Hillary Brooke

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Hillary Brooke (born Beatrice Sofia Mathilda Peterson) was an American screen and television actress best known for her work in Abbott and Costello and Sherlock Holmes films.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Astoria, New York, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

08 September 1914, 111 years old

Known For

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Philadelphia Story

Invaders from Mars

Ministry of Fear

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Jane Eyre

The Woman in Green

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?

Hillary (archive footage)

2011

Abbott and Costello Meet Jerry Seinfeld

Self (archive footage)

1994

Spoilers of the Forest

Phyllis Warren

1957

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Jan Peterson

1956

Bengazi

Nora Nielson

1955

The House Across the Lake

Carol Forrest

1954

Dragon's Gold

Vivian Crosby

1954

Mexican Manhunt

Eve Carter

1953

The Maze

Peggy Lord

1953

Invaders from Mars

Mrs. Mary MacLean

1953

The Lady Wants Mink

Evelyn Cantrell

1953

Never Wave at a WAC

First Lt. Phyllis Turnbull

1953

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

Capt. Bonney

1952

Confidence Girl

Mary Webb

1952

Lost Continent

Marla Stevens

1951

Skipalong Rosenbloom

Square Deal Sal

1951

Insurance Investigator

Addie Wilson

1951

Vendetta

Lydia Nevil

1950

The Admiral Was a Lady

Shirley Pedigrew

1950

Lucky Losers

'Countess' Margo

1950

Beauty on Parade

Gloria Barton

1950

Unmasked

Doris King (Jackson)

1950

Bodyhold

Flo Woodbury

1949

Alimony

Linda Waring

1949

Africa Screams

Diana Emerson

1949

The Fuller Brush Man

Mildred Trist

1948

Big Town Scandal

Lorelei Kilbourne

1948

Let's Live Again

Sandra Marlowe

1948

Big Town After Dark

Lorelei Kilbourne

1947

I Cover Big Town

Lorelei Kilbourne

1947

The Strange Woman

Meg Saladine

1946

Strange Journey

Patti Leeds

1946

Monsieur Beaucaire

Mme. Pompadour

1946

Big Town

Lorelei Kilbourne

1946

Earl Carroll Sketchbook

Lynn Stafford

1946

Strange Impersonation

Arline Cole

1946

The Gentleman Misbehaves

Nina Mallory

1946

Road to Utopia

Kate

1946

Up Goes Maisie

Barbara Nuboult

1946

The Woman in Green

Lydia Marlowe

1945

The Enchanted Cottage

Beatrice Alexander

1945

The Crime Doctor's Courage

Kathleen Carson

1945

Ministry of Fear

Mrs. Bellane #2, spiritualist

1944

Standing Room Only

Alice Todd

1944

Jane Eyre

Blanche Ingram

1943

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

Sally Musgrave

1943

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Jill Grandis

1942

Counter-Espionage

Pamela Hart

1942

Wake Island

Girl at the Inn (uncredited)

1942

Ship Ahoy

Hillary

1942

Two-Faced Woman

Dress Shop Clerk Hotel-Caller (uncredited)

1941

Married Bachelor

Hillary (uncredited)

1941

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Mrs. Arnold (uncredited)

1941

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

Georgia Deering

1941

Willie and the Mouse

Modern Schoolteacher (uncredited)

1941

Maisie Was a Lady

House Guest (Uncredited)

1941

The Lone Rider Rides On

Sue Brown

1941

The Philadelphia Story

Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)

1940

New Moon

Party Guest

1940

Florian

Horsewoman

1940

Two Girls on Broadway

Second Girl in Powder Room (uncredited)

1940

Eternally Yours

Blonde On Stage

1939

New Faces of 1937

Chorine

1937