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Jean Brooks

1915 - 1963

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Jean Brooks (born Ruby Matilda Kelly; December 23, 1915 – November 25, 1963) was an American film actress and singer who appeared in over thirty films. Though she never achieved major stardom in Hollywood, she had several prominent roles in the early 1940s as a contract player for RKO Radio Pictures. Born in Houston, Brooks spent her early life in Texas and Costa Rica. She began her career as a club singer and guitarist in New York City before being cast in several minor walk-on parts in films. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Brooks is the 10,402nd most popular actor (up from 10,546th in 2019), the 15,542nd most popular biography from United States (down from 15,321st in 2019) and the 4,903rd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jean Brooks ranks 10,405 out of 13,578. Before her are Ruth Donnelly, Sohrab Modi, Eriq Ebouaney, Stan Kirsch, Mina El Hammani, Ju Jingyi, Camille Guaty, Victor Webster, and Angus Sampson. After her are Sohail Khan, Céline Sallette, and Asami Imai.

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Among people born in 1915, Jean Brooks ranks 303. Before her are Richard Webb, Dorothy Dell, Jean Stafford, Martha Tilton, Howard Cooke, and Potter Stewart. After her are Toby Wing, Chetan Anand, Judith Wright, and Clayton Lewis. Among people deceased in 1963, Jean Brooks ranks 224. Before her are Oliver La Farge, Monty Woolley, Ernie Davis, Hooley Smith, Louis MacNeice, and Jack Hobbs. After her are Daniel O. Fagunwa, and Alma Richards.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jean Brooks ranks 15,550 out of 20,380. Before her are Angelo Taylor (1978), Dan Attias (1951), Newton Thomas Sigel (1955), Stan Kirsch (1968), Dav Pilkey (1966), Colin Kaepernick (1987), and Camille Guaty (1976). After her are Paul Attanasio (1959), Reggie Lucas (1953), Paul Walter Hauser (1986), Dennis Morgan (1908), and Alex Vincent (1981).

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Among actors born in United States, Jean Brooks ranks 4,906. Before her are Penelope Milford (1948), Colin Donnell (1982), Howard Rollins (1950), Ruth Donnelly (1896), Stan Kirsch (1968), and Camille Guaty (1976). After her are Paul Walter Hauser (1986), Alex Vincent (1981), Ricki Lake (1968), Brandon T. Jackson (1984), Julia Duffy (1951), and David Berman (1973).

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