Brooks, Phyllis (1914–1995)
Brooks, Phyllis (1914–1995)
American stage and screen actress. Name variations: Mary Brooks. Born Phyllis Steiller (also seen as Weiler), July 18, 1914, in Boise, Idaho; died Aug 1, 1995, in Cape Neddick, Maine; m. Torbert H. MacDonald (then a Harvard gridiron hero who had roomed with John F. Kennedy, later MA congressional representative), 1945 (died 1976).
Briefly known as Mary Brooks, appeared on Broadway in Stage Door, Panama Hattie and Road Trip; films include Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, In Old Chicago, Slightly Honorable, Lady in the Dark, Charlie Chan in Honolulu and Dangerous Passage.
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