Hillary Brooke
Actress

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Hillary Brooke was born Beatrice Peterson to a middle-class American family in Long Island, NY. She had a successful career as a photographer's model before breaking into show business, and adopted a British accent to stand out among the other tall, good-looking blondes. She appeared in films such as The Philadelphia Story (1940), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Wake Island (1942), Jane Eyre (1943) and The Enchanted Cottage (1945). She also had a successful career in television, most notably as the object of comic Lou Costello's affections in The Abbott and Costello Show (1952). She also had a similar role in My Little Margie (1952) and appeared in the sci-fi classic Invaders from Mars (1953). She played Doris Day's best friend in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and had her final film role in Spoilers of the Forest (1957). She retired from the film industry in 1960 and died in Bonsall, CA, in 1999.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress
Birth Day September 08, 1914
Birth Place  Astoria, New York, United States
Age 106 YEARS OLD
Died On May 25, 1999(1999-05-25) (aged 84)\nBonsall, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Libra
Other names Hillary Brook
Alma mater Columbia University
Occupation Actress
Years active 1937–1960
Spouse(s) Alan Shute (m. 1936–1940)) Jack Voglin (m. 1941–1948) Raymond A. Klune (m. 1960–1988) (his death)
Children Donald Voglin Carol V. Klune (step daughter) from Lillian and Raymond A. Klune

💰 Net worth: $5 Million (2024)

Hillary Brooke's net worth is estimated to be $5 million in 2024. She is widely recognized as a talented actress in the United States. With her remarkable skills and captivating performances, Brooke has established herself as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry. Her impressive net worth is a testament to her successful career, and it reflects the valuable contributions she has made to the world of acting.

Biography/Timeline

1941

Brooke was also married to Jack Voglin (1941–1948) and had one son Donald Voglin.

1942

She co-starred in three Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) and The Woman in Green (1945).

1943

Her other film credits include Jane Eyre (1943), The Enchanted Cottage (1945), Lucky Losers (1950) with The Bowery Boys, the Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), the 3-D film The Maze (1953), and the sci-fi B-movie classic Invaders from Mars (1953).

1950

On The Abbott and Costello Show, produced in the early 1950s and syndicated for decades afterwards, Brooke played the role of a straitlaced, classy tenant of the rooming house where the two main characters lived. She was treated with reverence by the duo and was not a target of pranks and slapstick. As the love interest of Lou Costello, he worshipped her and she always addressed him as "Louis". Like the other main characters, her character's name in the show was her real name. She also appeared in Africa Screams (1949) and Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) with the comedy team.

1952

She was a regular on the 1952–1955 Gale Storm TV series My Little Margie, playing Roberta Townsend, the glamorous love interest of Margie's father Vern Albright (Charles Farrell).

1957

On September 28, 1957, she played Doris Cole in the second episode of Perry Mason, titled "The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece". Brooke also played Angela Randall in I Love Lucy's "The Fox Hunt", which aired February 6, 1956. She retired from television in 1960 following guest appearances on Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Laura Renault and in Michael Shayne as Greta Morgan.

1988

Hillary Brooke was married to Raymond A. Klune, an executive at MGM, from 1960 until his death on September 24, 1988. She had a stepdaughter Carol V. Klune.

1999

On May 25, 1999, Brooke died from a blood clot in the lung at a hospital in Fallbrook, California. Her brother, actor Arthur Peterson, died in 1996; For her contribution to the television industry, Hillary Brooke has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6307 Hollywood Boulevard.

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