---
name: "Geraldine Brooks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/geraldine-brooks"
fi1m_id: "geraldine-brooks"
imdb_id: "nm0111997"
tmdb_id: 86641
wikidata_id: "Q275314"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 October 1925"
died: "19 June 1977"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:35:50.179191+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Geraldine Brooks

## Identity

Geraldine Brooks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/geraldine-brooks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** geraldine-brooks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0111997
- **TMDB ID:** 86641
- **Wikidata ID:** Q275314
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Brooks_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275314, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86641

Actor. Born 29 October 1925 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 19 June 1977.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 October 1925, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 19 June 1977
- **Also known as:** ジェラルディン・ブルックス, Geraldine Stroock
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Brooks_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q275314, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86641

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*The Reckless Moment*](https://film.one/film/the-reckless-moment.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Geraldine Brooks (born Geraldine Stroock) was an American actress. She appeared in films including *Possessed* (1947) and *The Reckless Moment* (1949), in which she played Bea Harper.

Brooks worked extensively in television, with roles in series such as *Perry Mason*, *Bonanza*, *Get Smart* and *Kung Fu*. She received an Emmy nomination in 1962 and a Tony nomination in 1970. She was married to author Budd Schulberg from 1964 until her death in 1977.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Reckless Moment* (1949), Fi1m 68, as Bea Harper — [page](https://film.one/film/the-reckless-moment.md)

## Complete filmography (60)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Dumplings* (1976), series, as Angela Dumpling
- *Medical Story* (1975), series, as Liz Winkler
- *Mr. Ricco* (1975), as Katherine Fremont
- *Faraday and Company* (1973), series, as Louise 'Lou' Carson
- *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Janet Enright
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Widdaw Tackaberry
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), series, Actor
- *The Bull of the West* (1972), as Georgia Price
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *To Rome with Love* (1969), series, Actor
- *The Name of the Game* (1968), series, as Evelyn Smith
- *The Outsider* (1968), series, Actor
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor
- *The High Chaparral* (1967), series, as Fay Leyton
- *Judd, for the Defense* (1967), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), as Honor Thompson
- *Johnny Tiger* (1966), as Dr. Leslie Frost
- *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Tracy Dunhill
- *Run for Your Life* (1965), series, as Alice McKenna
- *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Esther Craig
- *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Doris Etheridge
- *Mr. Novak* (1963), series, as Claire Andreas
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Lucia Mayfield, Caroline Simpson, Adrienne Banning / Anna Gemma — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *The Greatest Show on Earth* (1963), series, Actor
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Yvette Leighton, Ann Barton
- *Combat!* (1962), series, as Lt. Ann Hunter
- *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, Actor
- *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Georgia Price
- *Sam Benedict* (1962), series, Actor
- *Ben Casey* (1961), series, Actor
- *Bus Stop* (1961), series, Actor
- *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Laura Bailey
- *Cain's Hundred* (1961), series, as Joanne Douglas
- *The Defenders* (1961), series, as Laura Potter
- *Adventures in Paradise* (1959), series, as Sylvia Ashcroft
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Elizabeth Stoddard Cartwright
- *Johnny Staccato* (1959), series, as Karen Buford
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Vicky
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Miriam Waters
- *Have Gun, Will Travel* (1957), series, Actor
- *Street of Sinners* (1957), as Terry
- *Richard Diamond, Private Detective* (1957), series, as Helen Lear
- *Gunsmoke* (1955), series, as Esther Harris
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Emma Herich
- *Woman With A Past* (1954), series, Actor
- *The United States Steel Hour* (1953), series, Actor
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Martha Seymour
- *The Green Glove* (1952), as Christine 'Chris' Kenneth
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Odette, Doraleen Perkins
- *Vulcano* (1950), as Maria, Maddalena's Sister
- *Streets of Sorrow* (1950), as Maria Severi
- *The Reckless Moment* (1949), as Bea Harper — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-reckless-moment.md)
- *Challenge to Lassie* (1949), as Susan Brown
- *The Younger Brothers* (1949), as Mary Hathaway
- *An Act of Murder* (1948), as Ellie Cooke
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Theresa, Minerva
- *Embraceable You* (1948), as Marie Willens
- *Cry Wolf* (1947), as Julie Demarest
- *Possessed* (1947), as Carol Graham

## Gallery

- ![Photo of Geraldine Brooks from the cover of a 1948 New York Sunday News magazine. A search for renewals was done in periodicals for the years 1975 and 1976 Ther](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-021d930b9569.jpg) Photo of Geraldine Brooks from the cover of a 1948 New York Sunday News magazine. A search for renewals was done in periodicals for the years 1975 and 1976 Ther — New York Sunday News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Geraldine_Brooks_1948.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Geraldine Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-146a9d5654a0.jpg) Geraldine Brooks — Bureau of Industrial Service.  This was a division of ad agency Young & Rubicam which distributed publicity material for many (sponsors, networks, etc.) in the television industry., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Geraldine_Brooks_1955.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of actress Geraldine Brooks from a guest appearance on the television program The Virginian. (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-f8074d0a8078.jpg) Photo of actress Geraldine Brooks from a guest appearance on the television program The Virginian. (1962) — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Geraldine_Brooks_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Geraldine Brooks in una scena del film Vulcano (1950), girato in Italia](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-9fdc67908cf2.png) Geraldine Brooks in una scena del film Vulcano (1950), girato in Italia — Film diretto da William Dieterle e prodotto da Panaria Film - Artisti Associati, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Vulcano_%281950%29_Geraldine_Brooks.png/1280px-Vulcano_%281950%29_Geraldine_Brooks.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geraldine Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-fe3aebb5f94b.jpg) Geraldine Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-a8a41c68f9ef.jpg) Geraldine Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-dc9fc329fe99.jpg) Geraldine Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Brooks in una scena del film Vulcano (1950), girato in Italia](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-5ffb61b1ecb8.png) Geraldine Brooks in una scena del film Vulcano (1950), girato in Italia — Film diretto da William Dieterle e prodotto da Panaria Film - Artisti Associati, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vulcano_%281950%29_Geraldine_Brooks_%282%29.png/1280px-Vulcano_%281950%29_Geraldine_Brooks_%282%29.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Geraldine Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-05a399d3ee71.jpg) Geraldine Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Geraldine Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/3866766/gallery-09ea5b51d901.jpg) Geraldine Brooks — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play 1970: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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