Elisabeth Brooks
Elisabeth Brooks | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elisabeth Brooks Luyties July 2, 1951 |
| Died | September 7, 1997 (aged 46) Palm Springs, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Brain cancer |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, singer, poet, writer |
| Years active | 1974-1991 |
Elisabeth Brooks (July 2, 1951 – September 7, 1997) was a Canadian actress.[1]
Brooks was born Elisabeth Brooks Luyties in Toronto, Ontario[citation needed] and began her acting career aged five encompassing both stage and screen. She started appearing in television roles in the mid-1970s and managed to pursue her acting career as a single mother while working a variety of jobs to support herself and her son. She had a brief role in Rich Man, Poor Man before appearing regularly on the soap opera Days of our Lives, and in such popular television series as The Rockford Files, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch, The Six Million Dollar Man and Emergency!
Brooks is probably best remembered for her role as the evil leather-clad siren Marsha Quist in the horror film The Howling (1981).[2]
After a three-year struggle with brain cancer, Brooks died in a hospital near her home in Palm Springs, California at age 46.[citation needed]
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