Vanessa Brown
Birthday
1928/03/24
Day of death
1999/05/21 (71 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Also know as
Smylla Brind
Biography
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...Read more
Acting
(1947) The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Anna Muir as an Adult
(1952) The Bad and the Beautiful
as Kay Amiel
(1949) The Heiress
as Maria
(1976) The Witch Who Came from the Sea
as Cathy
(1944) Youth Runs Wild
as Sarah Taylor
(1947) Mother Wore Tights
as Bessie
(1951) The Basketball Fix
as Pat Judd
(1949) The Secret Of St. Ives
as Floria Gilchrist
(1950) Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Jane
(1947) The Late George Apley
as Agnes Willing
(1949) Big Jack
as Patricia Mahoney
(1967) Rosie!
as Edith Shaw
(1947) The Foxes of Harrow
as Aurore D'Arceneaux
(1952) The Fighter
as Kathy
(1946) Margie
as Wanda (uncredited)
(1946) I've Always Loved You
as Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
(1971) Bless the Beasts & Children
as Mrs. Goodenow
(1945) The Girl of the Limberlost
as Helen Brownlee
(1950) Three Husbands
as Mary Whittaker
(1985) The Twilight Zone
as (segment "A Message From Charity")
(2005) Top of the Pops Reloaded
as Self
(1957) Perry Mason
as Donna Kress
(1988) The Wonder Years
as Punch Lady
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Shelly
(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street
as ---
(1977) All That Glitters
as ---
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1955) The Millionaire
as Louise Williams
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Girl
(1951) Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Betty
(1954) Climax!
as Vera
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Elsa Schuldorf
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---
(1976) Good Heavens
as ---
My Favorite Husband
as ---
(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Ann Kimball
(1949) Lights Out
as ---
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Miss Phinney
Stage 7
as Julia
(1960) The Chevy Mystery Show
as Carol Penn
(1954) Climax!
as Marie Bannerman
(1954) Climax!
as Marian
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Alma Goodrich