Portrait of Hillary Brooke

Acting

Hillary Brooke

Career

Active from 1941 to 2011, with a break from 1958 to 2010, busiest in 1946 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
23
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Enchanted Cottage
The Enchanted Cottage
GoodWatch score88/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Hillary Brooke Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.5, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.4, average 3.0
  • Melancholy
    3.3, average 4.7
  • Family Dynamics
    3.5, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Psychological Thriller 5
  • Crime 3
  • Classic Film Noir 2
  • Intricate Plot 2
  • Old Hollywood 2
  • Star Vehicle 2
  • 1940s 2
  • WWII Espionage 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Slapstick Humor 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Moral Ambiguity 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

84
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2010s

1 title
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?
The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First? (2011)

as Hillary (archive footage)

1950s

41 titles ยท average score 62
Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Doris Cole

The House Across the Lake
The House Across the Lake (1954)
GoodWatch score 44

as Carol Forrest

Invaders from Mars
Invaders from Mars (1953)
GoodWatch score 73

as Mrs. Mary MacLean

Mexican Manhunt
Mexican Manhunt (1953)

as Eve Carter

Never Wave at a WAC
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
GoodWatch score 47

as Phyllis Turnbull

The Lady Wants Mink
The Lady Wants Mink (1953)

as Evelyn Cantrell

Confidence Girl
Confidence Girl (1952)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mary Webb

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
GoodWatch score 48

as Capt. Bonney

I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy (1951)
GoodWatch score 85

TV show ยท as Angela

Lost Continent
Lost Continent (1951)
GoodWatch score 32

as Marla Stevens

Lucky Losers
Lucky Losers (1950)
GoodWatch score 64

as 'Countess' Margo

Vendetta
Vendetta (1950)

as Lydia Nevil

1940s

40 titles ยท average score 65
Alimony
Alimony (1949)
GoodWatch score 55

as Linda Waring

Big Town Scandal
Big Town Scandal (1948)

as Lorelei Kilbourne

Big Town After Dark
Big Town After Dark (1947)
GoodWatch score 55

as Lorelei Kilbourne

Strange Impersonation
Strange Impersonation (1946)
GoodWatch score 59

as Arline Cole

Strange Journey
Strange Journey (1946)

as Patti Leeds

Up Goes Maisie
Up Goes Maisie (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

as Barbara Nuboult

The Woman in Green
The Woman in Green (1945)
GoodWatch score 81

as Lydia Marlowe

The Crime Doctor's Courage
The Crime Doctor's Courage (1945)
GoodWatch score 45

as Kathleen Carson

Ministry of Fear
Ministry of Fear (1944)
GoodWatch score 78

as Mrs. Bellane #2

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
GoodWatch score 70

as Sally Musgrave

Counter-Espionage
Counter-Espionage (1942)
GoodWatch score 66

as Pamela Hart

The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)

as Georgia Deering

1930s

2 titles ยท average score 50
Eternally Yours
Eternally Yours (1939)
GoodWatch score 47

as Blonde On Stage (uncredited)

New Faces of 1937
New Faces of 1937 (1937)
GoodWatch score 53

as Chorine