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Hillary Brooke
BornSeptember 8 1914(1914--)
Astoria, New York, USA
DiedMay 25 1999 (aged 86)


Hillary Brooke (September 8, 1914 – May 25, 1999), was an American film actress best known for her work in Abbott and Costello and Sherlock Holmes films. She also played Lou Costello's love interest in the first season of the Abbott and Costello Show.

A former model, the tall (5'6") blonde was born in Astoria, New York but spoke with a cultured accent. Brooke developed this early in her career to separate herself from other sexy blonde actresses.

She appeared in Africa Screams (1949) and Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) with the comedy team, and was a regular on The Abbott and Costello Show. She also co-starred in three Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, including The Woman in Green (1945).

Her other film credits include Jane Eyre (1944); the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, The Man Who Knew Too Much; the 3D film The Maze; and the 1953 sci-fi B-movie classic Invaders from Mars.

In The Abbott and Costello Show, which was broadcast in the early 1950s but syndicated for decades afterwards, Brooke played the role of a straitlaced, classy fellow tenant of the rooming house where the two main characters lived. She was treated with deference by the duo and was not a target of pranks and slapstick. Like the other main characters, her character's name in the show was her real name.

She was also a regular on the 1950s TV series My Little Margie.

Brooke was married three times, the last to Ray Klune, an executive at MGM.

Brooke has a TV star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6311 Hollywood Boulevard.

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Abbott and Costello William (Bud) Abbott and Lou Costello (born Louis Francis Cristillo) were an American comedy duo whose work in radio, film and television made them one of the most popular teams in the history of comedy.
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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The Abbott and Costello Show, a half-hour television sitcom starring the popular comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that originally aired 1952-1954, is regarded among the most influential comedy programs in history.
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Astoria is a neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. Located in Community Board 1, Astoria is bounded by the East River and is adjacent to three other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City (bordering at Broadway), Sunnyside (bordering at
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Africa Screams is a 1949 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film is notable for having two members of the Three Stooges (Shemp Howard and Joe Besser) working together in a non-Stooge vehicle.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd is a 1952 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, along with Charles Laughton, who reprised his role as the infamous pirate from the 1945 film Captain Kidd.
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The Abbott and Costello Show, a half-hour television sitcom starring the popular comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that originally aired 1952-1954, is regarded among the most influential comedy programs in history.
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Basil Rathbone

from the trailer for the film Tovarich (1937)

Born 13 May 1892(1892--)
Johannesburg, South African Republic
Died 21 July 1967 (aged 75)
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Nigel Bruce

Birth name William Nigel Ernle Bruce
Born February 4 1895
Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Died October 8 1953
Santa Monica, California, USA

Spouse(s) Violet Campbell

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The Woman in Green is a 1945 Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Henry Daniell (as Professor Moriarty) and Hillary Brooke in support. It is partly based on Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Empty House.
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Charlotte Brontë's novel Jane Eyre (1847) has been the subject of numerous television and film adaptations.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Birth name Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Born July 13 1899(1899--)
Leytonstone, London, England
Died March 29 1980 (aged 82)
Bel Air, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Written by Story:
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D.B. Wyndham-Lewis
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John Michael Hayes
Starring James Stewart
Doris Day
Brenda De Banzie
Bernard Miles
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The Maze is a 1953, atmospheric science fiction, horror film in 3-D starring Richard Carlson and actress Hillary Brooke. Directed by William Cameron Menzies, it was distributed by Allied Artists Pictures.

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B movie originally referred to a motion picture made on a low or modest budget and intended for distribution as the less-publicized, bottom half of a double feature during the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood. Although the U.S.
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Invaders from Mars is a 1953 science fiction film. It was directed by William Cameron Menzies and stars Jimmy Hunt and Leif Erickson.
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The Abbott and Costello Show, a half-hour television sitcom starring the popular comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello that originally aired 1952-1954, is regarded among the most influential comedy programs in history.
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My Little Margie is a situation comedy that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955. The series was created by Frank Fox and produced in Los Angeles, California by Hal Roach Jr. and Roland Reed.
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