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- Birth nameJacqueline Victoire Brookes
- Jacqueline Brookes was born on July 24, 1930 in Montclair, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Le bon fils (1993), Y a-t-il un flic pour sauver le président ? (1991) and Mélodie pour un meurtre (1989). She died on April 26, 2013 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Had an extensive theatrical background both on and off-Broadway.
- Best known on TV for her various supporting roles on daytime soaps.
- Received her training in the 1950s by Britain's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
- Her extensive repertoire of Shakespearean roles in a five-decade stage career include Katherine in "Taming of the Shrew", Desdemona and Emilia in "Othello", Portia in "The Merchant of Venice", Gertrude in "Hamlet", Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth, Rosalind in "As You Like It", Viola in "Twelfth Night", Helena in "A Midsummer Night's Dream, Mistree Page in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and Elizabeth in "Richard III".
- Taught acting at Circle in the Square Theater School in Manhattan from 1974 until her death in 2013.
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