Carol Brewster (born Miriam Elizabeth Hechler; February 25, 1927 – February 1, 2013) was an American actress and model.
Biography
After she had a role as a model in a ''Ziegfeld Follies'' film, Brewster's first acting role came in ''
The Barkleys of Broadway'' (1949).
In 1955, Brewster came down with polio, causing her to spend 29 days in an
iron lung
An iron lung is a type of negative pressure ventilator, a medical ventilator, mechanical respirator which encloses most of a person's body and varies the air pressure in the enclosed space to stimulate breathing. It assists breathing when Musc ...
and nine months in a wheel chair.
In 1957, she acted on stage in Los Angeles, with a starring role in ''The Darling Darlinis'' at the Ivar Theater.
During a hiatus in her acting career, Brewster began designing purses, an endeavor that grew into a business that had 10 employees.
Death
Brewster died at 85 in
Big Bear Lake, California
Big Bear Lake is a city in San Bernardino County, California, located in the San Bernardino Mountains along the south shore of Big Bear Lake, and surrounded by the San Bernardino National Forest. The city is about northeast of the city of San ...
on February 1, 2013.
Filmography
* ''
It's a Great Feeling
''It's a Great Feeling'' is a 1949 American Technicolor musical comedy film starring Doris Day, Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan in a parody of what goes on behind the scenes in Hollywood movie making. The screenplay by Jack Rose and Mel Sh ...
'' (1949)
* ''
The Barkleys of Broadway'' (1949)
* ''
Flamingo Road'' (1949)
* ''
The Girl from Jones Beach'' (1949)
* ''
A Life of Her Own'' (1950)
* ''
Two Tickets to Broadway'' (1951)
* ''
Casa Manana'' (1951)
* ''
The Belle of New York'' (1952)
* ''
Untamed Women'' (1952)
* ''
Cat-Women of the Moon'' (1953)
* ''
The Maverick Queen'' (1955)
* ''
Son of Sinbad'' (1955)
* ''
Police Nurse'' (1963)
* ''
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
''Alfred Hitchcock Presents'' is an American television anthology series created, hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, airing on CBS and NBC, alternately, between 1955 and 1965. It features dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. Between 1962 a ...
'': "Night Fever" (1965) (TV)
* ''
Branded'': "A Proud Town" (1965) (TV)
* ''
Death Valley Days
''Death Valley Days'' is an American Western (genre), Western anthology series featuring true accounts of the American Old West, particularly the Death Valley country of southeastern California. Created in 1930 by Ruth Woodman, the program was ...
'': "Fighting Sky Pilot" with
Skip Homeier (1965) (TV)
* ''
Perry Mason'': "The Case of the Vanishing Victim" (1966) (TV)
* ''
Rosemary's Baby'' (1968)
* ''
Hell's Bloody Devils'' (1970)
References
External links
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Glamour girls of the silver screen
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American film actresses
1927 births
2013 deaths
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American women
Polio survivors
Actresses from Los Angeles
Models from Los Angeles