by Hal Erickson
biography
Phyllis Brooks entered films at age 20 after establishing herself as a model -- at the time of her "discovery," Brooks was known as the "Ipana Toothpaste Girl." Early on, she was billed as Mary Brooks and she spent most of her formative film years at 20th Century-Fox in such vehicles as Another Face (1935) and You Can't Have Everything (1937). Her performance as the born-to-lose heroine in 1938's City Girl was so impressive that it inspired a written bouquet by no less than William Saroyan. Phyllis Brooks left filmmaking behind when she married Harvard football star Torbert MacDonald in 1945.
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High Powered
Actor |
1945 | |||
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The Unseen
Actor |
1945 | |||
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Dangerous Passage
Actor |
1944 | |||
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The Lady in the Dark
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Hi 'ya, Sailor
Actor |
1943 | |||
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No Place for a Lady
Actor |
1943 | |||
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Silver Spurs
Actor |
1943 | |||
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The Shanghai Gesture
Actor |
1941 | |||
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Slightly Honorable
Actor |
1940 | |||
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The Flying Squad
Actor |
1940 | |||
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Charlie Chan in Reno
Actor |
1939 | |||
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Lucky to Me
Actor |
1939 | |||
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Actor |
1938 | |||
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City Girl
Actor |
1938 | |||
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In Old Chicago
Actor |
1938 | |||
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Little Miss Broadway
Actor |
1938 | |||
| 1938 | ||||
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Straight, Place and Show
Actor |
1938 | |||
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Up the River
Actor |
1938 | |||
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Walking Down Broadway
Actor |
1938 | |||
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Dangerously Yours
Actor |
1937 | |||
| 1937 | ||||
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Another Face
Actor |
1935 | |||
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I've Been Around
Actor |
1935 | |||
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Lady Tubbs
Actor |
1935 | |||
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McFadden's Flats
Actor |
1935 | |||
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Strange Wives
Actor |
1935 | |||
| 1935 | ||||
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To Beat the Band
Actor |
1935 |