Jacqueline Brookes

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Jacqueline Brookes

Jacqueline Victoire Brookes (July 24, 1930 – April 26, 2013)[1] was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her work both off-Broadway and on Broadway.

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Jacqueline Victoire Brookes

(1930-07-24)July 24, 1930
DiedApril 26, 2013(2013-04-26) (aged 82)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • acting teacher
Years active1952–1996
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Life and career

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Brookes was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the daughter of Maria Victoire (née Zur Haar) and Frederick Jack Brookes, an investment banker.[2] She attended a French-speaking school in New York and spoke fluent French. She attended the University of Iowa, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Then she went to London on a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

During the 1960s, she spent several summers acting in the Shakespeare Festival at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, performing in plays such as Antony and Cleopatra, A Winter's Tale, The Merchant of Venice, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Richard III. During that era, she also performed Rosalind in As You Like It at the New Mexico State University, Katherine in The Taming of the Shrew at the University of British Columbia, and Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut.

Jacqueline Brookes in later years was a teacher at the Circle in the Square Theatre School as well as a life member of The Actors Studio.[3][4]

Brookes appeared in the films Ghost Story, The Entity, Paternity, The Good Son, and Losing Isaiah.

She died at age 82 from lymphoma.[2]

Awards

She received her Theatre World Award in 1955 for The Cretan Woman and won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for Six Characters in Search of an Author.[2]

Filmography

Film

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Jacqueline Brookes film credits
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1971The HospitalDr. Immelman (uncredited)
1972ParadesMrs. Novik (uncredited)
1973The Werewolf of WashingtonAngela - Publisher
1974The GamblerNaomi Freed
1977Looking UpBecky
1979Last EmbraceDr. Coopersmith
1981PaternityAunt Ethel
1981Ghost StoryMilly
1982Love and MoneyMrs. Paultz
1982The EntityDr. Cooley
1983Without a TraceMargaret Mayo
1989Sea of LoveHelen's Mother
1991The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of FearCommissioner Brumford
1992Whispers in the DarkLorraine McDowell
1993The Good SonAlice Davenport
1995Losing IsaiahJudge Silbowitz(final film role)
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Television

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Jacqueline Brookes television credits
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1964–1965 A Flame in the Wind Flora Perkins 3 episodes
1969–1973 As the World Turns Miss Thompson
1972 The Secret Storm Ursula Winthrop 1 episode
1975–1976 Another World Beatrice Gordon 12 episodes
1978 A Death in Canaan Mildred Carston TV movie
1982 Ryan's Hope Sister Mary Joel 4 episodes
1984 License to Kill Judge Miriam Roth TV movie
1986 Jack and Mike Nora Adler 3 episodes
1986 The Equalizer Phyllis Robertson Episode: "Christmas Presence"
1987 American Playhouse Mrs. Connaloe 1 episode
1989 The Equalizer Dr. Grayson Episode: "Lullaby of Darkness"
1990 Law & Order Judge Grace Larkin Episode: "Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die"
1991 All My Children Judge Irene Singer 10 episodes
1992 Star Trek: The Next Generation Admiral Andrea Brand Episode: "The First Duty"
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