Faith Brook
| Faith Brook | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born |
16 February 1922 York, England |
| Died |
11 March 2012 (aged 90) England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1941–2006 |
Faith Brook (16 February 1922 – 11 March 2012)[1] was an English actress who appeared on stage, in films and on television.
Born in York, her father was the actor Clive Brook, and her brother Lyndon Brook was also an actor.[2] Her first credited film appearance was The Jungle Book in 1942. She appeared on stage in The Colour of Poppies and in Uncle Vanya in 2008.[3]
Faith Brook was a supporter of the British Humanist Association.
Selected filmography
- Jungle Book (1942)
- Wicked as They Come (1956)
- The Intimate Stranger (1956)
- Across the Bridge (1957)
- Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958)
- The 39 Steps (1959)
- The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
- To Sir, with Love (1967)
- Adelaide (1968)
- The Smashing Bird I Used to Know (1969)
- Walk a Crooked Path (1969)
- War and Peace (1972, BBC TV)
- North Sea Hijack (1979)
- Bloodbath (1979)
- The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980)
- The Sea Wolves (1980)
- Eye of the Needle (1981)
- The Razor's Edge (1984)
- Miss Beatty's Children (1992)
- Mrs Dalloway (1997)
- AKA (2002)
Selected radio
- The Reluctant Peer by William Douglas-Home broadcast on BBC (1967)
References
- ↑ Obituary: Faith Brook, Daily Telegraph, 13 March 2012
- ↑ Shorter, Eric (20 February 2004). "Lyndon Brook". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ Nightingale, Benedict (26 January 2008). "Uncle Vanya". The Times. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
External links
- Faith Brook at the Internet Movie Database
- Faith Brook at the Internet Broadway Database
- Selected performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol
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