Hildy Brooks

Hildy Brooks (born Hilda Brawner) is an actress who appeared on Broadway (starting in the late 1950s) and later on television. Elia Kazan directed her on the Broadway stage in Tennessee Williams' play Sweet Bird of Youth.[1][2]

In 1961, she appeared in an episode of Route 66 ("Mon Petit Chou") and in the movie "One Plus One"[3] (credited as "Hilda Brawner" in both).[4] She later appeared on episodes of the soap opera The Guiding Light in 1963, and a handful of roles on The Nurses that same year. In Reginald Rose's “Metamorphosis” episode of The Defenders (1961), she played the wife of a prison inmate (played by Robert Duvall). She appeared on Naked City three times. Her last credit as "Hilda Brawner" came in 1964, when she changed her name to Hildy Brooks.[5]

In 1972, she played Eleanor Jordan on "A Very Strange Triangle" episode of The Bold Ones: The New Doctors. She guest-starred in several television episodes during the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond. She is credited as "Hilda" and "Hildy" having played the same role ("Margie") in two recorded versions of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh: Sidney Lumet's videotaped The Iceman Cometh (Play of the Week), two-part episode of 1960, and John Frankenheimer's The Iceman Cometh (1973).[6]

Brooks's most recent television appearances were in three episodes of Boston Legal (2004-07); one episode of ER (2005); one episode of Cold Case (2009), and, her last credit, one episode of Nip/Tuck (2010).[1]

Personal life

Since April 1965, Brooks has been married to actor Jim Antonio, elder brother of actor/director Lou Antonio.[7]

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References
  1. "Hilda & Hildy". classictvhistory.wordpress.com. February 7, 2011. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  2. "Hildy Brooks profile". TV.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  3. "One Plus One". IMDb.com. August 23, 1962. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  4. "Mon Petit Chou". IMDb.com. November 24, 1961. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  5. "Hildy Brooks". IMDb.
  6. "The Iceman Cometh". IMDb.com. 10 November 1973. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  7. "Hildy Brooks". IMDb. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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