---
name: "Vanessa Brown"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/vanessa-brown"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 March 1928"
died: "21 May 1999"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T01:54:49.434242+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."
---

# Vanessa Brown

Actor. Born 24 March 1928 in Vienna, Austria. Died 21 May 1999.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 March 1928, Vienna, Austria
- **Died:** 21 May 1999
- **Active:** 1949–1988
- **Also known as:** Smylla Brind
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 90 (1), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_Brown, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85118, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114847/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88570

## Biography

Vanessa Brown (born Smylla Brind, 24 March 1928 – 21 May 1999) was an Austrian-born American actress who worked in radio, film, theatre and television. She made her Broadway debut as a child in *Watch on the Rhine* (1941) and appeared as a panelist on the radio programme *Quiz Kids*.

Brown’s film career began in 1944 with *Youth Runs Wild*. She appeared in *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), *The Heiress* (1949) as Maria, *Tarzan and the Slave Girl* (1950) and *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952). On stage she starred in the Broadway production of *The Seven Year Itch* (1952). Later credits include episodes of *Perry Mason*, *Murder, She Wrote* and *The Wonder Years*.

She also wrote plays, a novel and non-fiction, and died in Los Angeles.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, as Punch Lady — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)
- *The Heiress* (1949), Fi1m 90, as Maria — [page](https://film.one/film/the-heiress.md)

## Complete filmography (40)

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

- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, as Punch Lady — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, as (segment "A Message From Charity")
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Alma Goodrich
- *Call to Glory* (1984), series, as Miss Rochemond
- *All That Glitters* (1977), series, as Peggy Horner
- *Good Heavens* (1976), series, Actor
- *The Witch Who Came from the Sea* (1976), as Cathy
- *Police Story* (1973), series, Actor
- *Bless the Beasts & Children* (1971), as Mrs. Goodenow
- *Rosie!* (1967), as Edith Shaw
- *The Chevy Mystery Show* (1960), series, as Carol Penn
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Elsa Schuldorf
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Donna Kress
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Louise Williams
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as Vera, Marie Bannerman, Marian
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Miss Phinney
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Shelly
- *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), as Kay Amiel
- *The Fighter* (1952), as Kathy
- *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Betty
- *The Basketball Fix* (1951), as Pat Judd
- *Three Husbands* (1950), as Mary Whittaker
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Girl
- *Tarzan and the Slave Girl* (1950), as Jane
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Ann Kimball
- *The Heiress* (1949), as Maria — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-heiress.md)
- *The Secret Of St. Ives* (1949), as Floria Gilchrist
- *Big Jack* (1949), as Patricia Mahoney
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *The Foxes of Harrow* (1947), as Aurore D'Arceneaux
- *Mother Wore Tights* (1947), as Bessie
- *The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* (1947), as Anna Muir as an Adult
- *The Late George Apley* (1947), as Agnes Willing
- *I've Always Loved You* (1946), as Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
- *Margie* (1946), as Wanda (uncredited)
- *The Girl of the Limberlost* (1945), as Helen Brownlee
- *Youth Runs Wild* (1944), as Sarah Taylor
- *My Favorite Husband*, series, Actor
- *Stage 7*, series, as Julia

## Gallery

- ![Vanessa Brown](https://film.one/media/person/285798/gallery-f7a6a77820b6.jpg) Vanessa Brown — J. Walter Thompson-ad agency for Lux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Vanessa_Brown_1951.JPG/1280px-Vanessa_Brown_1951.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Photo of Martin Milner and Vanessa Brown from an appearance on Wagon Train. (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/285798/gallery-cbd21bd55e78.jpg) Photo of Martin Milner and Vanessa Brown from an appearance on Wagon Train. (1958) — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Martin_Milner_Vanessa_Brown_Wagon_Train_1958.jpg/1280px-Martin_Milner_Vanessa_Brown_Wagon_Train_1958.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Vanessa Brown](https://film.one/media/person/285798/gallery-2932d7034b6e.jpg) Vanessa Brown — Image via TMDB
- ![Vanessa Brown](https://film.one/media/person/285798/gallery-abe75b06bbd7.jpg) Vanessa Brown — Image via TMDB
- ![Vanessa Brown](https://film.one/media/person/285798/gallery-68cac394e43c.jpg) Vanessa Brown — Image via TMDB

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