Jacqueline Victoire Brookes (July 24, 1930 – April 26, 2013) was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her work both off-Broadway and on Broadway.

Life and career

Brookes was born in

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, the daughter of Maria Victoire (née Zur Haar) and Frederick Jack Brookes, an investment banker. She attended a French-speaking school in New York and spoke fluent French. She chose to attend the University of Iowa, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Then she went to London on a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. During the 1960s, she spent several summers acting in the Shakespeare Festival at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, performing in plays such as ''Antony and Cleopatra'', ''A Winter's Tale'', ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', and ''Richard III''. During that era, she also performed Rosalind in ''As You Like It'' at the New Mexico State University, Katherine in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' at the University of British Columbia, and Beatrice in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut. Jacqueline Brookes in later years was a teacher at the

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as well as a life member of

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. JACQUELINE BROOKES' obit, ''New York Times'' (paid death notice)
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'', ''

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'', '' The Good Son'', and ''

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''. She died at age 82 from

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Awards

She received her

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in 1955 for ''The Cretan Woman'' and won an Obie Award for

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in 1963 for ''

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''.Douglas Marti
"Jacqueline Brookes, Actress, Dies at 82"
''New York Times'', May 12, 2013

Filmography

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'' (1964-65, TV Series) - Flora Perkins *''

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'' (1969-73, TV Series) - Miss Thompson *''

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'' (1971-72, TV Series) - Ursula Winthrop *''

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'' (1971, TV Series) - Dr. Immelman (uncredited) *''Parades'' (1972) - Mrs. Novik (uncredited) *''

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'' (1973) - Angela - Publisher *'' The Gambler'' (1974) - Naomi Freed *'' All My Children'' (1974, TV Series) - Dr. Mary Hansen *'' Another World'' (1975, TV Series) - Beatrice Gordon *''Looking Up'' (1977) - Becky *''

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'' (1979) - Dr. Coopersmith *''

'' (1981) - Aunt Ethel *'' Ghost Story'' (1981) - Milly *'' Love and Money'' (1982) - Mrs. Paultz *''

'' (1982) - Dr. Cooley *'' Ryan's Hope'' (1982, TV Series) - Sister Mary Joel *''

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'' (1983) - Margaret Mayo *'' License to Kill'' (1984, TV Movie) - Judge Miriam Roth *''

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'' (1986, TV Series) - Nora Adler *''

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'' (1987, TV Series) - Mrs. Connaloe *''

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'' (1989) - Helen's Mother *'' Law & Order'' (1990, TV Series) - Judge Grace Larkin *'' The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear'' (1991) - Commissioner Brumford *'' All My Children'' (1991, TV Series) - Judge Irene Singer *'' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1992, TV Series) (Episode: ''

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'') - Admiral Brand *'' Whispers in the Dark'' (1992) - Lorraine McDowell *'' The Good Son'' (1993) - Alice Davenport *''

'' (1995) - Judge Silbowitz (final film role)

References

External links

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Jacqueline Brookes profile at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
in ''

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'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brookes, Jacqueline 1930 births 2013 deaths Actresses from New Jersey American film actresses American stage actresses American television actresses People from Montclair, New Jersey University of Iowa alumni Deaths from lymphoma Deaths from cancer in New York (state) Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art 21st-century American women