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Louise Brooks

Louise BrooksAKA Mary Louise Brooks

Born: 14-Nov-1906
Birthplace: Cherryvale, KS
Died: 8-Aug-1985
Location of death: Rochester, NY
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rochester, NY

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Pandora's Box

Father: Leonard Porter Brooks
Mother: Myra Rude Brooks
Brother: Martin (b. 1905)
Brother: Theodore (b. 1912)
Sister: June (b. 1914)
Boyfriend: Charlie Chaplin (1925)
Husband: A. Edward Sutherland (director; m. Jul-1926, div. Jun-1928)
Husband: Deering Davis (millionaire; m. 10-Oct-1933, div. Feb-1938)
Boyfriend: William S. Paley (CBS chairman)

    Saks salesgirl, Saks Fifth Avenue (1943)
    Bankruptcy 1932
    Lewd Conduct (lewd cohabitation) Wichita, KS (charges dropped)
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Emphysema, Arthritis, Smoking

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Overland Stage Raiders (20-Sep-1938)
    God's Gift to Women (13-Apr-1931)
    Diary of a Lost Girl (27-Sep-1929)
    The Canary Murder Case (16-Feb-1929)
    Pandora's Box (9-Feb-1929)
    Beggars of Life (22-Sep-1928)
    Love 'Em and Leave 'Em (19-Mar-1926)

Author of books:
Naked on my Goat (c. 1955, memoirs, manuscript incinerated)
Lulu in Hollywood (1982, essays)



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