Claudio Brook (born Claude Sydney Brook Marnat, 28 August 1927 – 18 October 1995) was a
Mexican
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actor.
Life
Born in
Mexico City
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, Brook had a prolific career, making around 100
film
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and
television
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appearances in his 38 years as an actor. He won two
Ariel Award
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s.
He died from
stomach cancer
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in 1995.
For his work in motion pictures, Brook was inducted into the
Paseo de las Luminarias.
Filmography
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1927 births
1995 deaths
Male actors from Mexico City
Ariel Award winners
Best Actor Ariel Award winners
Mexican people of English descent
Mexican people of Basque descent
Mexican people of French descent
Deaths from stomach cancer
Mexican male film actors
Mexican male stage actors
Mexican male telenovela actors
20th-century Mexican male actors
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