Deathwatch: Hillary Brooke, actress, 84

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Actress Hillary Brooke, elegant 'other woman,' dies at 84
Web posted on: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 4:40:09 PM EDT

BONSALL, Calif. (AP) -- Hillary Brooke, the elegant blond actress who played
the "other woman" in dozens of movies and had a recurring role in the 1950s
TV sitcom "My Little Margie," has died. She was 84.

Miss Brooke died May 25 in Bonsall in Southern California, according to a
friend, Helen Lovass.

Although Miss Brooke was often tagged a "blonde bombshell," she once
publicly challenged a psychology professor's claim that "intelligence can
repel a man" and that smart actresses would frighten male fans.

"Vacuity will never substitute for a glint of intelligence," she said.

Although never a leading lady, the former model worked with top actors and
directors in such movies as "Jane Eyre," (1944) which starred Orson Welles
and Joan Fontaine; "The Enchanted Cottage," (1944) starring Robert Young;
"Road to Utopia" (1945) starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby; and Alfred
Hitchcock's "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956).

She appeared in "My Little Margie" from 1952 to 1955, playing Roberta
Townsend, who was often romantically linked with Margie's father, Vernon
Albright, played by Charles Farrell.

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