Jean Brooks
Birthday
1915/12/23
Day of death
1963/11/25 (47 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Houston, Texas, USA
Also know as
Ruby M. Kelly, Jeanne Kelly, Ruby Matilda Kelly
Biography
Fluent in Spanish, Jean Brooks began professionally by singing with Enric Madriguera and Orchestra in New York. She had a small role in the New York City-filmed The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) and the second lead in a Broadway play, "Name Your Poison" (1938), with Lenore Ulric, all under her real name of Jeanne Kelly. She was signed by an independent film production company that had gone under by the time she got to Hollywood. She spent several years at Universal as a leading lady in "B" pictu...Read more
Acting
(1943) The Seventh Victim
as Jacqueline Gibson
(1948) Women in the Night
as Maya
(1943) The Leopard Man
as Kiki Walker
(1945) Two O'Clock Courage
as Barbara Borden
(1943) The Falcon in Danger
as Iris Fairchild
(1944) The Falcon in Hollywood
as Roxanna Miles
(1943) The Falcon and the Co-Eds
as Vicky Gaines
(1946) The Falcon's Alibi
as Baroness Lena
(1942) The Boss of Big Town
as Iris Moore
(1944) Youth Runs Wild
as Mary Hauser Coates
(1946) The Bamboo Blonde
as Marsha
(1944) A Night of Adventure
as Julie Arden
(1939) Miracle on Main Street
as Nina
(1941) Man from Montana
as Linda Thompson
(1940) The Devil's Pipeline
as Laura Larson (as Jeanne Kelly)
(1936) Frankie and Johnnie
as Cabaret Girl
(1939) The Invisible Killer
as Gloria Cunningham
(1940) The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
as Gloria Manning
(1940) The Invisible Man Returns
as Minor Role (uncredited)
(1935) The Crime of Doctor Crespi
as Nurse Gordon (as Jeanne Kelly)
(1941) Riders of Death Valley
as Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)
(1941) Meet the Chump
as Madge Reilly (as Jeanne Kelly)
(1941) A Dangerous Game
as Anne Bennett (as Jeanne Kelly)
(1941) Buck Privates
as Camp Hostess
(1940) Son of Roaring Dan
as Eris Brooke (as Jeanne Kelly)
(1940) Junior G-Men
as Waitress (uncredited)
(1940) Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
as Olga (uncredited)
(1942) Klondike Fury
as Rae Langton
(1942) Boot Hill Bandits
as May Meadows
(1941) Fighting Bill Fargo
as Linda Tyler (as Jeanne Kelly)
(1941) Badlands of Dakota
as Bella Union Girl
(1935) Tango Bar
as Young Ship's Passenger on Lower Deck (uncredited)
(1935) Obeah
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