
Elisabeth Brooks
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Brooks was born Elisabeth Brooks Luyties in Toronto, Ontario 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 (1976), 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). Her other film appearances included Deep Space (1988), and The Forgotten One (1989), starring Kristy McNichol. After a three-year struggle with brain cancer, Brooks died in a hospital near her home in Palm Springs, California, at the age of 46
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- 1989 ยทThe Forgotten Oneas Carla
- 1989 ยทJadedas Rita
- 1988 ยทDeep Spaceas Mrs. Ridley
- 1987 ยทJake and the Fatmanas
- 1981 ยทThe Howlingas Marsha Quist
- 1979 ยทThe Solitary Manas Joyce
- 1976 ยทFamily Plotas Woman in Cafe with Priest (uncredited)
- 1975 ยทThe Bionic Womanas
- 1974 ยทThe Rockford Filesas Jean Ludwig
- 1974 ยทKolchak: The Night Stalkeras Natalie - Lab Assistant
- 1974 ยทThe Six Million Dollar Manas Nurse
- 1972 ยทEmergency!as