Jacqueline Victoire Brookes (July 24, 1930 – April 26, 2013) was an American film, television, and stage actress, best known for her work both

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and on

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Life and career

Brookes was born in

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, the daughter of Maria Victoire (née Zur Haar) and Frederick Jack Brookes, an investment banker. She attended a French-speaking school in New York and spoke fluent French. She attended the

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, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Then she went to London on a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the

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in London. During the 1960s, she spent several summers acting in the Shakespeare Festival at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego, performing in plays such as ''Antony and Cleopatra'', ''A Winter's Tale'', ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', and ''Richard III''. During that era, she also performed Rosalind in ''As You Like It'' at the New Mexico State University, Katherine in ''The Taming of the Shrew'' at the University of British Columbia, and Beatrice in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' at the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut. Jacqueline Brookes in later years was a teacher at the

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as well as a life member of

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. JACQUELINE BROOKES' obit, ''New York Times'' (paid death notice)
/ref> Brookes appeared in the films ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Good Son'', and ''

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''. She died at age 82 from

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Awards

She received her

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in 1955 for ''The Cretan Woman'' and won an

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Award for

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in 1963 for ''

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''.Martin, Douglas
'Jacqueline Brookes, Actress and Teacher, Dies at 82"
''

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'', May 12, 2013. Accessed February 20, 2024. "Jacqueline Victoire Brookes was born on July 24, 1930, in Montclair, N.J., the daughter of the former Maria Zur Haar and Frederick Jack Brookes, an investment banker."

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* *
Jacqueline Brookes profile at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
in ''

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