Overview
- Erica Berdan, Parrish’s stepdaughter, told The Hollywood Reporter in August 2026 that Parrish died in Washington state in late 2025 and the family made no public statement about a cause of death.
- Parrish built a two-decade Hollywood career from the mid-1950s into the late 1970s with nearly 100 onscreen credits, including a memorable role in the 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate and television appearances on Batman and Star Trek.
- After her last credited performance in the 1978 TV movie No Margin for Error, Parrish devoted herself to activism, helping found the anti‑war group Speakers and Talent Organized for Peace and participating in Vietnam War protests.
- She and her husband Richard Bach co-founded Spring Hill Wildlife Sanctuary on Orcas Island and donated a series of conservation easements that the San Juan Preservation Trust says now protect 168 acres of forest and wildlife habitat within the 230‑acre sanctuary.
- Obituaries published in August 2026 have revisited both her screen work and her long-term civic projects, noting that her conservation gifts are the lasting element of her legacy and may shape land preservation on Orcas Island for generations.