Gabrielle Brune (12 February 1912 in Bournemouth, Hampshire[1] – 18 January 2005 in Chichester, Sussex) was a British actress.[2]
Gabrielle Brune | |
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 1939 Spotlight photo | |
| Born | Gabrielle Hudson 12 February 1912 |
| Died | 18 January 2005 (aged 92) Chichester, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Career
editOn stage from 1930, her work included appearances in cabaret, the West End, on Broadway, in films and on television.[3][4][5]
Personal life
editGabrielle Brune was born Gabrielle Hudson, the only child of Thomas Habgood Hudson and Adrienne Brune; both parents were theatre professionals from Australia. Her mother was an actress and singer.[6] She used her mother's surname professionally.
In 1941, she was reported to be recovering from appendicitis and double pneumonia in a river house at Datchet on the Thames.[7]
Marriages
editIn 1938, Brune was described as "Mrs. G. M. Thompson, wife of an English actor" in a news report about her first professional trip to America: (NB: Raymond Francis).[8] In 1942, she married an American Army officer, Maj. Walter J. Currie, in London.[9][10]
She died on 18 January 2005, at the age of 92.
Selected filmography
edit- Red Pearls (1930)
- The Penny Pool (1937)
- The Wife of General Ling (1937)
- Garrison Follies (1940)
- He Found a Star (1941)
- Tomorrow We Live (1943)
- A Run for Your Money (1949)
- Mandy (1952)
- Hot Ice (1952)
- The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)
- The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
- Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
- The Harassed Hero (1954)
- Touch and Go (1955)
- Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
- Girl in the Headlines (1963)
References
edit- ^ Since local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, Bournemouth has been in Dorset
- ^ "Gabrielle Brune | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Gabrielle Brune – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "Gabrielle Brune - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ Ross Laird, Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933 (Greenwood Publishing 1996): 61. ISBN 9780313292415
- ^ "River Holiday: Gabrielle Brune has been Convalescing at Datchet" The Tatler and Bystander (20 August 1941): 259.
- ^ Frank Reil, "Line on Liners" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (20 April 1938): 23. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Wed in England" Advocate-Messenger (28 June 1942): 1. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Informally at Home: Gabrielle Brune, Actress Wife of Lieut.-Colonel Walter Currie, U. S. Army" The Tatler and Bystander (15 March 1944): 327.
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