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Phyllis Brooks(1915-1995)

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Phyllis Brooks
Phyllis Brooks was born on 18 July 1915 in Boise, Idaho, USA. She was an actress, known for Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) and Dangerously Yours (1937). She was previously married to Torbert H. Macdonald. She died on 1 August 1995 in Cape Neddick, Maine, USA.
BornJuly 18, 1915
DiedAugust 1, 1995(80)
BornJuly 18, 1915
DiedAugust 1, 1995(80)
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Tyrone Power and Phyllis Brooks in In Old Chicago (1938)
Tyrone Power, Phyllis Brooks, Berton Churchill, Alice Faye, and Kirby Grant in In Old Chicago (1938)
Tyrone Power and Phyllis Brooks in In Old Chicago (1938)
Brian Donlevy and Phyllis Brooks in Another Face (1935)
Charles Arnt, Phyllis Brooks, Jack La Rue, and Robert Lowery in Dangerous Passage (1944)
Phyllis Brooks and George Murphy in Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Phyllis Brooks, Robert Lowery, and Roger Pryor in High Powered (1945)
Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, and Phyllis Brooks in The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, and Phyllis Brooks in The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Victor Mature and Phyllis Brooks in The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, and Phyllis Brooks in The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Phyllis Brooks in Dangerous Passage (1944)

Known for

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
7.0
  • Lola Lee
  • 1938
Phyllis Brooks and Sidney Toler in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
Charlie Chan in Reno
7.0
  • Vivian Wells
  • 1939
Jane Darwell, Alan Dinehart, Cesar Romero, and Phyllis Brooks in Dangerously Yours (1937)
Dangerously Yours
7.3
  • Valerie Barton
  • 1937
Shirley Temple, Jimmy Durante, Phyllis Brooks, George Murphy, and Edna May Oliver in Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Little Miss Broadway
6.5
  • Barbara Shea
  • 1938

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Actress

  • Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Rod Serling in Suspense (1949)
    Suspense
  • Herbert Marshall, Joel McCrea, and Gail Russell in The Unseen (1945)
    The Unseen
  • High Powered (1945)
    High Powered
  • Charles Arnt, Phyllis Brooks, Jack La Rue, and Robert Lowery in Dangerous Passage (1944)
    Dangerous Passage
  • Vincent Price, Charles Coburn, Mary Anderson, William Eythe, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cedric Hardwicke, Alexander Knox, Thomas Mitchell, and Ruth Nelson in Wilson (1944)
    Wilson
    • (uncredited)
  • Ray Milland, Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter, and Jon Hall in Lady in the Dark (1944)
    Lady in the Dark
  • Phyllis Brooks, Elyse Knox, Eddie Quillan, Donald Woods, and Leo Diamond Quintet in Hi Ya, Sailor (1943)
    Hi Ya, Sailor
  • Roy Rogers, Phyllis Brooks, and Trigger in Silver Spurs (1943)
    Silver Spurs
  • William Gargan and Margaret Lindsay in No Place for a Lady (1943)
    No Place for a Lady
  • Gene Tierney, Victor Mature, Phyllis Brooks, Walter Huston, and Ona Munson in The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
    The Shanghai Gesture
  • The Flying Squad (1940)
    The Flying Squad
  • Broderick Crawford and Ruth Terry in Slightly Honorable (1939)
    Slightly Honorable
  • Lucky to Me (1939)
    Lucky to Me
  • Phyllis Brooks and Sidney Toler in Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
    Charlie Chan in Reno
  • Robert Barrat, Phyllis Brooks, and Sidney Toler in Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
    Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Soundtrack

  • Phyllis Brooks, Elyse Knox, Eddie Quillan, Donald Woods, and Leo Diamond Quintet in Hi Ya, Sailor (1943)
    Hi Ya, Sailor
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
    Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Personal details

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    • July 18, 1915
    • Boise, Idaho, USA
    • August 1, 1995
    • Cape Neddick, Maine, USA(undisclosed)
    • June 23, 1945 - May 21, 1976 (his death, 4 children)
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared in "Stage Door" on Broadway. Comedy. Written by George S. Kaufman (I) and Edna Ferber. Scenic Design by Donald Oenslager. Directed by George S. Kaufman. Music Box Theatre: 22 Oct 1936-Mar 1937 (closing date unknown/169 performances). Cast: Dorthea Andrews (as "Mattie"), William Andrews (as "Frank"), William Atlee (as "Billy"), Beatrice Blinn (as "Mary Harper" / "Big Mary"; final Broadway role), Phyllis Brooks (as "Jean Maitland"; Broadway debut), Jane Buchanan (as "Linda Shaw"), Louise Chaffee, Alex Courtney, Walter Davis, Edmund Dorsay (as "Lou Milhauser"), Draja Dryden, Tom Ewell (as "Larry Westcott"), Ralph Locke (as "Adolf Gretzl"), Sylvia Lupas (as "Olga Brandt"), Priestly Morrison, Lee Patrick, Helen Ray (as "Mrs. Shaw"), Leona Roberts (as "Mrs. Orcutt"), Virginia Rousseau (as "Pat Devine"), Judith Russell (as "Ellen Fenwick"), Grena Sloan (as "Madeline Vauclain"), Onslow Stevens (as "David Kingsley"; Broadway debut), Margot Stevenson (as "Kendall Adams"), Margaret Sullavan (as "Terry Randall"), Robert Thomsen (as "Sam Hastings"), Mary Wickes (as "Mary McCune, Little Mary"), Lili Zehner (as "Susan Paige"). Produced by Sam Harris. NOTE: Filmed as Stage Door (1937).
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    Was the first civilian woman to travel to the Pacific theater of war during World War II on a USO tour.

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