Hillary Brooke

Born: 1914-09-08

Hillary Brooke (born Beatrice Sofia Mathilda Peterson) was an American screen and television actress best known for her work in Abbott and Costello and Sherlock Holmes films.


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The Man Who Knew Too Much

as Jan Peterson
Released: 1956-05-16

A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination...

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Invaders from Mars

as Mrs. Mary MacLean
Released: 1953-04-22

In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear...

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Jane Eyre

as Blanche Ingram
Released: 1943-12-24

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a...

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

as Mrs. Arnold (uncredited)
Released: 1941-08-12

Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil...

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Ministry of Fear

as Mrs. Bellane #2, spiritualist
Released: 1944-05-19

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so...

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The Philadelphia Story

as Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)
Released: 1940-12-05

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned...

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The Woman in Green

as Lydia Marlowe
Released: 1945-06-15

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger...

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The Strange Woman

as Meg Saladine
Released: 1946-10-25

In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce,...

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Lost Continent

as Marla Stevens
Released: 1951-08-17

When an experimental atomic rocket crashes somewhere off-radar, its three developing scientists...

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Road to Utopia

as Kate
Released: 1946-02-27

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had...

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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

as Jill Grandis
Released: 1942-09-18

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi...

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Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Sally Musgrave
Released: 1943-09-17

During WWII several murders occur at a convalescent home where Dr. Watson has volunteered his...

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The Enchanted Cottage

as Beatrice Alexander
Released: 1945-04-28

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend...

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Africa Screams

as Diana Emerson
Released: 1949-05-04

When bookseller Buzz cons Diana into thinking that his friend Stanley knows all there is to know...

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New Moon

as Party Guest
Released: 1940-06-28

A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.

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The Maze

as Peggy Lord
Released: 1953-07-02

A Scotsman abruptly breaks off his engagement to pretty Kitty and moves to his uncle's castle in...

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Wake Island

as Girl at the Inn (uncredited)
Released: 1942-08-11

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries...

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The Fuller Brush Man

as Mildred Trist
Released: 1948-06-01

Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make...

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Never Wave at a WAC

as First Lt. Phyllis Turnbull
Released: 1953-01-28

A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more...

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Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd

as Capt. Bonney
Released: 1952-12-27

Two hapless waiters in a tavern on the Spanish Main play cupid between aristocratic Lady Jane...

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Eternally Yours

as Blonde On Stage
Released: 1939-10-07

Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say...

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Ship Ahoy

as Hillary
Released: 1942-04-16

Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a...

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The Crime Doctor's Courage

as Kathleen Carson
Released: 1945-02-27

A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.

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Strange Impersonation

as Arline Cole
Released: 1946-03-16

A female research scientist conducting experiments on a new anesthetic has a very bad week. Her...

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Vendetta

as Lydia Nevil
Released: 1950-12-25

The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.

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Maisie Was a Lady

as House Guest (Uncredited)
Released: 1941-01-10

Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who...

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Two-Faced Woman

as Dress Shop Clerk Hotel-Caller (uncredited)
Released: 1941-12-31

A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.

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Counter-Espionage

as Pamela Hart
Released: 1942-09-03

The Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.

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Big Town After Dark

as Lorelei Kilbourne
Released: 1947-12-12

A crusading newspaper reporter battles big-city gambling interests.

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Monsieur Beaucaire

as Mme. Pompadour
Released: 1946-09-04

A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he...

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Big Town Scandal

as Lorelei Kilbourne
Released: 1948-05-27

A crusading editor and his star reporter aid underprivileged youths and crack down on racketeers...

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Unmasked

as Doris King (Jackson)
Released: 1950-01-30

The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a...

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The House Across the Lake

as Carol Forrest
Released: 1954-04-16

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the...

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Big Town

as Lorelei Kilbourne
Released: 1946-08-23

A newspaper editor goes on an anti-crime crusade, but gets carried away.

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Insurance Investigator

as Addie Wilson
Released: 1951-03-23

When a businessman who has had a double indemnity policy taken out on him dies mysteriously, his...

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Spoilers of the Forest

as Phyllis Warren
Released: 1957-04-04

Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland...

