Vanessa Brown
Acting
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."
Known for
Acting42
tvThe Wonder Years
1988
Punch Lady
tvThe Twilight Zone
1985
(segment "A Message From Charity")
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Alma Goodrich
tvCall to Glory
1984
Miss Rochemond
tvAll That Glitters
1977
Peggy Horner
movieBless the Beasts & Children
1971
Mrs. Goodenow
movieRosie!
1967
Edith Shaw
tvOne Step Beyond
1959
Elsa Schuldorf
tvPerry Mason
1957
Donna Kress
tvThe Millionaire
1955
Louise Williams
tvClimax!
1954
Vera / Marie Bannerman / Marian
tvLetter to Loretta
1953
Miss Phinney
movieThe Bad and the Beautiful
1952
Kay Amiel
movieThe Fighter
1952
Kathy
movieThe Basketball Fix
1951
Pat Judd
movieThree Husbands
1950
Mary Whittaker
tvRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
Ann Kimball
movieThe Heiress
1949
Maria
The Secret Of St. Ives
1949
Floria Gilchrist
movieBig Jack
1949
Patricia Mahoney
movieThe Foxes of Harrow
1947
Aurore D'Arceneaux
movieThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
Anna Muir as an Adult
movieThe Late George Apley
1947
Agnes Willing
movieI've Always Loved You
1946
Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
movieMargie
1946
Wanda (uncredited)
movieThe Girl of the Limberlost
1945
Helen Brownlee
movieYouth Runs Wild
1944
Sarah Taylor
Stage 7
Julia