Brooke Adams Biography
Brooke Adams is an American actress best known for her roles as Abby in Days of Heaven (1978), Elizabeth Driscoll in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and also Sarah Bracknell in The Dead Zone (1983).
After he played roles in television and low-budget films such as Shock Waves, Brooke appeared in Days of Heaven (1978) and also the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). She has also starred in the films Cuba (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Key Exchange (1985), and Gas Food Lodging (1992).
Adams appeared in the romantic comedy Made-Up in 2002, which was written by her sister, actress Lynne Adams, and then directed by her husband, Tony Shalhoub. Brooke also appeared in the films At Last and also The Legend of Lucy Keyes (both 2005), starred on Broadway in The Cherry Orchard, Lend Me a Tenor, Wendy Wasserstein’s The Heidi Chronicles (1990), and then guest-starred on Monk.
Adams served as an official judge for the 3rd annual Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles in 2009.
Brooke Adams Age
Brooke Adams was born on February 8, 1949, in New York City, U.S. He is 70 years old as of 2019.
Brooke Adams Family
Brooke was born to Rosalind (née Gould), an actress, and Robert K. Adams, who was a producer, actor, and also former vice president of CBS. He was also a descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Her sister is actress Lynne Adams who played Leslie Jackson Bauer Norris Bauer from 1966 to 1971 and again from 1973 to 1976 on The Guiding Light.
Brooke Adams Wife
Brooke married fellow actor Tony Shalhoub in 1992. In 1993, the couple purchased a home in Los Angeles. They listed the home for sale in 2016.
Brooke Adams Baby
Adams had adopted a daughter Josie Lynn (born 1989) at the time of their wedding, whom Tony then adopted. Adams and Tony adopted another daughter, Sophie (born 1993).
Brooke Adams Education
Adams attended the High School of Performing Arts and then the School of American Ballet, and in her youth took dance classes at her aunt’s studio in Montague, Michigan.
Brooke Adams Braindead
Brooke plays U.S. Senator Diane Vaynerchuk in the political satire science fiction comedy-drama television series Brain Dead.
Brooke Adams Movies
Year |
Title |
Role |
2017 |
Breakable You |
Ruth Frank |
2009 |
Gary’s Walk |
Marcia |
2008 |
The Accidental Husband |
Carolyn |
2006 |
The Legend of Lucy Keyes |
Samantha Porter |
2004 |
At Last |
Carol Singleton |
2003 |
Party Animals |
Celeb Mother |
2002 |
Made-Up |
Elizabeth James Tivey |
1995 |
The Baby-Sitters Club |
Elizabeth Thomas Brewer |
1992 |
Gas Food Lodging |
Nora |
1991 |
The Unborn |
Virginia Marshall |
1987 |
Man on Fire |
Jane |
1985 |
Almost You |
Erica Boyer |
The Stuff |
Special guest star in Stuff commercial |
|
Key Exchange |
Lisa |
|
1983 |
Utilities |
Marion Edwards |
1983 |
The Dead Zone |
Sarah Bracknell |
1980 |
Tell Me a Riddle |
Jeannie |
1979 |
The First Great Train Robbery |
(uncredited) |
A Man, a Woman and a Bank |
Stacey Bishop |
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Cuba |
Alexandra Lopez de Pulido |
|
1978 |
Days of Heaven |
Abby |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
Elizabeth Driscoll |
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1977 |
Shock Waves |
Rose |
1976 |
Car Wash |
Terry |
1974 |
The Great Gatsby |
Party Guest (uncredited) |
The Lords of Flatbush |
(uncredited) |
|
1971 |
Murders in the Rue Morgue |
Nurse (uncredited) |
Brooke Adams TV Shows
Year |
Title |
Role |
2016 |
BrainDead |
Senator Diane Vaynerchuk |
2012 |
Hemingway & Gellhorn |
Madrid woman |
2009 |
Monk |
Edith Capriani |
2008 |
Monk |
Leigh Harrison |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
Margo |
|
2007 |
Monk |
Sheriff Margie Butterfield |
2005 |
Monk |
Mrs. Abigail Carlyle |
2002 |
Monk |
Leigh Harrison |
1997 |
Gun |
Joyce |
1996 |
Wings |
Mary |
1995 |
Frasier |
Marilyn (voice) |
1994 |
Picture Windows |
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Probable Cause |
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Touched by an Angel |
Susana |
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1993 |
The Last Hit |
Anna |
1991 |
Sometimes They Come Back |
Sally Norman |
1991 |
thirtysomething |
Bree Ann Pratt |
1989 |
Bridesmaids |
Pat |
1988 |
Moonlighting |
Terri Knowles |
1987 |
Paul Reiser Out on a Whim |
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The Lion of Africa |
Grace Danet |
|
1986 |
American Playhouse |
Julia Newell |
1985 |
Lace II |
Pagan Tralone |
1984 |
Lace |
Jennifer ‘Pagan’ Trelawney |
Special People |
Diane Dupuy |
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American Playhouse |
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1981 |
Great Performances |
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1978 |
Family |
Lizzie |
1977 |
Family |
Lizzie |
Nero Wolfe |
Sarah Dacos |
|
1976 |
Police Woman |
Angela |
James Dean |
Beverly |
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The Bob Newhart Show |
Mitzi Margolis |
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Kojak |
Julie Winston |
|
1975 |
Who Is the Black Dahlia? |
Diane Fowler |
Song of the Succubus |
Olive Deems / Gloria Chambers |
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Black Bart |
Jennifer |
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Murder on Flight 502 |
Vera Franklin |
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1974 |
F. Scott Fitzgerald and ‘The Last of the Belles’ |
Kitty Preston |
1965 |
O.K. Crackerby! |
Cynthia Crackerby |
1963 |
East Side/West Side |
Marky Morgan |