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. The stars of this play were Rip Torn, Paul Newman, and Geraldine Page, and included Bruce Dern, Diana Hyland, and Hildy as supporting cast.[1][2]
In 1961 Hildy appeared on the television show Route 66 (on the episode "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 television show "The Guiding Light" in 1963. During that same year she played a handful of roles on the television show "The Nurses," the television show "Route 66" (in the episode “Mon Petit Chou,” starring Lee Marvin and French actress Macha Meril, directed by Sam Peckinpah), and on the television show Naked City. In Reginald Rose’s “Metamorphosis” episode of the television show "The Defenders," Hildy played as Mrs. Jackson (the wife of Robert Duvall’s prison inmate). Hildy also played on the show "Naked City," on which she appeared three times, twice in minor roles, then later in a lead role in the episode “Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant,” playing the girlfriend of the business man played by Robert Sterling. In all of the above appearances Hilda is credited as "Hilda Brawner."
Hildy's last credit as "Hilda Brawner" came in 1964. At that time Hilda Brawner changed her name to Hildy Brooks. The changing of her name is mentioned in Jeffrey Sweet’s "Something Wonderful Right Away: An Oral History of The Second City & The Compass Players." In 1972 Hildy played as Eleanor Jordan, one-third of “A Very Strange Triangle,” which was a bisexual love story, considered controversial when it aired on the tv series "The Bold Ones: The New Doctors." Hildy also played supporting roles in many movies including "The Anderson Tapes" (receptionist)[5] in 1971, "Islands in the Stream" (Helga Ziegner)[6] in 1977, "Playing For Keeps" (Danny's Mom)[7] in 1986, and "Eating" (Mary)[8] in 1990, and also guest-starred in several television episodes during the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond. She is credited as "Hilda" and "Hildy" having played the same role of Margie in each of 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" film from 1973.[9][10]
Hildy still works as actress and director, known for The Chosen (1981), Forbidden Love (TV Movie, 1982),[11] White Palace (1990),[12] Life (1999).[13] In 2010 she appears in an episode of the television show "Nip/Tuck." [14] Since April 1965 she has been married to Jim Antonio.[15][16]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | "Life" | Nurse Doherty | Ted Demme | Movie |
| 1990 | "White Palace" | Ella Horowitz | Luis Mandoki | Movie |
| 1982 | "Forbidden Love" | Carol | Steven Hilliard Stern | TV Movie |
| 1981 | "The Chosen" | Mrs. Saunders | Jeremy Kagan | Movie |
| 1961 | "One Plus One"[17] | Claire, 'Honeymoon' segment | Arch Oboler | Movie |
| 1960 | "The Iceman Cometh" | Margie | Sidney Lumet | TV Movie |
| 2010 | Nip/Tuck: "Walter and Edith Krieger" | Edith Krieger | Dirk Craft | TV Series / Season 6, Episode 18 |
| 2009 | Cold Case: "The Brush Man" | Alice Mills '09 | Roxann Dawson | TV Series / Season 6, Episode 14 |
| 2007 | Boston Legal: "Green Christmas" | Judge Nora Lang | Lou Antonio | TV Series / Season 4, Episode 10 |
| 2006 | Boston Legal: "Too Much Information" | Judge Nora Lang | Steve Robin | TV Series / Season 2, Episode 13 |
| 2005 | ER: "Just As I Am" | Mrs. Devon | Richard Thorpe | TV Series / Season 11, Episode 14 |
| 2004 | Boston Legal: "Questionable Characters" | Chairwoman Nora Lang | Mel Damski | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 7 |
| 2000 | Get Real: "The Distance" | Lilian Bray | Lou Antonio | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 17 |
| 2000 | Chicago Hope: "Gray Matters" | Judge Wilma Fogg | Lou Antonio[18] | TV Series / Season 6, Episode 14 |
| 2000 | JAG: "Life or Death" | Chief Judge Balter | Tony Wharmby | TV Series / Season 5, Episode 13 |
| 1994 | Picket Fences: "May It Please the Court" | Attorney for Stacey Halford | Lou Antonio | TV Series / Season 3, Episode 8 |
| 1991 | Law & Order: "In Memory Of" | Jane Lawler | Edwin Sherin | TV Series / Season 2, Episode 7 |
| 1991 | Sisters: "Of Mice and Women" | Didi Poncell | James A. Contner | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 5 |
| 1991 | Sisters: "A Thousand Sprinkles" | Didi Poncell | Steven Robman | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 3 |
| 1989 | Mancuso, FBI: "Classified" | "Guest Star" | Roy Campanella II | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 7 |
| 1988 | L.A. Law: "Hand Roll Express" | Sarah Kerwin | Kim Friedman | TV Series / Season 2, Episode 12 |
| 1987 | L.A. Law: "Goldilocks and the Three Barristers" | Sarah Kerwin | Rick Wallace | TV Series / Season 2, Episode 8 |
| 1978 | Starsky & Hutch: "The Avenger" | Bobbie | Sutton Roley | TV Series / Season 4, Episode 7 |
| 1975 | Harry O: "Mayday" | Jean Elton | Jerry London | TV Series / Season 2, Episode 7 |
| 1975 | McMillan & Wife: "Downshift to Danger" | Louise Knowland | Lou Antonio | TV Series / Season 4, Episode 1 |
| 1974 | Toma: "Pound of Flesh" | Edie Angelus | (Not Given) | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 19 |
| 1974 | Mannix: "Walk a Double Line" | Julia | Leslie H. Martinson | TV Series / Season 7, Episode 18 |
| 1973 | Hawaii Five-O: "The $100,000 Nickel" | Millie Price | Allen Reisner | TV Series / Season 6, Episode 14 |
| 1973 | Griff: "Her Name Was Nancy" | "Guest Star" | Russ Mayberry | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 9 |
| 1973 | Ironside: "The Armageddon Gang" | Ellie Brandon | Russ Mayberry | TV Series / Season 7, Episode 5 |
| 1973 | The Wide World of Mystery: "Night Train to Terror" | Nancy | (Not Given) | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 13 |
| 1972 | The Bold Ones: The New Doctors: "A Very Strange Triangle" | Eleanor Jordan | Jeremy Kagan | TV Series / Season 4, Episode 7 |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law: "Voice From A Nightmare" | Louise Fallon | (Not Given) | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 13 |
| 1971 | Mannix: "A Step in Time" | Charlotte Benson | Sutton Roley | TV Series / Season 5, Episode 3 |
| 1963 | The Nurses: "The Life"[19] | Nurse Helen Cavanaugh | Don Richardson | TV Series / Season 1, Episode 19 |
| 1963 | Naked City: "Alive and Still a Second Lieutenant" | Paula Doremus | Ralph Senensky | TV Series / Season 4, Episode 24 |
| 1963 | The Defenders: "Metamorphosis"[20] | Mrs. Jackson | David Greene | TV Series / Season 2, Episode 24 |
| 1963 | The Guiding Light: Episode dated 31 January 1963 and Episode dated 11 October 1963 | Jane Fletcher Hayes | (Not Given) | TV Series / Season 5, Episode 3 |
| 1961 | Route 66: "Mon Petit Chou" | Gloria Bowers | Sam Peckinpah | TV Series / Season 2, Episode 9 |
References
- ↑ Stephen Bowie,BA, University of Southern California, 2011 "Hilda & Hildy"
- ↑ https://classictvhistory.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/hilda-hildy/
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- ↑ http://tviv.org/Chicago_Hope/Gray_Matters
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