Faith Brook

{{Short description|English actress (1922–2012)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Faith Brook | image = Faith Brook in The Jungle Book 1942.jpg | caption = Brook in ''Jungle Book'' (1942) | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1922|2|16}} | birth_place = York, Yorkshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|3|11|1922|2|16}} | death_place = London, England | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1941–2006 | spouse = {{plainlist| * Charles Moffett * Michael Horowitz }} | children = 1 }}

'''Faith Brook''' (16 February 1922 – 11 March 2012) was an English actress who appeared on stage, in films and on television, generally in upper-class roles. She was the daughter of actor Clive Brook.

== Early years == Although she was born in York, England, she was raised in Hollywood.<ref name="opa">{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012|date=19 April 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476603858|pages=42–43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LO3ymSmVrlMC&q=%22Faith+Brook%22+actress&pg=PA42|access-date=16 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> Her father was the actor Clive Brook, and her brother Lyndon Brook was also an actor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Lyndon Brook |last=Shorter |first=Eric |date=20 February 2004 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/feb/20/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=22 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Faith Brook |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 March 2012 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9141696/Faith-Brook.html |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Brook was educated in Los Angeles, London and Gstaad, Switzerland.<ref name="g">{{cite news |last1=Billington |first1=Michael |title=Faith Brook obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/mar/14/faith-brook|access-date=16 March 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024033/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/mar/14/faith-brook |archive-date=16 March 2017}}</ref> As a teenager, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.<ref name=opa/>

== Film == Brook's screen debut came via a small role in ''Suspicion'' (1941).<ref name=opa/> Her first credited film appearance was ''The Jungle Book'' (1942). ''The Encyclopedia of British Film'' described her as being cast "almost invariably in well-bred roles ..."<ref name="ebf">{{cite book|last1=McFarlane|first1=Brian|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111975|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&q=%22Faith+Brook%22+actress&pg=PA101|access-date=16 March 2017|language=en}}</ref>

== Stage == In September 1941, Brook debuted on stage in ''Lottie Dundass'' in Santa Barbara.<ref name=g/>

During World War II, Brook served in Britain's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Following that, she acted in the Bristol Old Vic.<ref name=ebf/> Later, in London, she joined the company of The Old Vic.<ref name=g/>

She also appeared on the London stage in ''The Colour of Poppies'' and ''Uncle Vanya'' in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3254740.ece |title=Uncle Vanya |last=Nightingale |first=Benedict |date=26 January 2008 |work=The Times |access-date=22 May 2011 |archive-date=16 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516072534/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3254740.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>

She performed on Broadway, in ''Letters to Lucerne'' (1941), ''You Never Can Tell'' (1947) and ''The Cocktail Party'' (1949).

== Television == Brook portrayed Julia Naughton in the American television series ''Claudia'' (1952).<ref name="etvs">{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=192|edition=2nd}}</ref> In Britain, she appeared in ''War and Peace'' (1972) on the BBC and ''The Irish RM'' on Channel 4, among other programmes.<ref name=g/>

==Personal life== Brook was married twice, first to Charles Moffett and then later to Michael Horowitz. Brook and her second husband had a son.<ref name=g/>

She was a supporter of the British Humanist Association.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''Suspicion'' (1941) - Alice Barham (uncredited) * ''Jungle Book'' (1942) - English Girl * ''No Time for Love'' (1943) - Pert Brunette (uncredited) * ''Uneasy Terms'' (1948) - Viola Alardyse * ''Wicked as They Come'' (1956) - Virginia Collins * ''The Intimate Stranger'' (1956) - Lesley Wilson * ''Across the Bridge'' (1957) - Kay * ''Man in the Shadow'' (1957) - Joan Lennox * ''Chase a Crooked Shadow'' (1958) - Elaine Whitman * ''The 39 Steps'' (1959) - Nannie * ''We Shall See'' (1964) - Alva Collins * ''The Heroes of Telemark'' (1965) - Woman on Bus * ''To Sir, with Love'' (1967) - Grace Evans * ''Adelaide'' (1968) - Dickson * ''The Smashing Bird I Used to Know'' (1969) - Dr. Sands * ''Walk a Crooked Path'' (1969) - Elizabeth Hemming * ''War and Peace'' (1972, BBC TV) - Countess Rostova * ''North Sea Hijack'' (1980) - Prime Minister * ''Bloodbath'' (1979) - Heather * ''The Curse of King Tut's Tomb'' (1980) - Lady Almina Carnarvon * ''The Sea Wolves'' (1980) - Mrs. Grice * ''Eye of the Needle'' (1981) - Lucy's Mother * ''The Razor's Edge'' (1984) - Louisa Bradley (Isabel's Mother) * ''Miss Beatty's Children'' (1992) - Mabel Forster * ''Mrs Dalloway'' (1997) - Lady Bexborough * ''AKA'' (2002) - Contessa de la Reche {{div col end}}

==Selected television credits== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Episode(s) |- | 1949 | ''Martin Kane, Private Eye'' | Millie Talbot | "The Nevans Murder Trail " |- | 1950 | ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' | Unknown role | "Murder by Moonlight" |- | 1950, 1951 | ''Ford Theatre'' | Unknown roles | "Heart of Darkness" "Dead on the Vine" |- | 1949–1951 | ''Studio One'' | Sally Athelny Joan Bridges Edith Bastin Ethel Mummery | "Of Human Bondage" "The Willow Cabin " "Away from It All" "Mr. Mummery's Suspicion" |- | 1950–1951 | ''Kraft Television Theatre'' | Unknown roles | "The Great Broxopp" "Mrs. Dane's Defense" "Dear Brutus" |- | 1951–1952 | ''Robert Montgomery Presents'' | Unknown roles | "An Inspector Calls" "Happy Birthday, George" "The Law-Abiding" |- | 1956 | ''Kitty Clive''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/0615488228854b33b7352ba11b2cab3e |title=Children's Television |date=27 March 1956 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=21 March 2026}}</ref> | Nance Oldfield | TV movie |- | 1957 | ''White Hunter'' | Patricia | "Big Bwana Brady " |- | 1958 | ''Saturday Playhouse'' | Connie Crawford | "Heroes Don't Care" |- | 1958 | ''Sunday Night Theatre'' | Ida Hay | "Honour Bright" |- | 1959 | ''The Invisible Man'' | Carol Norton | "Picnic with Death" |- |1961 | ''Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'' | Nurse | "The Prisoner" |- | 1961 | ''Maigret'' | Aline Calas | “The Simple Case” |- | 1964 | ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' | Fanny Senlac | "A Present from Father" |- | 1964 | ''The Human Jungle'' | Mrs Thomas | "Wild Goose Chase" |- |1974 |''Thriller'' | Betty Cornfield | "In the Steps of a Dead Man" |- | 1984 | ''The Weather in the Streets'' | Lady Spencer | TV movie |- |1991 |''Miss Marple'' | Ruth van Rydock | "They Do It With Mirrors" |- | 1993 |''Zorro'' | Ynez Risendo | "The Arrival" "Conundrum" "The Discovery" |- | 2000 |''Paul the Apostle'' | Sara | TV movie |}

== Selected radio == * ''The Reluctant Peer'' by William Douglas-Home broadcast on BBC (1967)

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