Elisabeth Brooks
| Elisabeth Brooks | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Elisabeth Brooks Luyties July 2, 1951 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died |
September 7, 1997 (aged 46) Palm Springs, California, U.S.[1] |
| Cause of death | Brain cancer |
| Occupation | Actress, singer, poet, writer |
| Years active | 1974-91 |
Elisabeth Brooks (July 2, 1951 – September 7, 1997) was a Canadian actress.[2]
Life and career
Brooks was born Elisabeth Brooks Luyties[3] in Toronto, Ontario and began her acting career aged five, encompassing both stage and screen. She started appearing in television roles in the mid-1970s and managed to pursue her acting career as a single mother while working a variety of jobs to support herself and her son. She had a brief role in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), before appearing regularly on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, and in such popular television series as The Rockford Files, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch, The Six Million Dollar Man and Emergency!
Brooks is probably best remembered for her role as the evil leather-clad siren Marsha Quist in the horror film The Howling (1981).[4] Her other film appearances included Deep Space (1988), and The Forgotten One (1989), starring Kristy McNichol.
After a three-year struggle with brain cancer, Brooks died in a hospice near her home in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 46.[1][5][6]
References
- 1 2 Obituaries in the Performing Arts, Harris M. Lentz, McFarland & Company, 1997, page 21
- ↑ "Elisabeth Brooks". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ↑ Los Angeles Blue Book, 1973, page 239
- ↑ "The Howling (1981)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
- ↑ Elisabeth Brooks, 46, an actress seen on television shows..., Baltimore Sun, September 17, 1997
- ↑ TV actress Elisabeth Brooks dies of cancer at 46, Deseret News, Associated Press, September 18 1997