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The Admiral Was a Lady

as Shirley Pedigrew
Released: 1950-08-04

Ex-WAVE encounters four fun-loving, work-hating men, all of whom want to marry her.

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Lucky Losers

as 'Countess' Margo
Released: 1950-05-14

Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of...

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Two Girls on Broadway

as Second Girl in Powder Room (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-19

Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical....

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Bodyhold

as Flo Woodbury
Released: 1949-12-08

A plumber with a girlfriend turns pro wrestler for a crooked promoter.

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Confidence Girl

as Mary Webb
Released: 1952-06-20

After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist...

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Up Goes Maisie

as Barbara Nuboult
Released: 1946-02-01

A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.

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The Lady Wants Mink

as Evelyn Cantrell
Released: 1953-03-29

A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.

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The Lone Rider Rides On

as Sue Brown
Released: 1941-01-10

Tom Cameron is searching for the outlaws who ambushed a wagon train, murdered his parents and...

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Alimony

as Linda Waring
Released: 1949-06-11

A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who...

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New Faces of 1937

as Chorine
Released: 1937-07-02

A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to...

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Strange Journey

as Patti Leeds
Released: 1946-10-03

Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest...

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Married Bachelor

as Hillary (uncredited)
Released: 1941-10-16

A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling...

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Florian

as Horsewoman
Released: 1940-06-05

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...

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Mexican Manhunt

as Eve Carter
Released: 1953-09-13

Los Angeles, 1953. The author David L. "Dave" Brady wants to bring a missed ex-newspaperman back...

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The Abbott and Costello Show: Who's On First?

as Hillary (archive footage)
Released: 2011-02-01

Featuring the routines that made them comedy legends like “Who’s On First?,” and “The Lemon...

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Dragon's Gold

as Vivian Crosby
Released: 1954-02-10

Murder and intrigue follow an insurance investigator Mack Rossiter (John Archer) after he is...

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Willie and the Mouse

as Modern Schoolteacher (uncredited)
Released: 1941-05-17

John Nesbitt's "Passing Parade" purports to show how the behavior of mice can be studied in...

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Earl Carroll Sketchbook

as Lynn Stafford
Released: 1946-08-22

An aspiring singer and her lover, a songwriter who has desperately resorted to writing radio...

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The Gentleman Misbehaves

as Nina Mallory
Released: 1946-02-28

After his first attempt to obtain cash fails, a Broadway producer turns to a gambler to raise...

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Standing Room Only

as Alice Todd
Released: 1944-01-07

During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of...

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Skipalong Rosenbloom

as Square Deal Sal
Released: 1951-04-30

Skipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a...

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The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury

as Georgia Deering
Released: 1941-08-08

A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.

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Bengazi

as Nora Nielson
Released: 1955-09-14

An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by...

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Let's Live Again

as Sandra Marlowe
Released: 1948-02-27

The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth...

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Beauty on Parade

as Gloria Barton
Released: 1950-05-04

Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance twenty years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty...

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I Cover Big Town

as Lorelei Kilbourne
Released: 1947-02-27

One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This...

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Perry Mason

as Doris Cole
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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I Love Lucy

as Angela
First aired: 1951-10-15

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....

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Lawman

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-10-05

Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962...

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Winifred O'Hara
First aired: 1957-07-01

Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949...

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Laura Renault
First aired: 1957-07-01

Richard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949...

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December Bride

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-04

December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...

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The Millionaire

as Jane Murdock
First aired: 1955-01-19

An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...

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Screen Director's Playhouse

as Countess
First aired: 1955-10-05

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed...

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Cavalcade of America

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-01

Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...

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My Little Margie

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-06-16

My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that...

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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Yancy Derringer

as Julia Bulette
First aired: 1958-10-02

Yancy Derringer is an American Western series

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Racket Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-06-07

Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...

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West Point

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-10-05

The West Point Story is a dramatic anthology television series shown in the United States by...

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The Abbott and Costello Show

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-12-05

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary...

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Dangerous Assignment

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-01-01

A U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star...

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The Star and the Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-01-08

Each show features a different star or stars in this dramatic anthology produced by the...

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