Hildy Brooks (born Hilda Brawner) is an actress who appeared on Broadway (starting in the late 1950s) and later on television.

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directed her on the Broadway stage in

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''. In 1961, she appeared in an episode of ''

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'' (" Mon Petit Chou") and in the movie "One Plus One" (credited as "Hilda Brawner" in both). She later appeared on episodes of the soap opera ''

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'' in 1963, and a handful of roles on '' The Nurses'' that same year. In

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” episode of '' The Defenders'' (1961), she played the wife of a prison inmate (played by

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). She appeared on '' Naked City'' three times. Her last credit as "Hilda Brawner" came in 1964, when she changed her name to Hildy Brooks. In 1972, she played Eleanor Jordan on " A Very Strange Triangle" episode of '' The Bold Ones: The New Doctors''. She guest-starred in several television episodes during the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond. She is credited as "Hilda" and "Hildy" having played the same role ("Margie") in two recorded versions of

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), two-part episode of 1960, and

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'' (1973). Brooks's most recent television appearances were in three episodes of ''

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'' (2004–07); one episode of '' ER'' (2005); one episode of ''

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'' (2009), and, her last credit, one episode of ''

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'' (2010).

Personal life

Since April 1965, Brooks has been married to actor Jim Antonio, elder brother of actor/director

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