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Geraldine Brooks

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Geraldine Brooks · Arts & Literature

What

American film and stage actress of the 1940s and 1950s.

When

1925, New York City, USA — 1977, Riverhead, New York, USA

Where

United States

Biography

Geraldine Brooks is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — American film and stage actress of the 1940s and 1950s.

How & why

Geraldine Brooks, born Geraldine Stroock, was an American film, stage and television actress active from the 1940s through the 1970s, with an Emmy nomination in 1962 and a Tony nomination in 1970. She was born in New York into the prominent Jewish-American Stroock family; her father ran a leading theatrical costume company, and she was married to the writer Budd Schulberg. Her Jewish family background is a documented part of her biography.

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Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)

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American film and stage actress of the 1940s and 1950s.

1925

Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)