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Jean Brooks
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Jean Brooks
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-12-23,Houston, Texas, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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)

Filmography

The Seventh Victim

6.417

The Seventh Victim
1943-08-21

Women in the Night

3.9

Women in the Night
1948-01-02

The Leopard Man

6.4

The Leopard Man
1943-05-19

Two O'Clock Courage

6.2

Two O'Clock Courage
1945-04-13

The Falcon in Danger

5.6

The Falcon in Danger
1943-07-17

The Falcon in Hollywood

6

The Falcon in Hollywood
1944-12-08

The Falcon and the Co-Eds

6.2

The Falcon and the Co-Eds
1943-11-10

The Falcon's Alibi

5.2

The Falcon's Alibi
1946-04-12

The Boss of Big Town

5

The Boss of Big Town
1942-12-07

Youth Runs Wild

4.2

Youth Runs Wild
1944-09-01

The Bamboo Blonde

6

The Bamboo Blonde
1946-07-15

A Night of Adventure

4.9

A Night of Adventure
1944-06-02

Miracle on Main Street

5.5

Miracle on Main Street
1939-12-19

Man from Montana

0

Man from Montana
1941-09-05

The Devil's Pipeline

6

The Devil's Pipeline
1940-10-31

Frankie and Johnnie

5

Frankie and Johnnie
1936-04-30

The Invisible Killer

4

The Invisible Killer
1939-11-14

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

6.2

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940-12-24

The Invisible Man Returns

6.2

The Invisible Man Returns
1940-01-12

The Crime of Doctor Crespi

4.5

The Crime of Doctor Crespi
1935-09-23

Riders of Death Valley

6.5

Riders of Death Valley
1941-07-01

0

Meet the Chump
1941-02-14

A Dangerous Game

5

A Dangerous Game
1941-08-21

6.6

Buck Privates
1941-01-31

Son of Roaring Dan

0

Son of Roaring Dan
1940-07-25

6.1

Junior G-Men
1940-11-01

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

5.6

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
1940-03-03

3.9

Klondike Fury
1942-03-20

Boot Hill Bandits

5.8

Boot Hill Bandits
1942-04-24

Fighting Bill Fargo

6

Fighting Bill Fargo
1941-12-09

Badlands Of Dakota

5.6

Badlands Of Dakota
1941-09-15

7.8

Tango Bar
1935-02-22

0

Obeah
1935-02-01