Brooke Adams (actress)

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Brooke Adams
Brooke Adams from The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return publicity photo 1972 (cropped).jpg
Brooke Adams from a publicity photo for The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return , 1975
Born (1949-02-08) February 8, 1949 (age 75) [1]
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1963–present
Spouse
(m. 1992)
Children2
Relatives Lynne Adams (sister)

Brooke Adams (born February 8, 1949) is an American actress, [2] best known for her film roles in Days of Heaven (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and The Dead Zone (1983).

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Early life

Adams was born on February 8, 1949, in New York City, to Rosalind (née Gould), an actress, and Robert K. Adams, who was a producer, actor, and former vice president of CBS, as well as an unverified descendant of presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams. [3] [4] Her sister is actress Lynne Adams. She attended the High School of Performing Arts and the School of American Ballet, and in her youth took dance classes at her aunt's studio in Montague, Michigan. [5]

Career

After playing roles in television and low-budget films such as Shock Waves , [6] Adams appeared in Days of Heaven (1978) and the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), for which she was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Actress. She has also starred in the films Cuba (1979), The Dead Zone (1983), Key Exchange [7] (1985) and Gas Food Lodging (1992), the latter earning her a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female.

In 2002, she appeared in the romantic comedy Made-Up , which was written by her sister Lynne Adams and directed by her husband Tony Shalhoub. Adams also appeared in the films At Last and 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 guest-starred in Monk, the series starring her husband, appearing in five different episodes, playing four different roles, and appearing once more in its TV movie Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie . She also guest starred with him in an episode of Wings several years before.

Personal life

Adams has been married to actor Tony Shalhoub since 1992. [8] They have two daughters, both of whom were adopted. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue Nurse (uncredited)
1974 The Great Gatsby Party Guest (uncredited)
1974 The Lords of Flatbush (uncredited)
1976 Car Wash TerryScenes deleted
1977 Shock Waves Rose
1978 Days of Heaven Abby
1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Elizabeth DriscollNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
1978 The First Great Train Robbery (uncredited)
1979 A Man, a Woman and a Bank Stacey Bishop
1979 Cuba Alexandra Lopez de Pulido
1980 Tell Me a Riddle Jeannie
1983 Utilities Marion Edwards
1983 The Dead Zone Sarah Bracknell
1984 Vengeance Is Mine JoAlternate title: Haunted
1984 Terror in the Aisles Elizabeth DriscollArchive footage
1985 Almost You Erica Boyer
1985 The Stuff Special guest star in Stuff commercial
1985 Key Exchange Lisa
1987 Man on Fire Jane
1991 The Unborn Virginia MarshallNominated—Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress
1992 Gas Food Lodging Nora EvansNominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female
1995 The Baby-Sitters Club Elizabeth Thomas Brewer
2002 Made-Up Elizabeth James TiveyAlso producer
2003Party AnimalsCeleb MotherShort film
2004At LastCarol Singleton
2006 The Legend of Lucy Keyes Samantha Porter
2008 The Accidental Husband Carolyn
2009Gary's WalkMarcia
2017 Breakable You Ruth Frank
2018 Snapshots PattyNominated—Nice International Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress
2019Hamlet 360: Thy Father's Spirit Gertrude Video

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1963 East Side/West Side Marky MorganEpisode: "My Child on Monday Morning"
1965 O.K. Crackerby! Cynthia Crackerby14 episodes
1974 F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'The Last of the Belles' Kitty PrestonTV movie
1975Who Is the Black Dahlia?Diane FowlerTV movie
1975Song of the SuccubusOlive Deems / Gloria ChambersTV movie
1975Black BartJenniferTV short
1975 Murder on Flight 502 Vera FranklinTV movie
1976 Police Woman AngelaEpisode: "Angela"
1976 James Dean BeverlyTV movie
1976 The Bob Newhart Show Mitzi MargolisEpisode: "The Boy Next Door"
1976 Kojak Julie WinstonEpisode: "Dead Again"
1977 Family LizzieEpisode: "Acts of Love: Part 1"
Episode: "Acts of Love: Part 2"
1977 Nero Wolfe Sarah DacosTV movie broadcast 1979
1978 Family LizzieEpisode: "Echoes of Love"
1983 Great Performances Julia NewellEpisode: "The Innocents Abroad"
1984 Lace Jennifer 'Pagan' TrelawneyTV movie
1984Special PeopleDiane DupuyTV movie
1984 American Playhouse Episode: "Haunted"
1985 Lace II Pagan TraloneTV miniseries
1986 American Playhouse Julia NewellEpisode: "The Innocents Abroad"
1987Paul Reiser Out on a WhimTV movie
1987 The Lion of Africa Grace DanetTV movie
1988 Moonlighting Terri Knowles3 episodes
1989 Bridesmaids PatriciaTV movie
1991 Sometimes They Come Back Sally NormanTV movie
1991 thirtysomething Bree Ann PrattEpisode: "Melissa in Wonderland"
1993The Last HitAnnaTV movie
1994 Picture Windows Angie VarnasEpisode: "Song of Songs"
1994Probable CauseTV movie
1994 Touched by an Angel SusanaEpisode: "An Unexpected Snow"
1995 Frasier Marilyn (voice)Episode: "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine"
1996 Wings MaryEpisode: "All About Christmas Eve"
1997 Gun JoyceEpisode: "Father John"
2002 Monk Leigh HarrisonEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Airplane"
2005 Monk Mrs. Abigail CarlyleEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Kid"
2007 Monk Sheriff Margie ButterfieldEpisode: "Mr. Monk Visits a Farm"
2008 Monk Leigh HarrisonEpisode: "Mr. Monk's 100th Case"
2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit MargoEpisode: "PTSD"
2009 Monk Edith CaprianiEpisode: "Mr. Monk and the Badge"
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn Madrid womanTV movie
2016 BrainDead Senator Diane VaynerchukRecurring role, 5 episodes
2023 Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie BethTV movie

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