- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 24, 1928
- Place of Birth
- Vienna, Austria
- Died
- May 21, 1999
Vanessa Brown
Known as the bright radio "Quiz Kid," Vanessa Brown became a popular leading lady in films and stage productions of the 1940s and 1950s and later a respected writer. During her heyday as an actress, Brown appeared in such varied productions as "The Seven Year Itch" opposite Tom Ewell on Broadway (a role later assumed by Marilyn Monroe in the film version) and the motion picture "Tarzan and the Slave Girl." Brown toured with Katharine Hepburn in a Theatre Guild production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and became something of a protege of the legendary actress. Among Brown's major films of the late 1940s and the early 1950s were "I've Always Loved You," "The Late George Apley," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "The Foxes of Harrow," "The Heiress," "The Fighter" and "The Bad and the Beautiful."
Filmography
tvThe Wonder Years
1988 · Punch Lady
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985 · (segment "A Message From Charity")
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Alma Goodrich
tvCall to Glory
1984 · Miss Rochemond
All That Glitters
1977 · Peggy Horner
tvGood Heavens
1976
movieThe Witch Who Came from the Sea
1976 · Cathy
tvPolice Story
1973
movieBless the Beasts & Children
1971 · Mrs. Goodenow
movieRosie!
1967 · Edith Shaw
The Chevy Mystery Show
1960 · Carol Penn
tvOne Step Beyond
1959 · Elsa Schuldorf
tvPerry Mason
1957 · Donna Kress
tvMatinee Theater
1955
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Louise Williams
tvClimax!
1954 · Vera, Marie Bannerman, Marian
tvLetter to Loretta
1953 · Miss Phinney
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Shelly
movieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952 · Kay Amiel
movieThe Fighter
1952 · Kathy
The Ezio Pinza Show
1951 · Self
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · Betty
movieThe Basketball Fix
1951 · Pat Judd
movieThree Husbands
1950 · Mary Whittaker
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Girl
movieTarzan and the Slave Girl
1950 · Jane
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950 · Ann Kimball
movieThe Heiress
1949 · Maria
tvLights Out
1949
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949 · Floria Gilchrist
movieBig Jack
1949 · Patricia Mahoney
tvThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
movieThe Foxes of Harrow
1947 · Aurore D'Arceneaux
movieMother Wore Tights
1947 · Bessie
movieThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947 · Anna Muir as an Adult
movieThe Late George Apley
1947 · Agnes Willing
movieI've Always Loved You
1946 · Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
movieMargie
1946 · Wanda (uncredited)
movieThe Girl of the Limberlost
1945 · Helen Brownlee
movieYouth Runs Wild
1944 · Sarah Taylor
My Favorite Husband
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Stage 7
— · Julia