Brooke Adams (actress)
Brooke Adams (born February 8, 1949 in New York City ) is an American actress .
Life
Her father was the television and theater producer Robert K. Adams, through him she is a descendant of US Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams . Adams attended the High School for the Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet . After small roles in television shows and low-budget films , Adams received positive recognition for her acting performances in In the Embers of the South and the remake The Body Eaters Are Coming , both from 1978. She starred in the films Explosion in Cuba (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Special People (1984) with Lesleh Donaldson , Key Exchange (1985) and Gas Food Lodging (1992).
She has been married to actor Tony Shalhoub since 1992 and has adopted two children with him. In 1995 she temporarily retired from acting for family reasons, but resumed her career around 2002. She also had five guest appearances each on the television series Monk and BrainDead , in which her husband played leading roles.
Filmography (selection)
- 1963: East Side / West Side (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1965–1966: OK Crackerby (TV series, 17 episodes)
- 1971: Murders in the Rue Morgue ( Murders in the Rue Morgue )
- 1974: The Great Gatsby (The Great Gatsby)
- 1976: James Dean (TV movie)
- 1977: Shock Waves (Shock Waves)
- 1978: Days of Heaven (Days of Heaven)
- 1978: The Body Snatchers (Invasion of the Body Snatchers)
- 1979: Explosion in Cuba (Cuba)
- 1983: Dead Zone
- 1983: Lace (miniseries)
- 1984: Special People (TV movie)
- 1985: Almost You
- 1985: Stuff - A deadly delicacies (The Stuff) (cameo)
- 1987: Man on Fire (Man on Fire)
- 1987: The Model and the Snoop ( Moonlighting ; TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1989: Reunion in Logansport ( Bridesmaids ; TV movie)
- 1991: Sometimes They Come Back ( Sometimes They Come Back ; TV movie)
- 1993: Lost Hearts (Gas Food Lodging)
- 1995: Attack of the Pacifier Brigade (The Baby-Sitters Club)
- 1995: Frasier (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2002: Made-Up
- 2002–2009: Monk (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2008: Law & Order: New York (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2008: Married by accident (The Accidental Husband)
- 2009: Gary's Walk
- 2012: Hemingway & Gellhorn (TV movie)
- 2015–2017: All Downhill From Here (TV series, 22 episodes)
- 2016: BrainDead (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2018: Snapshots
Web links
- Brooke Adams in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1981/02/16/obituaries/robert-k-adams-72-a-producer-of-television-and-theater-shows.html
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Adams, Brooke |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |