichment facility in the Erwin vicinity.
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In 2014, Park Overall campaigned against a proposed 12-mile pipeline that would allow the new US Nitrogen plant in Mosheim to use water from the Nolichucky River.
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Park Overall accused the plant and regulatory agencies that approved the pipeline of lying about how much of the river's water the plant would use.
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Park Overall is pro-gay marriage, arguing that same-sex couples are guaranteed the right to marry by the 14th Amendment.
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Park Overall has frequently criticized state lawmakers for passing restrictions on abortion.
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In January 2016, Park Overall endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president, but stated she would support whoever is the Democratic nominee.