Phyllis Brooks | |
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Born | Boise, Idaho, U.S. | July 18, 1915
Died | August 1, 1995 Cape Neddick, Maine, U.S.[1] | (aged 80)
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Years active | 1934–1952 |
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Spouse |
Torbert H. Macdonald
(m. 1945; died 1976) |
Children | 4 |
Phyllis Brooks (July 18, 1915 – August 1, 1995) was an American actress and model. She was born in Boise, Idaho. Some sources have also inaccurately cited 1914 as her year of birth, but 1915 is the correct year according to Social Security records.
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Career
Modeling
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Brooks was a model for two years before progressing to a career in film. She stated, "I started posing for photographers as a lark, and it was a lot of fun."[2]
She had been known as the "Ipana Toothpaste Girl", due to her work for that product.[1]
Film
Initially known as Mary Brooks, she began her career in films in 1934[1] at age 20, in I've Been Around.[3] Brooks, who had about 30 performances in films, was a B-movie leading lady during the 1930s and 1940s, with roles in such films as In Old Chicago (1937), Little Miss Broadway (1938) and The Shanghai Gesture (1941).
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She appeared in Sidney Toler's Charlie Chan series, in the Shirley Temple films Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and in Little Miss Broadway.[4]
Stage
On Broadway, Brooks appeared in Stage Door (1936–37), Panama Hattie (1940–42), The Night Before Christmas (1941), and Round Trip (1945).[5]
Wartime activities
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Brooks was reported (UK Sunday Telegraph December 1942) as being president of Parties Unlimited Inc. in an article about Hollywood at war. Along with actress Una Merkel and accompanied by film star Gary Cooper, Brooks was the first civilian woman to travel to the Pacific theater of war during World War II on a USO tour.
Personal life
Brooks was engaged at one time to Cary Grant.[6] She married Torbert Macdonald on June 23, 1945, in Tarrytown, New York.[7] Macdonald, who had been John F. Kennedy's roommate at Harvard University, went on to become an 11-term Massachusetts Congressman.
Brooks moved east to Cambridge, Massachusetts with her new husband in 1945 so that he could complete his studies at Harvard Law School. He had been a Harvard football captain and a decorated PT boat captain in World War II. Macdonald died in office in 1976.[8][9]
Death
Brooks died on August 1, 1995, in Cape Neddick, Maine, aged 80.[3]
Partial filmography
- One Exciting Adventure (1934) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Strange Wives (1934) - The Actress
- The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) - Secretary (uncredited)
- I've Been Around (1935) - Gay Blackstone
- McFadden's Flats (1935) - Mary Ellis Hall
- Lady Tubbs (1935) - Debutante (uncredited)
- Another Face (1935) - Sheila Barry
- To Beat the Band (1935) - Rowena
- Two in the Dark (1936) - Minor Role
- Follow the Fleet (1936) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- You Can't Have Everything (1937) - Evelyn Moore
- Dangerously Yours (1937) - Valerie Barton
- Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) - Phyllis Brooks - at Premiere (uncredited)
- In Old Chicago (1938) - Ann Colby
- City Girl (1938) - Ellen Ward
- Walking Down Broadway (1938) - Vicki Stone
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) - Lola Lee
- Little Miss Broadway (1938) - Barbara Shea
- Straight Place and Show (1938) - Barbara 'Babs' Drake
- Up the River (1938) - Helen Lindsay
- Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938) - Judy Hayes
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) - Vivian Wells
- Lucky to Me (1939) - Pamela Stuart
- Slightly Honorable (1939) - Sarilla Cushing
- The Flying Squad (1940) - Ann Perryman
- The Shanghai Gesture (1941) - The Chorus Girl
- No Place for a Lady (1943) - Dolly Adair
- Silver Spurs (1943) - Mary Hardigan
- Hi'ya, Sailor (1943) - Nanette
- Lady in the Dark (1944) - Allison DuBois
- Wilson (1944) - Granddaughter (uncredited)
- Dangerous Passage (1944) - Nita Paxton
- High Powered (1945) - Marian Blair
- The Unseen (1945) - Maxine
References
- ^ a b c Katz, Ephraim (1979). The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume. Perigee Books; ISBN 0-399-50601-2, pg. 170.
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- ^ a b "Phyllis Brooks; Model Acted on Stage, Screen". Los Angeles Times. August 5, 1995. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
- ^ "Phyllis Brooks, 80, Actress and Hostess". The New York Times. August 3, 1995. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Phyllis Brooks". Playbill Vault. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Phyllis Brooks, 80, Actress and Hostess". The New York Times. August 3, 1995. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Marriages". Billboard. July 28, 1945. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Phyllis Brooks, 80, Actress and Hostess". The New York Times. August 3, 1995. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ^ "Biographies of the Representatives of the 7th District of Massachusetts". Retrieved April 19, 2016.
External links
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- Phyllis Brooks at IMDb
- Phyllis Brooks at AllMovie
- Phyllis Brooks at the Internet Broadway Database
- Photos of Phyllis Brooks from The Shanghai Gesture