Vanessa Brown
Actor
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."
Filmography
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Kay Amiel 1952
The Heiress
as Maria 1949
The Witch Who Came from the Sea
as Cathy 1976
Bless the Beasts & Children
as Mrs. Goodenow 1971
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Jane 1950
The Late George Apley
as Agnes Willing 1947
Three Husbands
as Mary Whittaker 1950
Youth Runs Wild
as Sarah Taylor 1944
Mother Wore Tights
as Bessie 1947
The Foxes of Harrow
as Aurore D'Arceneaux 1947
Margie
as Wanda (uncredited) 1946
The Basketball Fix
as Pat Judd 1951
I've Always Loved You
as Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17 1946
The Fighter
as Kathy 1952
Big Jack
as Patricia Mahoney 1949
The Secret Of St. Ives
as Floria Gilchrist 1949