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Brooke Adams is a Actor American born on 8 february 1949 at New York City (USA)

Brooke Adams

Brooke Adams
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 february 1949 (75 years) at New York City (USA)

Brooke Adams (born February 8, 1949) is an American actress.

Biography

Carrière
Après avoir joué de petits rôles à la télévision et des films à petit budget, Brooke Adams joue dans Les Moissons du ciel (1978). Elle a également joué dans les films Cuba (1979), Dead Zone (1983), Key Exchange (1985), Gas, Food Lodging (1992).

En 1995, elle se retire temporairement en raison de responsabilités familiales et de pénurie de bons rôles, elle reprend sa carrière vers 2002.

En 2002, elle reçoit des critiques élogieuses pour sa performance dans la comédie romantique Made-Up écrite par sa sœur, l'actrice Lynne Adams et dirigée par son mari Tony Shalhoub, la star de la série télévisée Monk. Elle est apparue dans les films At Last (2005) et The Legend of Lucy Keyes,

À Broadway, elle a joué dans The Cherry Orchard et Lend Me a Tenor.


Vie privée
En 1992, Brooke Adams épouse l'acteur Tony Shalhoub. Elle a notamment joué avec lui dans la série télévisée Monk, dans différents épisodes et rôles :


Leigh Harrison, une hôtesse de l'air excédée par Monk dans la saison 1 épisode 13 et dans la saison 7 épisode 7
Abigail Carlyle dans la saison 3 épisode 16
Sheriff Margie Butterfield dans la saison 5 épisode 14

Best films

Days of Heaven (1978)
(Actress)
Eiga Tamagotchi
(Actress)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Brooke Adams (35 films)

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Actress

Hemingway & Gellhorn, 2h34
Directed by Philip Kaufman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Nicole Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn, Brooke Adams, Molly Parker, Connie Nielsen
Roles Madrid Woman (uncredited)
Rating62% 3.148283.148283.148283.148283.14828
Telling the story of one of America’s most famous literary couples, the movie begins in 1936 when the pair meet for the first time in a Key West bar. They ran into each other again in Spain where they were both covering the Spanish Civil War. They were staying in the same hotel on the same floor, and she resisted his advances. However, during a bombing raid, they found themselves trapped in the same room, and lust overcame them. They became lovers and stayed in Spain until 1939. In 1940 Hemingway divorced his second wife so that they could marry. Over time she became prominent in her own right. In 1945 she asked Hemingway for a divorce. He credits her with inspiring him to write the novel, For Whom the Bell Tolls.
The Accidental Husband, 1h30
Directed by Griffin Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about the labor movement, Disaster films, Films about marriage
Actors Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Isabella Rossellini, Sam Shepard, Lindsay Sloane
Roles Carolyn
Rating55% 2.7991752.7991752.7991752.7991752.799175
Patrick Sullivan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) is looking forward to a life with, Sophia (Justina Machado), until she calls into the show by famed love expert and radio host Dr. Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman). Emma questions Sophia’s concept of romantic love and advises her to break their engagement, which she swiftly does.
The Legend of Lucy Keyes
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Julie Delpy, Justin Theroux, Brooke Adams, Mark Boone Junior, Jamie Donnelly, Michele Greene
Roles Samantha Porter
Rating47% 2.359772.359772.359772.359772.35977
Le 14 avril 1755, Lucy Keyes disparut dans un bois de la Nouvelle-Angleterre. Folle de désespoir, sa mère, Martha, partit chaque soir à sa recherche, criant son nom à travers les bois, avant de mourir en 1786... sans l'avoir retrouvée. De nos jours, Guy et Joanne, qui viennent de perdre un enfant, emménagent avec leurs filles, Molly et Lucy, dans la vieille ferme des Keyes...
The Baby-Sitters Club, 1h25
Directed by Melanie Mayron
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Feminist films, Political films, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Schuyler Fisk, Bre Blair, Rachael Leigh Cook, Austin O'Brien, Larisa Oleynik, Stacy Linn Ramsower
Roles Elizabeth Thomas Brewer
Rating56% 2.848662.848662.848662.848662.84866
Kristy Thomas, president of "The Baby-Sitters Club", decides to open a day camp for their child clients. Her best friend, Mary Anne Spier, along with Mary Anne's stepsister Dawn Schafer, offer their parents' backyard to serve as the camp site. All of the club members (Kristy Thomas, Mary Anne Spier, Dawn Schafer, Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill, Mallory Pike, and Jessi Ramsey) vow to keep a close eye out for misbehaving kids.
My Boyfriend's Back, 1h25
Directed by Bob Balaban
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Traci Lind, Andrew Lowery, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, Jay O. Sanders, Matthew Fox
Roles Jeune Missy
Rating54% 2.703312.703312.703312.703312.70331
Eager to impress his crush, Johnny Dingle arranges a fake robbery in the store where Missy McCloud works. Dingle intends to foil the robbery and save McCloud. The plan backfires, and Dingle is shot. As he lies dying in the store, he asks her to the prom, and McCloud agrees. After his funeral, Dingle inexplicably returns as a zombie and attempts to reintegrate into society. Though he faces anti-zombie discrimination, Dingle is allowed back in school, where he eats a bully. McCloud, though reluctant to follow through with her promise, eventually agrees to attend the prom with Dingle. As McCloud slowly falls for him, Dingle wrestles with his urge to cannibalize McCloud. Dingle eventually overcomes his urges and takes McCloud to the prom, where he finally decays to point of destruction. As he goes to heaven, Dingle learns that a mishap in heaven was the cause for his return as a zombie. Because he was never meant to die, he is sent back to Earth and given a second chance at life. Dingle again sacrifices himself for McCloud during the robbery, but his life is spared when the bullet is deflected by a locket he bought as gift for McCloud. McCloud, overcome by his sacrifice and the gift of the locket, agrees to attend the prom with him.
Gas Food Lodging, 1h41
Directed by Allison Anders
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Feminist films, Political films
Actors Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk, James Brolin, Robert Knepper, J Mascis
Roles Nora
Rating65% 3.297293.297293.297293.297293.29729
Nora, (Brooke Adams) a waitress with two teenage daughters, struggles to raise them in a trailer park as a single parent after her husband abandons the family. After repeatedly skipping school to go on dates, Trudi (Ione Skye) quits school and gets a job as a waitress alongside her mother. Meanwhile, young Shade (Fairuza Balk) spends most of her time watching the movies of Mexican film star Elvia Rivero (Nina Belanger) and dreams of finding a new boyfriend for her mother.
The Unborn
The Unborn (1991)

Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Brooke Adams, James Karen, Lisa Kudrow, Kathy Griffin, Jane Cameron, Janice Kent
Roles Virginia Marshall
Rating48% 2.4075552.4075552.4075552.4075552.407555
The story centers around a married couple. The infertile wife Virginia (Brooke Adams) and her husband Brad Marshall (Jeff Hayenga) decide to join an experimental in-vitro fertilization program developed by Dr. Richard Meyerling (James Karen). The trial succeeds, but during the pregnancy Virginia finds that something unusual is happening to the fetus. A further investigation shows that she is part of an experiment conducted by an insane doctor.
Sometimes They Come Back, 1h37
Directed by Tom McLoughlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Demons in film
Actors Tim Matheson, Brooke Adams, Robert Rusler, Michael Gross, Chris Demetral, Robert Hy Gorman
Roles Sally Norman
Rating57% 2.852082.852082.852082.852082.85208
Jim Norman, 36, a high school history teacher, moves back to his old hometown after accepting a teaching job there. He moved from the town after he witnessed his brother, Wayne, murdered by a gang of greasers in 1963. The murderers themselves were killed shortly afterward by an oncoming train, having parked on the tracks. Jim has nightmares about his brother's murder as he starts teaching in the town. Students that are close to him start to be involved in various accidents that look like suicides. One by one, students are slain so the greasers, disguised as living teens, can return to class.
Bridesmaids, 2h
Genres Drama
Actors Shelley Hack, Sela Ward, Stephanie Farcy, Brooke Adams, Jack Coleman, Audra Lindley
Roles Pat
Rating58% 2.9053352.9053352.9053352.9053352.905335
Four great friends come together after a 20 years estrangement to find their once-innocent gang were no more.
Man on Fire, 1h32
Directed by Élie Chouraqui
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Joe Pesci, Scott Glenn, Brooke Adams, Jonathan Pryce, Paul Shenar, Danny Aiello
Roles Jane
Rating57% 2.899272.899272.899272.899272.89927
The opening portrays a man being declared dead in an Italian hospital by a police chief. The man is an ex-CIA agent, John Creasy. Eleanor Ringel of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution says that Creasy "introduces himself to us in a Sunset Boulevard–style opening."
The Stuff
The Stuff (1985)
, 1h27
Directed by Larry Cohen
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Michael Moriarty, Andrea Marcovicci, Ken Foree, Garret Morris, Paul Sorvino, Scott Bloom
Roles Stuff Commercial Spokeswoman
Rating59% 2.951192.951192.951192.951192.95119
A couple of railroad workers discover a yogurt-like white substance bubbling out of the ground. It's found to be sweet and addictive. Later, the substance is marketed as "The Stuff," and it's being sold to the general public in pint containers (incorrectly labeled ".474mL") like ice cream. It is marketed as having no calories and as being sweet, creamy, and filling. The Stuff quickly becomes a nationwide craze and drastically hurts the sales of ice cream.
Key Exchange
Directed by Barnet Kellman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Brooke Adams, Danny Aiello, Ben Masters, Daniel Stern, Tony Roberts, Kerry Armstrong
Roles Lisa
Rating48% 2.428442.428442.428442.428442.42844
A young woman wishes to get her boyfriend to commit to her, yet the most she can manage to do is get him to exchange apartment keys.