 By her mid-twenties she had left motion pictures and turned to television, co-hosting "Hour Glass", the first U.S. network variety show in 1946-47.In an era when "... it was a social 'taboo' for a pregnant woman to display herself in public," Parrish was forced to leave "Hour Glass" as a result of her pregnancy.One notable TV role was that of Geraldine Rutherford in the first season of the American television situation comedy "Leave It to Beaver".