The career of this actress began in the middle of the twentieth century, when they were still shooting black and white films. However, until now, Brooke Adams pleases fans with new works. Over the years of her activity, she experienced joy not only from creating images in films, but also from the work of a screenwriter, director and producer.
Now they talk about her as the "face of the last century" in the cinema - after all, she began her career at the age of six and has never changed her vocation.
Biography
Brooke Adams was born in New York in 1949. Her father, Robert Adams, was a producer, and her mother was an actress, her maiden name was Rosalind Gould. The elder sister Lynn was also an actress, so the girl did not seem to have much choice - after all, everyone in the family only talked about cinema.
Parents often took Brooke with them to work, and as a very little girl she began acting in various films and episodes. However, the girl was so sincere and spontaneous that she was noticed by the director of the series "West Side" (1963) and invited to a rather large role, albeit in only one episode. However, it was this series that gave impetus to the further career of an actress. The role of Mark Morgan turned out for the girl so effectively that offers from other directors began to come one after another.
But Brooke decided that she needed to get an appropriate education, so she entered the School of American Ballet, and then the High School of Acting, where the famous director Lee Strasberg taught.
Film work
The next series, where the talent of the young actress flashed, was the projects "Great Shows" (1971) and "Kojak" (1973). And also in parallel, Brooke starred in The Bob Newhart Show.
In total, the actress's portfolio includes more than sixty roles in films of various genres. For example, in 1978, the attention of the audience was riveted on the detective "Invasion of the Body Snatchers", which was watched by millions. In 1993, a picture was released based on this film, and in 2007 - another similar tape.
The best films of that period are considered the drama "Days of the Harvest" (1978) and the thriller "The Dead Zone" (1983). Viewers could also see Brooke in the cult film The Great Gatsby (1974).
In 1995, Adams had a chance to appear in the series about teenagers "The Kids Club", where she played the role of the mother of the girl Christie, who has many problems in her life. And all her peers are quite hot-tempered, categorical and intolerant people. In this film, the creators revealed the problems of adolescents, about which it is not customary to speak out loud.
At the beginning of the twenty-first century, Adams decided to try her hand at producing and released the film "Fictional" (2002). In it, she played the main role - she created the image of Elizabeth Teavee.
The most recent works include the films Hamlet 360: Your Father's Spirit (2019), Photos (2018) and Broken Life (2017). Despite her age, the actress continues to act in films.
Personal life
Brooke got married when she was already forty-three years old. Her chosen one was the actor Tony Shaloub, they got married in 1992. The couple did not have children for a long time, and they took two adopted daughters. Their names are Sophie Shaloub and Josie Shaloub.
