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Phyllis Brooks

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Actor 1915–1995 On stage 1936–1945

Phyllis Brooks (July 18, 1915 – August 1, 1995) was an American actress and model. She was born Phyllis Seiler in Boise, Idaho. Some sources have also inaccurately cited 1914 as her year of birth, but 1915 is the correct year according to Social Security records.

On stage 4 productions, 9 years

1936 Stage Door Music Box Theatre · Original 169 perf.
1940 Panama Hattie 46th Street Theatre · Original · directed by Edgar MacGregor 501 perf.
1941 The Night Before Christmas Morosco Theatre · Original · directed by Romney Brent 22 perf.
1945 Round Trip Biltmore Theatre · Original 7 perf.

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In the literature5 passages

  • Cast: Ethel Merman, Arthur Treacher, James Dunn, Rags Ragland, Pat Harrington, Frank Hyers, Phyllis Brooks, Betty Hutton, Joan Carroll, June Allyson, Lucille Bremer, Vera Ellen, Betsy Blairebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • C AST : Ethel Merman (as Hattie Maloney), James Dunn, Joan Carroll, Betty Hutton, Arthur Treacher, Pat Harrington, Frank Hyers, Rags Ragland, Phyllis Brooksebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • C AST : The Ritz Brothers, Richard Arlen, Ethel Merman (as Linda Tyler), Phyllis Brooksebooks/Kellow, Brian/Ethel Merman_ A Life - Brian Kellow.txt
  • Kaufman and Ferber's Stage Door: (above) Margaret Sullavan, Onslow Stevens, and Ralph Locke; (left) Phyllis Brooks as Jean Maitland. New York, Music Box Theatre, 1936. [Photographs by Vandamm. Theatre Collection, The New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations]theatre-pdfs/McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, v. 3 (I-N).txt
  • PHYLLIS BROOKS, 80, Idaho-born actress, died Aug.1, 1995 in Cape Neddick, ME. Bdwy included Stage Door(1936), Panama Hattie and Road Trip. Survived by two sons, two daughters, a brother and grandchildren.theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1995-96 Season, v.52 (Willis).txt

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