Faith Brook

English actress (1922–2012)

Charles Moffett
Michael Horowitz

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Faith Brook (16 February 1922 – 11 March 2012) was an English actress who appeared on stage, in films and on television, generally in upper-class roles. She was the daughter of actor Clive Brook.

Early years

Although she was born in York, England, she was raised in Hollywood.^[1] Her father was the actor Clive Brook, and her brother Lyndon Brook was also an actor.^[2]^[3]

Brook was educated in Los Angeles, London and Gstaad, Switzerland.^[4] As a teenager, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.^[1]

Film

Brook's screen debut came via a small role in Suspicion (1941).^[1] Her first credited film appearance was The Jungle Book (1942). The Encyclopedia of British Film described her as being cast "almost invariably in well-bred roles ..."^[5]

Stage

In September 1941, Brook debuted on stage in Lottie Dundass in Santa Barbara.^[4]

During World War II, Brook served in Britain's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Following that, she acted in the Bristol Old Vic.^[5] Later, in London, she joined the company of The Old Vic.^[4]

She also appeared on the London stage in The Colour of Poppies and Uncle Vanya in 2008.^[6]

She performed on Broadway, in Letters to Lucerne (1941), You Never Can Tell (1947) and The Cocktail Party (1949).

Television

Brook portrayed Julia Naughton in the American television series Claudia (1952).^[7] In Britain, she appeared in War and Peace (1972) on the BBC and The Irish RM on Channel 4, among other programmes.^[4]

Personal life

Brook was married twice, first to Charles Moffett and then later to Michael Horowitz. Brook and her second husband had a son.^[4]

She was a supporter of the British Humanist Association.

Selected filmography

Suspicion (1941) - Alice Barham (uncredited)
Jungle Book (1942) - English Girl
No Time for Love (1943) - Pert Brunette (uncredited)
Uneasy Terms (1948) - Viola Alardyse
Wicked as They Come (1956) - Virginia Collins
The Intimate Stranger (1956) - Lesley Wilson
Across the Bridge (1957) - Kay
Man in the Shadow (1957) - Joan Lennox
Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958) - Elaine Whitman
The 39 Steps (1959) - Nannie
We Shall See (1964) - Alva Collins
The Heroes of Telemark (1965) - Woman on Bus
To Sir, with Love (1967) - Grace Evans
Adelaide (1968) - Dickson
The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969) - Dr. Sands
Walk a Crooked Path (1969) - Elizabeth Hemming
War and Peace (1972, BBC TV) - Countess Rostova
North Sea Hijack (1980) - Prime Minister
Bloodbath (1979) - Heather
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980) - Lady Almina Carnarvon
The Sea Wolves (1980) - Mrs. Grice
Eye of the Needle (1981) - Lucy's Mother
The Razor's Edge (1984) - Louisa Bradley (Isabel's Mother)
Miss Beatty's Children (1992) - Mabel Forster
Mrs Dalloway (1997) - Lady Bexborough
AKA (2002) - Contessa de la Reche

Selected television credits

Year	Title	Role	Episode(s)
1949	Martin Kane, Private Eye	Millie Talbot	"The Nevans Murder Trail "
1950	Ripley's Believe It or Not!	Unknown role	"Murder by Moonlight"
1950, 1951	Ford Theatre	Unknown roles	"Heart of Darkness" "Dead on the Vine"
1949–1951	Studio One	Sally Athelny Joan Bridges Edith Bastin Ethel Mummery	"Of Human Bondage" "The Willow Cabin " "Away from It All" "Mr. Mummery's Suspicion"
1950–1951	Kraft Television Theatre	Unknown roles	"The Great Broxopp" "Mrs. Dane's Defense" "Dear Brutus"
1951–1952	Robert Montgomery Presents	Unknown roles	"An Inspector Calls" "Happy Birthday, George" "The Law-Abiding"
1957	White Hunter	Patricia	"Big Bwana Brady "
1958	Saturday Playhouse	Connie Crawford	"Heroes Don't Care"
1958	Sunday Night Theatre	Ida Hay	"Honour Bright"
1959	The Invisible Man	Carol Norton	"Picnic with Death"
1961	Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	Nurse	"The Prisoner"
1961	Maigret	Aline Calas	“The Simple Case”
1964	Dr. Finlay's Casebook	Fanny Senlac	"A Present from Father"
1974	Thriller	Betty Cornfield	"In the Steps of a Dead Man"
1984	The Weather in the Streets	Lady Spencer	TV movie
1991	Miss Marple	Ruth van Rydock	"They Do It With Mirrors"
1993	Zorro	Ynez Risendo	"The Arrival" "Conundrum" "The Discovery"

Selected radio

The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas-Home broadcast on BBC (1967)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lentz, Harris M. III (19 April 2013). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012. McFarland. pp. 42–43. ISBN 9781476603858. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ Shorter, Eric (20 February 2004). "Obituary: Lyndon Brook". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ "Obituary: Faith Brook". The Daily Telegraph. 13 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Billington, Michael (14 March 2012). "Faith Brook obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b McFarlane, Brian (2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. p. 101. ISBN 9781526111975. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
^ Nightingale, Benedict (26 January 2008). "Uncle Vanya". The Times. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
^ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 192. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.