Park Overall
Park Overall is an American actress, environmental and womens rights activist, and former U.S. Senate candidate, known for her trademark heavy Southern accent. Her bestknown role was as nurse Laverne Higby Todd Kane in the sitcom Empty Nest, though she has appeared in a number of feature films, including Biloxi Blues, Mississippi Burning, Talk Radio, and more recently, In the Family.
Overall was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Greeneville. She is the daughter of Frances , a professor of English, and Thomas Wesley Jack Overall, Jr., a federal magistrate. She has described her parents as Yellow Dog Democrats. As a teenager, she worked on the political campaigns of Tom Wiseman and Jim Sasser.
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