Faith Brook

{{Infobox person

| name = Faith Brook

| image = Faith Brook in The Jungle Book 1942.jpg

| caption = Brook in Jungle Book (1942)

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1922|2|16}}

| birth_place = York, Yorkshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|3|11|1922|2|16}}

| death_place = London, England

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1941–2006

| spouse = {{plainlist|

Charles Moffett
Michael Horowitz

}}

| children = 1

}}

Faith Brook (16 February 1922 – 11 March 2012) was an English actress who appeared on stage, in films and on television, generally in upper-class roles. She was the daughter of actor Clive Brook.

Early years

Although she was born in York, England, she was raised in Hollywood.{{cite book|last1=Lentz|first1=Harris M. III|title=Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2012|date=19 April 2013|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476603858|pages=42–43|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LO3ymSmVrlMC&q=%22Faith+Brook%22+actress&pg=PA42|access-date=16 March 2017|language=en}} Her father was the actor Clive Brook, and her brother Lyndon Brook was also an actor.{{cite news |title=Obituary: Lyndon Brook |last=Shorter |first=Eric |date=20 February 2004 |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/feb/20/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries |access-date=22 May 2011}}{{cite news |title=Obituary: Faith Brook |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=13 March 2012 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9141696/Faith-Brook.html |url-access=subscription}}

Brook was educated in Los Angeles, London and Gstaad, Switzerland.{{cite news |last1=Billington |first1=Michael |title=Faith Brook obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/mar/14/faith-brook|access-date=16 March 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316024033/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/mar/14/faith-brook |archive-date=16 March 2017}} As a teenager, she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

Film

Brook's screen debut came via a small role in Suspicion (1941). Her first credited film appearance was The Jungle Book (1942). The Encyclopedia of British Film described her as being cast "almost invariably in well-bred roles ..."{{cite book|last1=McFarlane|first1=Brian|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|date=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111975|page=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&q=%22Faith+Brook%22+actress&pg=PA101|access-date=16 March 2017|language=en}}

Stage

In September 1941, Brook debuted on stage in Lottie Dundass in Santa Barbara.

During World War II, Brook served in Britain's Auxiliary Territorial Service. Following that, she acted in the Bristol Old Vic. Later, in London, she joined the company of The Old Vic.

She also appeared on the London stage in The Colour of Poppies and Uncle Vanya in 2008.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3254740.ece |title=Uncle Vanya |last=Nightingale |first=Benedict |date=26 January 2008 |work=The Times |access-date=22 May 2011 |archive-date=16 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516072534/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3254740.ece |url-status=dead }}

She performed on Broadway, in Letters to Lucerne (1941), You Never Can Tell (1947) and The Cocktail Party (1949).

Television

Brook portrayed Julia Naughton in the American television series Claudia (1952).{{cite book|last1=Terrace|first1=Vincent|title=Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010|date=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers|location=Jefferson, N.C.|isbn=978-0-7864-6477-7|page=192|edition=2nd}} In Britain, she appeared in War and Peace (1972) on the BBC and The Irish RM on Channel 4, among other programmes.