Vanessa Brown
ActingAlso Known As
Smylla Brind
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."
Movies
(19 total)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Anna Muir as an Adult
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Kay Amiel
The Heiress
as Maria
The Late George Apley
as Agnes Willing
Bless the Beasts & Children
as Mrs. Goodenow
Three Husbands
as Mary Whittaker
Youth Runs Wild
as Sarah Taylor
Mother Wore Tights
as Bessie
The Foxes of Harrow
as Aurore D'Arceneaux
Margie
as Wanda (uncredited)
The Basketball Fix
as Pat Judd
I've Always Loved You
as Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
The Fighter
as Kathy
Big Jack
as Patricia Mahoney
Rosie!
as Edith Shaw
The Girl of the Limberlost
as Helen Brownlee
TV Shows
(26 total)
The Wonder Years
as Punch Lady
Murder, She Wrote
as Alma Goodrich
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "A Message From Charity")
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Lucy Nguyen
Perry Mason
as Donna Kress
One Step Beyond
as Elsa Schuldorf
Climax!
as Vera
Climax!
as Marie Bannerman
Climax!
as Marian
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Ann Kimball
Letter to Loretta
as Miss Phinney
General Electric Theater
as Shelly
The Millionaire
as Louise Williams
Call to Glory
as Miss Rochemond