- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 18, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Boise, Idaho, USA
- Died
- August 1, 1995
Phyllis Brooks
Phyllis Brooks was an American actress and model. Brooks was born Phyllis Seiler in Boise, Idaho on July 18, 1915. She began her career in films at age 20, and had been known as the "Ipana Toothpaste Girl" due to her work as a model. Brooks, who had about 30 performances in films, was a B-movie leading lady during the 1930s and 1940s, with roles in such films as In Old Chicago (1937), Little Miss Broadway (1938), and the Shanghai Gesture (1941). In the late 1930s, she dated Cary Grant, who called her Brooksie, and rumors that the two would be married were circulated. Brooks, something of a socialite, also dated Howard Hughes. Along with fellow actress Una Merkel, and accompanied by noted actor Gary Cooper, Phyllis was the first civilian woman to travel to the Pacific Theater of War during World War II, on a USO tour. She was married to Torbert Macdonald, an 11-term Massachusetts Congres…
Filmography
movieThe Unseen
1945 · Maxine
movieHigh Powered
1945 · Marian Blair
movieDangerous Passage
1944 · Nita
movieLady in the Dark
1944 · Allison DuBois
movieHi'ya, Sailor
1943 · Nanette
movieSilver Spurs
1943 · Mary Johnson
movieNo Place for a Lady
1943 · Dolly Adair
movieThe Shanghai Gesture
1941 · Dixie Pomeroy
movieThe Flying Squad
1940 · Ann Perryman
movieSlightly Honorable
1939 · Sarilla Cushing
Lucky to Me
movieLucky to Me
1939 · Pamela Stuart
movieCharlie Chan in Reno
1939 · Vivian Wells
movieCharlie Chan in Honolulu
1938 · Judy Hayes
movieUp the River
1938 · Helen Lindsay
movieStraight, Place and Show
1938 · Barbara 'Babs' Drake
movieLittle Miss Broadway
1938 · Barbara Shea
movieIn Old Chicago
1938 · Ann Colby
movieRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 · Lola Lee
movieWalking Down Broadway
1938 · Vicki Stone
movieCity Girl
1938 · Ellen Ward
movieAli Baba Goes to Town
1937 · Herself
movieSunday Night at the Trocadero
1937 · Phyllis Brooks
movieDangerously Yours
1937 · Valerie Barton
movieYou Can't Have Everything
1937 · Evelyn Moore
Foolish Hearts
movieFoolish Hearts
1935 · Gloria Seabury / Jeanette Hardwick
movieAnother Face
1935 · Sheila Barry
movieTo Beat the Band
1935 · Rowena
movieMcFadden´s Flats
1935 · Mary Ellis Hall
movieI've Been Around
1935 · Gay Blackstone
movieStrange Wives
1934 · The Actress