Gabrielle Brune (12 February 1912 in

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) was a British actress.

Career

On stage from 1930, her work included appearances in cabaret, the West End, on

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, in films and on television.

Personal life

Gabrielle Brune was born Gabrielle Hudson, the only child of Thomas Habgood Hudson and Adrienne Brune; both parents were theatre professionals from

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. Her mother was an actress and singer. She used her mother's surname professionally. In 1941, she was reported as recovering from

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and double pneumonia in a river house at

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on the Thames.

Marriages

In 1938, Brune was described as "Mrs. G. M. Thompson, wife of an English actor" in a news report about her first professional trip to America: (NB:

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). In 1942, she married an American Army officer, Maj. Walter J. Currie, in London."Informally at Home: Gabrielle Brune, Actress Wife of Lieut.-Colonel Walter Currie, U. S. Army"
''The Tatler and Bystander'' (15 March 1944): 327. She died in 2005, aged 92 years.

Selected filmography

* ''

Red Pearls ''Red Pearls'' is a 1930 British silent crime film directed by Walter Forde and starring Lillian Rich, Frank Perfitt and Arthur Pusey. It was made at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton. It was based on the novel ''Nearer! Nearer! '' by J. Rando ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Penny Pool ''The Penny Pool'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by George Black (producer), George Black and starring Douglas Wakefield, Billy Nelson (English actor), Billy Nelson and Chuck O'Neil. It was made at Highbury Studios.Wood p.96 Cast Refe ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Wife of General Ling ''The Wife of General Ling'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Griffith Jones, Valéry Inkijinoff and Adrianne Renn. It was adapted from a novel by Dorothy Hope and Peter Cheyney. The film was made at Shepperto ...

'' (1937) * ''

He Found a Star ''He Found a Star'' is a 1941 British musical film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Vic Oliver, Sarah Churchill (actress), Sarah Churchill and Evelyn Dall. It concerns a frustrated stage manager who quits his job and, with his secre ...

'' (1941) * '' Tomorrow We Live'' (1943) * ''

A Run for Your Money ''A Run for Your Money'' is a 1949 Ealing Studios comedy film starring Donald Houston and Meredith Edwards as two Welshmen visiting London for the first time. The supporting cast includes Alec Guinness, Moira Lister and Hugh Griffith. Plot Tw ...

'' (1949) * '' Mandy'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1952) * ''

The Wedding of Lilli Marlene ''The Wedding of Lilli Marlene'' is a 1953 British drama film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott and Sid James. It was made at Southall Studios with sets designed by the art director Ray Simm. It was produc ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Titfield Thunderbolt ''The Titfield Thunderbolt'' is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, George Relph and John Gregson. The screenplay concerns a group of villagers trying to keep their branch l ...

'' (1953) * ''

Three Steps to the Gallows ''Three Steps to the Gallows'', released in the United States as ''White Fire'', is a 1953 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Scott Brady, Mary Castle and Gabrielle Brune. The film, essentially a British second feature, is ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Harassed Hero ''The Harassed Hero'' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Guy Middleton, Joan Winmill Brown and Elwyn Brook-Jones. It was based on a novel of the same name by Ernest Dudley. The film was produced as a second fea ...

'' (1954) * '' Touch and Go'' (1955) * ''

Fun at St. Fanny's ''Fun at St. Fanny's'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Fred Emney, Cardew Robinson and Vera Day. The film revolves around the teachers and students of St Fanny's private school, particularly the pupil Cardew t ...

'' (1956) * ''

Girl in the Headlines ''Girl in the Headlines'' (AKA ''The Model Girl Murder Case'') is a 1963 British detective film directed by Michael Truman and starring Ian Hendry, Ronald Fraser, Jeremy Brett, and Jane Asher. It is based on the 1961 novel ''The Nose on my Fac ...

'' (1963)

References

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