Mother of Chris Noth, TV journalist Jeanne Parr, dies at 92

UNITED STATES - CIRCA 2000: Chris Noth and his mom, Jeanne Parr, put their heads together at party at the Tavern on the Green following the opening of the Broadway play "The Best Man." Noth stars in the play. (Photo by Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) (Getty)

Jeanne L. Parr, a former television correspondent in New York and mother of actor Chris Noth, has died. She was 92.

Parr died Friday in Hawaii, where she lived after retirement, Noth's publicist said on Tuesday. Parr worked in television news in Wisconsin and Connecticut and appeared on the game show "What's My Line," catching the attention of a producer for CBS in New York. She came to New York to work as a weather correspondent for the local CBS affiliate, eventually becoming a news correspondent there.

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She wrote a book, "The Superwives," about the spouses of athletes, and produced documentaries.

Noth, who's been in "Law & Order" and "The Good Wife," said that his mother "lived fiercely with courage and love. She never accepted anything less than her dreams."