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Jean Brooks
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ruby Kelly, Jeanne Kelly, Robina Duarte, Ruby Matilda Kelly
American film actress and singer (1915-1963)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Word Search Dinosaurs Large Print
- "Hamlet" by William Shakespeare (Master Guides)
- Winter Lord
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Film & TV
Houston, Texas, USA
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…
Known for
- Women in the Night — Maya1948
- The Falcon's Alibi — Baroness Lena1946
- The Bamboo Blonde — Marsha1946
- Two O'Clock Courage — Barbara Borden1945
- The Falcon in Hollywood — Roxanna Miles1944
- Youth Runs Wild — Mary Hauser Coates1944
- A Night of Adventure — Julie Arden1944
- The Seventh Victim — Jacqueline Gibson1943
- The Leopard Man — Kiki Walker1943
- The Falcon in Danger — Iris Fairchild1943
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 207
- Total plays
- 374
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Brooks
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Houston
- Place of death
- Richmond
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- American English
- Image
- Jean Brooks 1940s fan photo (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- United States
Show 11 more facts
- date of birth
- 1915-12-23
- date of death
- 1963-11-25
- name in native language
- Jean Brooks
- Commons category
- Jean Brooks
- start of work period
- 1935-00-00
- time period
- 20th century
- writing language
- American English
- birth name
- Ruby Matilda Kelly
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- hepatic encephalopathy
- ethnic group
- Americans
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