Portrait of Phyllis Brooks

Acting

Phyllis Brooks

Career

Active from 1935 to 1945, busiest in 1938 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
13
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Shanghai Gesture
The Shanghai Gesture
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Phyllis Brooks Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.6, average 5.4
  • Social Commentary
    2.6, average 4.9
  • Pathos
    3.6, average 5.3
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 5
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Intriguing Mystery 2
  • Pre-Code Era 2
  • Class Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

29
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

9 titles · average score 54
High Powered
High Powered (1945)

as Marian Blair

The Unseen
The Unseen (1945)
GoodWatch score 46

as Maxine

Dangerous Passage
Dangerous Passage (1944)
GoodWatch score 52

as Nita

Lady in the Dark
Lady in the Dark (1944)
GoodWatch score 42

as Allison DuBois

No Place for a Lady
No Place for a Lady (1943)

as Dolly Adair

Silver Spurs
Silver Spurs (1943)
GoodWatch score 55

as Mary Johnson

Hi'ya, Sailor
Hi'ya, Sailor (1943)

as Nanette

The Shanghai Gesture
The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
GoodWatch score 74

as Dixie Pomeroy

The Flying Squad
The Flying Squad (1940)

as Ann Perryman

1930s

20 titles · average score 60
Charlie Chan in Reno
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
GoodWatch score 60

as Vivian Wells

Lucky to Me
Lucky to Me (1939)

as Pamela Stuart

Slightly Honorable
Slightly Honorable (1939)
GoodWatch score 57

as Sarilla Cushing

Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

as Judy Hayes

City Girl
City Girl (1938)

as Ellen Ward

In Old Chicago
In Old Chicago (1938)
GoodWatch score 64

as Ann Colby

Up the River
Up the River (1938)

as Helen Lindsay

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
GoodWatch score 69

as Lola Lee

Walking Down Broadway
Walking Down Broadway (1938)

as Vicki Stone

Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
GoodWatch score 67

as Barbara Shea

Dangerously Yours
Dangerously Yours (1937)
GoodWatch score 61

as Valerie Barton

Another Face
Another Face (1935)
GoodWatch score 54

as Sheila Barry