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 Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor. After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States ...

Early years

Although she was born in

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, England, she was raised in Hollywood. Her father was the actor

, and her brother

Lyndon Brook Lyndon Brook (10 April 1926 – 9 January 2004) was a British actor, on film and television. Family and early life Lyndon Brook was born on 10 April 1926 in Los Angeles, California, to British parents. He came from an established acting fami ...

was also an actor. Brook was educated in Los Angeles, London and Gstaad, Switzerland. As a teenager, she studied at the

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Film

Brook's screen debut came via a bit part in ''

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'' (1941). Her first credited film appearance was ''

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'' in

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. ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'' described her as being cast "almost invariably in well-bred roles ..."

Stage

In September 1941, Brook debuted on stage in ''Lottie Dundass'' in Santa Barbara. During World War II, Brook served in Britain's

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. Following that, she acted in the

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. Later, in London, she joined the company of

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. She also appeared on stage in ''The Colour of Poppies'' and in ''

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'' in 2008. Her

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credits include ''

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'' (1949), '' You Never Can Tell'' (1947), and ''Letters to Lucerne'' (1941).

Television

Brook portrayed Julia Naughton in the American television series '' Claudia'' (1952). In Britain, she appeared on ''

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...

'' (1972) on the BBC and '' The Irish RM'' on Channel 4, among other programmes.

Personal life

Brook was married twice, first to Charles Moffett and then later to Michael Horowitz. Brook and her second husband had a son, Stephen B. Horowitz (British birth records)/> She was a supporter of the

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Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1941) - Alice Barham (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1942) - English Girl * '' No Time for Love'' (1943) - Pert Brunette (uncredited) * ''

Uneasy Terms ''Uneasy Terms'' is a 1948 British crime thriller film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Michael Rennie, Moira Lister and Faith Brook. It is based on the 1946 novel of the same name by Peter Cheyney. Premise Slim Callaghan is a private ey ...

'' (1948) - Viola Alardyse * ''

Wicked as They Come ''Wicked as They Come'' (''Portrait in Smoke'' in the United States) is a 1956 British film noir directed by Ken Hughes and starring Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey and Herbert Marshall. Plot Poor girl from the slums Katherine Allenbourg trades on ...

'' (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 ''Chase a Crooked Shadow'' ( ''Sleep No More'') is a 1958 British suspense film starring Richard Todd, Anne Baxter and Herbert Lom. Michael Anderson directed ''Chase a Crooked Shadow'', the first film produced by Associated Dragon Films, a busi ...

'' (1958) - Elaine Whitman * '' The 39 Steps'' (1959) - Nannie * ''

We Shall See ''We Shall See'' is a 1964 British drama film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Maurice Kaufmann, Faith Brook and Alec Mango. It was adapted from a 1926 novel ''We Shall See!'' by Edgar Wallace, and was made at Merton Park Studios as ...

'' (1964) - Alva Collins * ''

The Heroes of Telemark ''The Heroes of Telemark'' is a 1965 British war film directed by Anthony Mann based on the true story of the Norwegian heavy water sabotage during the Second World War from ''Skis Against the Atom'', the memoirs of Norwegian resistance soldi ...

'' (1965) - Woman on Bus * ''

To Sir, with Love ''To Sir, with Love'' is a 1967 British drama film that deals with social and racial issues in an inner city school. It stars Sidney Poitier and features Christian Roberts, Judy Geeson, Suzy Kendall and singer Lulu making her film debut. Jam ...

'' (1967) - Grace Evans * ''

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'' (1968) - Dickson * ''

The Smashing Bird I Used to Know ''The Smashing Bird I Used to Know'' is a 1969 British drama/sexploitation film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Renée Asherson, Patrick Mower, Dennis Waterman, Madeleine Hinde and Maureen Lipman. As with other Hartford-Davis f ...

'' (1969) - Dr. Sands * ''

Walk a Crooked Path ''Walk a Crooked Path '' is a 1969 British crime film directed by John Brason and starring Tenniel Evans, Faith Brook and Patricia Haines. The film is set at a boarding school where a man plans to murder his wealthy teacher wife. It is sometim ...

'' (1969) - Elizabeth Hemming * ''

'' (1972, BBC TV) - Countess Rostova * ''

North Sea Hijack ''North Sea Hijack'' (released as ''ffolkes'' outside the UK and as ''Assault Force'' on US TV) is a 1980 British adventure film starring Roger Moore, Lea Brodie, James Mason, Anthony Perkins and Michael Parks. It was directed by Andrew V. M ...

'' (1980) - Prime Minister * ''

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'' (1979) - Heather * '' The Curse of King Tut's Tomb'' (1980) - Lady Almina Carnarvon * ''

The Sea Wolves ''The Sea Wolves'' is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film, which is based on the 1978 book ''Boarding Party'' by James Leasor, is a fictionalised account of Operation Creek during the Second World War. ...

'' (1980) - Mrs. Grice * '' Eye of the Needle'' (1981) - Lucy's Mother * ''

The Razor's Edge ''The Razor's Edge'' is a 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham. It tells the story of Larry Darrell, an American pilot traumatized by his experiences in World War I, who sets off in search of some transcendent meaning in his life. The story beg ...

'' (1984) - Louisa Bradley (Isabel's Mother) * ''

Miss Beatty's Children ''Miss Beatty's Children'' is a 1992 English-language Indian drama film directed by Pamela Rooks in a directorial debut, with Jenny Seagrove, Faith Brook and Protima Bedi in lead roles. The film set in 1936 in South India, was based on Pamela ...

'' (1992) - Mabel Forster * ''

Mrs Dalloway ''Mrs. Dalloway'' is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published on 14 May 1925, that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels. The working ...

'' (1997) - Lady Bexborough * '' AKA'' (2002) - Contessa de la Reche

Selected television credits

Selected radio

* '' The Reluctant Peer'' by

William Douglas-Home William Douglas Home (3 June 1912 – 28 September 1992) was a British dramatist and politician. Early life Douglas-Home (he later dropped the hyphen from his surname) was the third son of Charles Douglas-Home, 13th Earl of Home, and Lady Lili ...

broadcast on BBC (1967)

References

External links

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Selected performances in Theatre Archive University of Bristol
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brook, Faith 1922 births 2012 deaths English film actresses English humanists English stage actresses English television actresses Actresses from York Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art