Jean Brooks

Jean Brooks

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)

  • Népszerűség : 2.07
  • Ismert : Acting
  • Születésnap : 1915-12-23
  • Születési hely : Houston, Texas, USA
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Jean Brooks Filmek

  • 1943
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    The Seventh Victim

    The Seventh Victim

    6.417 1943 HD

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  • 1948
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    Women in the Night

    Women in the Night

    3.9 1948 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Leopard Man

    The Leopard Man

    6.4 1943 HD

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  • 1945
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    Two O'Clock Courage

    Two O'Clock Courage

    6.2 1945 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Falcon in Danger

    The Falcon in Danger

    5.6 1943 HD

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  • 1944
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    The Falcon in Hollywood

    The Falcon in Hollywood

    6 1944 HD

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  • 1943
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    The Falcon and the Co-Eds

    The Falcon and the Co-Eds

    6.2 1943 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Falcon's Alibi

    The Falcon's Alibi

    5.2 1946 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Boss of Big Town

    The Boss of Big Town

    5 1942 HD

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  • 1944
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    Youth Runs Wild

    Youth Runs Wild

    4.2 1944 HD

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  • 1946
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    The Bamboo Blonde

    The Bamboo Blonde

    6 1946 HD

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  • 1944
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    A Night of Adventure

    A Night of Adventure

    4.9 1944 HD

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  • 1939
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    Miracle on Main Street

    Miracle on Main Street

    5.5 1939 HD

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  • 1941
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    Man from Montana

    Man from Montana

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  • 1940
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    The Devil's Pipeline

    The Devil's Pipeline

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1936
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    Frankie and Johnnie

    Frankie and Johnnie

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1939
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    The Invisible Killer

    The Invisible Killer

    4 1939 HD

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    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

    6.2 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Invisible Man Returns

    The Invisible Man Returns

    6.2 1940 HD

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  • 1935
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    The Crime of Doctor Crespi

    The Crime of Doctor Crespi

    4.5 1935 HD

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  • 1941
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    Riders of Death Valley

    Riders of Death Valley

    6.5 1941 HD

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    A Dangerous Game

    A Dangerous Game

    5 1941 HD

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    Meet the Chump

    Meet the Chump

    1 1941 HD

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  • 1941
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    Buck Privates

    Buck Privates

    6.6 1941 HD

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  • 1940
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    Son of Roaring Dan

    Son of Roaring Dan

    1 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Junior G-Men

    Junior G-Men

    6.1 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

    Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

    5.6 1940 HD

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  • 1942
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    Klondike Fury

    Klondike Fury

    3.9 1942 HD

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  • 1942
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    Boot Hill Bandits

    Boot Hill Bandits

    5.8 1942 HD

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  • 1941
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    Fighting Bill Fargo

    Fighting Bill Fargo

    6 1941 HD

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    Badlands Of Dakota

    Badlands Of Dakota

    5.6 1941 HD

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  • 1935
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    Tango Bar

    Tango Bar

    7.8 1935 HD

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  • 1935
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    Obeah

    Obeah

    1 1935 HD

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