Faith Brook Biography (1922-) (original) (raw)

1. Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
2. Johnny Brandon to Ric Burns

Born February 16, 1922, in York, England; daughter of Clive (an actor, director, and writer) and Mildred Evelyn Brook; sister of Lyndon Brook (an actor and writer); married Charles Moffett (a physician; divorced); married Michael Horowitz (divorced).

Nationality

British

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

February 16, 1922

York, United Kingdom

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Stage Appearances
• Marion Curwood, Letters to Lucerne, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1941
• Rose, Lottie Dundass, Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA, 1941
• Marie, Aren't Men Beasts?, Garrick Theatre, London, 1942
• Dorinda, The Beaux Stratagem, Bristol Old Vic Company, London, 1946
• Lady Macduff, Macbeth, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1946
• Olga, Keep in a Cool Place, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1946
• Olivia, Twelfth Night, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1946
• Pauline, Jenny Villiers, Bristol Old Vic Company, 1946
• Alice Langdon, Deep Are the Roots, Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1947
• Louisa Packard, Truant in Park Lane, St. James's Theatre, London,1947
• Gloria Clandon, You Never Can Tell, Martin Beck Theatre, New YorkCity, 1948
• Charlotte Ivanova, The Cherry Orchard, Old Vic Company, London, 1948-1949
• Helen of Troy, Dr. Faustus, Old Vic Company, 1948-1949
• Mrs. Millamant, The Way of the World, Old Vic Company, 1948-1949
• Olivia, Twelfth Night, Old Vic Company, 1948-1949
• Celia Coplestone, The Cocktail Party, Henry Miller's Theatre, NewYork City, 1950
• The Devil's Disciple, summer stock production, 1951
• Don Juan in Hell, summer stock production, 1951
• The Tempest, summer stock production, 1951
• Too True to Be Good, summer stock production, 1951
• Sheila Vendice, Dial M for Murder, with the National Company, Chicago, IL and New York City, 1952-1953
• Mary Terriford, The Burning Glass, Apollo Theatre, London, 1954
• Anne Irving, The Leopard, Connaught Theatre, Worthing, England, 1955
• Inez, Vicious Circle, New Watergate Theatre, London, 1955
• The visitor, The Whole Truth, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1955
• Helene Donaldo, No Laughing Matter, Arts Theatre, London, 1957
• Agnes Potter, The Kidders, St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1958
• Lady Dungavel, Roar Like a Dove, Phoenix Theatre, London, 1959
• Frances Darling, Little Darlings, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1960
• Paula Tanqueray, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray, Pembroke Theatre, Croydon, England, 1961
• Laura Foster, License to Murder, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1963
• Angela and Kathy Wallace, Games, New Arts Theatre, London, 1964
• Antonia, A Severed Head, Criterion Theatre, London, 1964
• Dalia, Samson Agonistes, Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, England, 1965
• Patricia, Minor Murder, Savoy Theatre, London, 1967
• Woman, Fill the Stage with Happy Hours, Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1967
• Mrs. Forbes, Backbone, Royal Court Theatre, London, 1968
• Olivia, His, Hers and Theirs, Apollo Theatre, London, 1969
• Gertrude, Hamlet, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1971
• The Ride across Lake Constance, Hampstead Theatre, London, 1973
• The daughter, All Over, Gardner Arts Centre Theatre, Brighton, England, 1976
• Veronica, The Old Country, Queen's Theatre, London, 1977
• Mother, Good, Donmar Warehouse Theatre, London, 1999
• Major Tours
• Patricia, Flare Path, Mable Crum, While the Sun Shines, andother roles with the military ATS unit "Stars in Battledress," 1943-1945
• Gertrude, Hamlet, British cities, 1969
• Lady Macsycophant, The Man of the World, British cities, 1969
