Vanessa Brown
Acting • Born 1928-03-24 – Died 1999-05-21
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
45 credits
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Movie • 1947
Anna Muir as an Adult
The Bad and the Beautiful
Movie • 1952
Kay Amiel
The Heiress
Movie • 1949
Maria
The Witch Who Came from the Sea
Movie • 1976
Cathy
Youth Runs Wild
Movie • 1944
Sarah Taylor
Mother Wore Tights
Movie • 1947
Bessie
The Basketball Fix
Movie • 1951
Pat Judd
The Secret Of St. Ives
Movie • 1949
Floria Gilchrist
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
Movie • 1950
Jane
The Late George Apley
Movie • 1947
Agnes Willing
Big Jack
Movie • 1949
Patricia Mahoney
Rosie!
Movie • 1967
Edith Shaw
The Foxes of Harrow
Movie • 1947
Aurore D'Arceneaux
The Fighter
Movie • 1952
Kathy
Margie
Movie • 1946
Wanda (uncredited)
I've Always Loved You
Movie • 1946
Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
Bless the Beasts & Children
Movie • 1971
Mrs. Goodenow
The Girl of the Limberlost
Movie • 1945
Helen Brownlee
Three Husbands
Movie • 1950
Mary Whittaker
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "A Message From Charity")
Top of the Pops Reloaded
TV • 2005
Self
Perry Mason
TV • 1957
Donna Kress
The Wonder Years
TV • 1988
Punch Lady
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Shelly
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Lucy Nguyen
All That Glitters
TV • 1977
Peggy Horner
Police Story
TV • 1973
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Louise Williams
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Girl
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
Betty
Climax!
TV • 1954
Vera
One Step Beyond
TV • 1959
Elsa Schuldorf
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Good Heavens
TV • 1976
My Favorite Husband
TV
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Ann Kimball
Lights Out
TV • 1949
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Miss Phinney
Stage 7
TV
Julia
The Chevy Mystery Show
TV • 1960
Carol Penn
Climax!
TV • 1954
Marie Bannerman
Climax!
TV • 1954
Marian
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Alma Goodrich
Call to Glory
TV • 1984
Miss Rochemond