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Jean Brooks

Jean Brooks

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Born December 23, 1915 in Houston, Texas, USA

Died November 25, 1963

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Fluent in Spanish, Jean Brooks began professionally by singing with Enric Madriguera and Orchestra in New York. She had a small role in the New York City-filmed The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) and the second lead in a Broadway play, "Name Your Poison" (1938), with Lenore Ulric, all under her real name of Jeanne Kelly. She was signed by an independent film production company that had gone under by the time she got to Hollywood. She spent several years at Universal as a leading lady in "B" pictures, including several Johnny Mack Brown westerns, but her option was dropped in late 1941. By this time she had married writer (later director) Richard Brooks and, with a certain Broadway hoofer having just signed at MGM, dropped the Kelly and became Jean Brooks. She signed with RKO, where film buffs know her for her three appearances for cult producer Val Lewton, particularly her stunning performance as a haunted devil worshiper in The Seventh Victim (1943).

Her clipped delivery and intense, forceful acting style made her a promising bet for stardom, but RKO lost interest in her by mid-'44 and her roles got gradually smaller until she was dropped in 1946. She and Brooks divorced (his later studio biographies omitted her name as one of his ex-wives). For many years she was listed as a "Lost Player" championed in several magazine articles by writer Doug McClelland. She was eventually located in San Francisco, where she had moved after her film career petered out, and was employed as a classified ad solicitor on the "San Francisco Examiner" newspaper. She had married a printer called Leddy. Her death at the Kaiser Hospital in Richmond, California, in 1963 was due to nutritional problems caused by alcoholism, a sad ending for a stylish and talented performer who didn't get the breaks she deserved, both personally and professionally.

Date of Death 25 November 1963, Richmond, California (extreme malnutrition & alcoholism)

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Filmography

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Year

Western Feud! Short Film1949Eris Brooke

Women in the Night Poster

Women in the Night Feature Film1948Maya

The Bamboo Blonde Poster

The Bamboo Blonde Feature Film1946Marsha

The Falcon's Alibi Poster

The Falcon's Alibi Feature Film1946Baroness Lena

Two O'Clock Courage Poster

Two O'Clock Courage Feature Film1945Barbara Borden

A Night of Adventure Poster

A Night of Adventure Feature Film1944Julie Arden

The Falcon in Hollywood Poster

The Falcon in Hollywood Feature Film1944Roxanna Miles

Youth Runs Wild Poster

Youth Runs Wild Feature Film1944Mary Coates

The Falcon and the Co-eds Poster

The Falcon and the Co-eds Feature Film1943Vicky Gaines

The Falcon in Danger Poster

The Falcon in Danger Feature Film1943Iris Fairchild

The Falcon Strikes Back Poster

The Falcon Strikes Back Feature Film1943Spanish Girl

The Leopard Man Poster

The Leopard Man Feature Film1943Kiki Walker

The Seventh Victim Poster

The Seventh Victim Feature Film1943Jacqueline Gibson

Boot Hill Bandits Poster

Boot Hill Bandits Feature Film1942May Meadows

Klondike Fury Poster

Klondike Fury Feature Film1942Rae Langton

The Boss of Big Town Poster

The Boss of Big Town Feature Film1942Iris Moore

A Dangerous Game Poster

A Dangerous Game Feature Film1941Anne Bennett

Badlands of Dakota Poster

Badlands of Dakota Feature Film1941Bella Union Girl

Buck Privates Poster

Buck Privates Feature Film1941Camp Hostess

Fighting Bill Fargo Poster

Fighting Bill Fargo Feature Film1941Linda Tyler

For Beauty's Sake Poster

For Beauty's Sake Feature Film1941Beauty Shop Operator

Man from Montana Poster

Man from Montana Feature Film1941Linda Thompson

Meet the Chump Poster

Meet the Chump Feature Film1941Madge Reilly

Riders of Death Valley Poster

Riders of Death Valley Feature Film1941Mary Morgan

Too Many Blondes Poster

Too Many Blondes Feature Film1941Angie De Vol

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Poster

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Feature Film1940Olga - Ming's Henchwoman [Ch. 5]

Junior G-Men Poster

Junior G-Men Feature Film1940Waitress [Chs. 11-12]

Son of Roaring Dan Poster

Son of Roaring Dan Feature Film1940Eris Brooke

The Devil's Pipeline Poster

The Devil's Pipeline Feature Film1940Laura Larson

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Poster

The Green Hornet Strikes Again! Feature Film1940Gloria Manning

The Invisible Man Returns Poster

The Invisible Man Returns Feature Film1940Minor Role

El milagro de la calle mayor Feature Film1939Nina

Miracle on Main Street Poster

Miracle on Main Street Feature Film1939Nina

The Invisible Killer Poster

The Invisible Killer Feature Film1939Gloria Cunningham

The Prodigal Returns Poster

The Prodigal Returns Feature Film1939

El trovador de la radio Poster

El trovador de la radio Feature Film1938Nina

Wedding Yells Short Film1937

Frankie and Johnnie Poster

Frankie and Johnnie Feature Film1936Cabaret Girl

The Wife of the Party Short Film1936The Wife

Obeah Feature Film1935

Tango Bar Poster

Tango Bar Feature Film1935Young Ship's Passenger on Lower Deck

The Crime of Doctor Crespi Poster

The Crime of Doctor Crespi Feature Film1935Miss Gordon

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