• The daughter, All Over, British cities, 1976
• Film Appearances
• Alice Barham, Suspicion, RKO Radio Pictures, 1941
• English girl, The Jungle Book (also known as Rudyard Kipling'sJungle Book), United Artists, 1942
• Pert brunette, No Time for Love, Paramount, 1943
• Viola Alardyse, Uneasy Terms, Pathe, 1948
• Lesley Wilson, Finger of Guilt (also known as The Intimate Stranger), RKO Radio Pictures, 1956
• Virginia Collins, Wicked As They Come (also known as Portrait in Smoke), Columbia, 1956
• Joan Lennox, Violent Stranger (also known as Man in the Shadow), Anglo-Amalgamated, 1957
• Kay, Across the Bridge, IPF, 1957
• Mrs. Elaine Whitman, Chase a Crooked Shadow, Warner Bros., 1957
• Alva Collins, We Shall See (also known as Edgar Wallace Mysteries: We Shall See), Anglo-Amalgamated, 1959
• Nannie, The Thirty-Nine Steps (also known as The 39 Steps),Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
• Lady Randolph, The Finest Hours, Columbia, 1964
• Woman on the bus, The Heroes of Telemark (also known as The Unknown Battle), Columbia, 1965
• Mrs. Grace Evans, To Sir with Love, Columbia, 1967
• Governess, Adelaide (also known as The Depraved and Finoa farti male), Sigma III, 1968
• Dr. Sands, School for Unclaimed Girls (also known as Hell HouseGirls, House of Unclaimed Women, and The Smashing Bird I Usedto Know), Grand National, 1969
• Elizabeth Hemming, Walk a Crooked Path, Cavalcade, 1969
• Elizabeth Janus, View from the Loft, 1974
• Heather, Las flores del vicio (also known as Bloodbath, The Sky Is Falling, El cielo se cae, and Las flores del vicio (El cepo)), 1979
• British prime minister, Ffolkes (also known as Assault Force and North Sea Hijack), Universal, 1980
• Mrs. Grice, The Sea Wolves (also known as Sea Wolves: The LastCharge of the Calcutta Light Horse), Paramount, 1980
• Lucy's mother, Eye of the Needle, United Artists, 1981
• Isabel's mother, The Razor's Edge, Columbia, 1984
• Mabel Forster, Miss Beatty's Children, 1992
• Lady Boxborough, Mrs. Dalloway (also known as Virginia Woolf'sMrs. Dalloway), First Look Pictures Releasing, 1997
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Julia Naughton, Claudia, the Story of a Marriage (also known as Claudia), NBC, later CBS, both 1952
• Janet Turner, Golden Girl, 1960
• Countess Rostova, War and Peace, BBC-2, 1972-1973
• Miss Windrup, Angels, BBC, 1975-1983
• Lady Knox, The Irish RM, Channel 4, 1983-1985
• Miniseries
• Julie Westfield, Sins, CBS, 1986
• Edith Brompton, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles, NBC, 1987
• Movies
• The Trial and Torture of, 1965
• Affairs of the Heart, 1974
• Mrs. Grace, After Julius, 1978
• Lady Almina Carnarvon, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, 1980
• Mrs. Wilsher, Cream in My Coffee, London Weekend Television and PBS, 1980
• Lady Spencer, The Weather in the Streets, BBC, 1983
• Ruth van Rydock, "They Do It with Mirrors" (also known as "Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors"), Miss Marple, BBC, Arts and Entertainment, and Network 7, 1991
• Isobel, Mothertime, 1997
• Sarah, San Paolo (also known as Saint Paul), Czech TV and Radiotelevisione Italiana, 2000
• Specials
• Hamlet, 1972
• Lavinia, "All Passion Spent," Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1989
• Episodic
• "Dead on the Vine," Ford Theater (also known as The Ford Television Theater), CBS, 1951
• "Mr. Mummery's Suspicion," Studio One, CBS, 1951
• Dr. Bradbury, "The Bottle Shop," The Protectors, Associated British Picture Corporation, 1964
• "The Kindest Thing to Do," Six Shades of Black, Granada Television, 1965
• "In the Steps of a Dead Man" (also known as "Thriller: In the Steps of aDead Man"), Thriller, Associated Television, 1974
• Mrs. Petronelli, "Rumpole and the Family Pride," Rumpole of the Bailey (also known as Rumpole of the Bailey, Series VII), Thames Television, later broadcast on Mystery!, PBS, 1995