---
name: "Jean Brooks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jean-brooks"
fi1m_id: "jean-brooks"
imdb_id: "nm0112046"
tmdb_id: 86824
wikidata_id: "Q1089513"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 December 1915"
died: "25 November 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:28:51.136843+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."
---

# Jean Brooks

## Identity

Jean Brooks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jean-brooks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jean-brooks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0112046
- **TMDB ID:** 86824
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1089513
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Brooks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1089513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86824

Actor. Born 23 December 1915 in Houston, Texas, USA. Died 25 November 1963.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 December 1915, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Died:** 25 November 1963
- **Also known as:** Ruby M. Kelly, Jeanne Kelly, Ruby Matilda Kelly
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Brooks, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1089513, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112046/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86824

## Biography

Jean Brooks, born Ruby Matilda Kelly, was an American actress and singer. She appeared in more than thirty films, primarily in supporting roles during the 1940s.

She began her professional career as a singer in New York before entering film with small parts. She worked at Universal Pictures in B-films and later signed with RKO, where she appeared in several Val Lewton productions, including *The Leopard Man* (1943) as Kiki Walker and *The Seventh Victim* (1943) as Jacqueline Gibson. She also featured in entries in the Falcon series.

Brooks was married to writer and director Richard Brooks from 1941 until their divorce in 1944. Her film roles diminished after the mid-1940s; she made her final screen appearance in 1948 and later lived in San Francisco, where she died in 1963.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Seventh Victim* (1943), Fi1m 62, as Jacqueline Gibson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-victim.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

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

- *Women in the Night* (1948), as Maya
- *The Bamboo Blonde* (1946), as Marsha
- *The Falcon's Alibi* (1946), as Baroness Lena
- *Two O'Clock Courage* (1945), as Barbara Borden
- *The Falcon in Hollywood* (1944), as Roxanna Miles
- *Youth Runs Wild* (1944), as Mary Hauser Coates
- *A Night of Adventure* (1944), as Julie Arden
- *The Falcon and the Co-Eds* (1943), as Vicky Gaines
- *The Seventh Victim* (1943), as Jacqueline Gibson — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-victim.md)
- *The Falcon in Danger* (1943), as Iris Fairchild
- *The Leopard Man* (1943), as Kiki Walker
- *The Boss of Big Town* (1942), as Iris Moore
- *Boot Hill Bandits* (1942), as May Meadows
- *Klondike Fury* (1942), as Rae Langton
- *Fighting Bill Fargo* (1941), as Linda Tyler (as Jeanne Kelly)
- *Badlands of Dakota* (1941), as Bella Union Girl
- *Man from Montana* (1941), as Linda Thompson
- *A Dangerous Game* (1941), as Anne Bennett (as Jeanne Kelly)
- *Riders of Death Valley* (1941), as Mary Morgan (as Jeanne Kelly)
- *Meet the Chump* (1941), as Madge Reilly (as Jeanne Kelly)
- *Buck Privates* (1941), as Camp Hostess
- *The Green Hornet Strikes Again!* (1940), as Gloria Manning
- *Junior G-Men* (1940), as Waitress (uncredited)
- *The Devil's Pipeline* (1940), as Laura Larson (as Jeanne Kelly)
- *Son of Roaring Dan* (1940), as Eris Brooke (as Jeanne Kelly)
- *Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe* (1940), as Olga (uncredited)
- *The Invisible Man Returns* (1940), as Minor Role (uncredited)
- *Miracle on Main Street* (1939), as Nina
- *The Invisible Killer* (1939), as Gloria Cunningham
- *Frankie and Johnnie* (1936), as Cabaret Girl
- *The Crime of Doctor Crespi* (1935), as Nurse Gordon (as Jeanne Kelly)
- *Tango Bar* (1935), as Young Ship's Passenger on Lower Deck (uncredited)
- *Obeah* (1935), Actor

## Gallery

- ![Photo of Jean Brooks c. 1940s](https://film.one/media/person/3859416/gallery-5d97bf257263.jpg) Photo of Jean Brooks c. 1940s — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Jean_Brooks_1940s_fan_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jean Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/3859416/gallery-90966c077396.jpg) Jean Brooks — Image via TMDB
- ![Jean Brooks](https://film.one/media/person/3859416/gallery-28aede286faf.jpg) Jean Brooks — Image via TMDB

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