Jacqueline Brookes Biography
Jacqueline Victoire Brookes (July 24, 1930 – April 26, 2013) was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her work both off-Broadway and on Broadway.
Life and career
Brookes was born in Montclair, New Jersey, the daughter of Maria Victoire (née Zur Haar) and Frederick Jack Brookes, an investment banker. 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.
Brookes appeared in the films Ghost Story, The En*y, Paternity, The Good Son, and Losing Isaiah.
She died at age 82 from lymphoma.
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.
Filmography
- A Flame in the Wind (1964-65, TV Series) - Flora Perkins
- As the World Turns (1969-73, TV Series) - Miss Thompson
- The Secret Storm (1971-72, TV Series) - Ursula Winthrop
- The Hospital (1971, TV Series) - Dr. Immelman (uncredited)
- Parades (1972) - Mrs. Novik (uncredited)
- The Werewolf of Washington (1973) - Angela - Publisher
- The Gambler (1974) - Naomi Freed
- All My Children (1974, TV Series) - Dr. Mary Hansen
- Another World (1975, TV Series) - Beatrice Gordon
- Looking Up (1977) - Becky
- A Death in Canaan (1978, TV Movie) - Mildred Carston
- Last Embrace (1979) - Dr. Coopersmith
- Paternity (1981) - Aunt Ethel
- Ghost Story (1981) - Milly
- Love and Money (1982) - Mrs. Paultz
- The En*y (1982) - Dr. Cooley
- Ryan's Hope (1982, TV Series) - Sister Mary Joel
- Without a Trace (1983) - Margaret Mayo
- License to Kill (1984, TV Movie) - Judge Miriam Roth
- Jack and Mike (1986, TV Series) - Nora Adler
- American Playhouse (1987, TV Series) - Mrs. Connaloe
- Sea of Love (1989) - Helen's Mother
- Law & Order (1990, TV Series) - Judge Grace Larkin
- The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) - Commissioner Brumford
- All My Children (1991, TV Series) - Judge Irene Singer
- Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992, TV Series) (Episode: The First Duty) - Admiral Brand
- Whispers in the Dark (1992) - Lorraine McDowell
- The Good Son (1993) - Alice Davenport
- Losing Isaiah (1995) - Judge Silbowitz (final film role)
References
External links
- Jacqueline Brookes at IMDb
- Jacqueline Brookes at the Internet Broadway Database
- Jacqueline Brookes profile at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Obituary in The New York Times
- Jacqueline Brookes at AllMovie
- Jacqueline Brookes at Memory Alpha
