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Phyllis Brooks
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Phyllis Brooks
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-07-18,Boise, Idaho, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Phyllis Brooks was an American actress and model. Brooks was born Phyllis Seiler in Boise, Idaho on July 18, 1915. She began her career in films at age 20, and had been known as the "Ipana Toothpaste Girl" due to her work as a model. 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). In the late 1930s, she dated Cary Grant, who called her Brooksie, and rumors that the two would be married were circulated. Brooks, something of a socialite, also dated Howard Hughes. Along with fellow actress Una Merkel, and accompanied by noted actor Gary Cooper, Phyllis was the first civilian woman to travel to the Pacific Theater of War during World War II, on a USO tour. She was married to Torbert Macdonald, an 11-term Massachusetts Congressman who was John F. Kennedy's roommate at Harvard, and who remained a close friend and confidante throughout his life. She moved to Cambridge, Massachusetts with her new husband in 1945 so he could complete his Harvard Law degree. Congressman Macdonald had been a Harvard football captain and a decorated PT boat captain in World War II. He died in office in 1976. Phyllis continued performing in summer stock theater after her marriage, and hosted the first television interview program in Boston in the early 1950s (on WBZ-TV). She retired from public performances after that, concentrating on raising her family. The couple had four children, the eldest of whom was President Kennedy's godson. She died on August 1, 1995 in Cape Neddick, Maine at the age of 80.

Filmography

I've Been Around

2.5

I've Been Around
1935-03-05

Charlie Chan in Reno

6.2

Charlie Chan in Reno
1939-06-16

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

6.4

Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938-12-30

The Shanghai Gesture

6.2

The Shanghai Gesture
1941-12-25

4.5

The Unseen
1945-05-12

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

6.694

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938-03-18

Little Miss Broadway

6.6

Little Miss Broadway
1938-07-29

6.4

In Old Chicago
1938-04-15

Lady in the Dark

4.7

Lady in the Dark
1944-02-10

Slightly Honorable

5.1

Slightly Honorable
1939-12-22

Dangerous Passage

4.9

Dangerous Passage
1944-12-18

6

City Girl
1938-01-07

0

Foolish Hearts
1935-12-27

4.2

Another Face
1935-12-20

3.5

Silver Spurs
1943-08-12

You Can't Have Everything

5.7

You Can't Have Everything
1937-08-02

0

Strange Wives
1934-11-30

To Beat the Band

0

To Beat the Band
1935-11-23

The Flying Squad

6

The Flying Squad
1940-10-12

0

High Powered
1945-02-27

McFadden´s Flats

0

McFadden´s Flats
1935-03-12

Dangerously Yours

6

Dangerously Yours
1937-09-21

Straight, Place and Show

6

Straight, Place and Show
1938-09-30

No Place for a Lady

6

No Place for a Lady
1943-02-11

6

Hi'ya, Sailor
1943-10-08

0

Lucky to Me
1939-11-08

Walking Down Broadway

5.7

Walking Down Broadway
1938-03-11

0

Up the River
1938-12-09

Ali Baba Goes to Town

6.1

Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937-10-29