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Vanessa Brown
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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 …
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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."
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Vanessa Brown's Filmography
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The Witch Who Came from the Sea
as Cathy
Bless the Beasts & Children
as Mrs. Goodenow
Rosie!
as Edith Shaw
The Bad and the Beautiful
as Kay Amiel
The Fighter
as Kathy
The Basketball Fix
as Pat Judd
Three Husbands
as Mary Whittaker
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
as Jane
The Heiress
as Maria
No Poster
The Secret Of St. Ives
as Floria Gilchrist
Big Jack
as Patricia Mahoney
The Foxes of Harrow
as Aurore D'Arceneaux
Mother Wore Tights
as Bessie
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
as Anna Muir as an Adult
The Late George Apley
as Agnes Willing
I've Always Loved You
as Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
Margie
as Wanda (uncredited)
The Girl of the Limberlost
as Helen Brownlee
Youth Runs Wild
as Sarah Taylor