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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 24, 1928
Died
May 21, 1999
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Also Known As
- Smylla Brind
Vanessa Brown
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Known as the bright radio "Quiz Kid," Vanessa Brown became a popular leading lady in films and stage productions of the 1940s and 1950s and later a respected writer. During her heyday as an actress, Brown appeared in such varied productions as "The Seven Year Itch" opposite Tom Ewell on Broadway (a role later assumed by Marilyn Monroe in the film version) and the motion picture "Tarzan and the Slave Girl." Brown toured with Katharine Hepburn in a Theatre Guild production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and became something of a protege of the legendary actress. Among Brown's major films of the late 1940s and the early 1950s were "I've Always Loved You," "The Late George Apley," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "The Foxes of Harrow," "The Heiress," "The Fighter" and "The Bad and the Beautiful."
Known For
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0.0
Self
Top of the Pops Reloaded
2005
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.3
Punch Lady
The Wonder Years
1988
7.8
(segment "A Message From Charity")
The Twilight Zone
1985
7.5
Alma Goodrich
Murder, She Wrote
1984
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8.0
All That Glitters
1977
5.5
Good Heavens
1976
6.0
Cathy
The Witch Who Came from the Sea
1976
6.9
Police Story
1973
6.8
Mrs. Goodenow
Bless the Beasts & Children
1971
Credits
🎬
Top of the Pops Reloaded
as Self
2005
0.0
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
8.1
The Wonder Years
as Punch Lady
1988
8.3
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "A Message From Charity")
1985
7.8
Murder, She Wrote
as Alma Goodrich
1984
7.5
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All That Glitters
1977
8.0
Good Heavens
1976
5.5
The Witch Who Came from the Sea
as Cathy
1976
6.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Bless the Beasts & Children
as Mrs. Goodenow
1971
6.8
Rosie!
as Edith Shaw
1967
0.0
🎬
The Chevy Mystery Show
as Carol Penn
1960
6.3
One Step Beyond
as Elsa Schuldorf
1959
5.6
Perry Mason
as Donna Kress
1957
7.7
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
The Millionaire
as Louise Williams
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Vera
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Marie Bannerman
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Marian
1954
3.3
Letter to Loretta
as Miss Phinney
1953
6.5
General Electric Theater
as Shelly
1953
6.3
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Kay Amiel
1952
7.3
The Fighter
as Kathy
1952
4.3
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Betty
1951
7.3
The Basketball Fix
as Pat Judd
1951
5.7
Three Husbands
as Mary Whittaker
1950
5.0
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Lux Video Theatre
as Girl
1950
6.3
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Jane
1950
5.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Ann Kimball
1950
5.6
The Heiress
as Maria
1949
7.8
Lights Out
1949
5.3
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The Secret Of St. Ives
as Floria Gilchrist
1949
6.0
Big Jack
as Patricia Mahoney
1949
6.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Foxes of Harrow
as Aurore D'Arceneaux
1947
6.1
Mother Wore Tights
as Bessie
1947
5.3
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Anna Muir as an Adult
1947
7.5
The Late George Apley
as Agnes Willing
1947
6.8
I've Always Loved You
as Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
1946
6.4
Margie
as Wanda (uncredited)
1946
6.9
The Girl of the Limberlost
as Helen Brownlee
1945
0.0
Youth Runs Wild
as Sarah Taylor
1944
4.2
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Stage 7
as Julia
N/A
10.0
🎬
My Favorite Husband
N/A
3.0