Brooke Adams

Actor

About

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Born

February 08, 1949

Biography

This dark, wide-eyed beauty began her career as a child actor at the age of eight, touring with her parents' stock company. When she was a teenager, Adams landed her first significant TV role as a guest in an episode of the drama series "East Side/West Side" (CBS). In 1965, she was cast as Burl Ives' daughter in the short-lived ABC series, "O.K. Crackerby." Ten years later, Adams made he...

Filmography

The Accidental Husband (2009)

At Last (2006)

The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2005)

The Baby-Sitters Club (1995)

The Fire This Time (1994)

Narrator

The Last Hit (1993)

Anna Dunne

Photos & Videos

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Rain Man (1988) -- (Movie Clip) I've Never Dealt With These Lamborghinis

Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, The -- (Movie Clip) The Meat Still Edible

Family & Companions

Kevin Wade

Companion

Playwright, screenwriter. Together in mid-1970s.

Tony Shalhoub

Husband

Actor. Met while appearing together on Broadway in "The Heidi Chronicles"; married c. 1993.

Biography

Ten years later, Adams made her film debut in "Death Corps/Shockwaves/Almost Human" (1975). She went on to co-star in Philip Kaufman's remake "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (1978) as the woman who first notices the changes wrought by the aliens. That same year, Adams portrayed a woman torn between Richard Gere and Sam Shepherd in Terence Malick's mythic "Days of Heaven." She again played a woman caught in a love triangle in Richard Lester's "Cuba" (1979), this time torn between Sean Connery and Chris Sarandon. In Lee Grant's "Tell Me a Riddle" (1980), she was the granddaughter of Melvyn Douglas and Lela Kedrova. Adams recreated her stage role as a TV talk show producer who wants more from her relationship with a mystery writer (Ben Masters) in the gentle romantic comedy, "Key Exchange" (1985). She had one of her best screen roles in Allison Anders' "Gas Food Lodging" (1992) as a single mother coping with raising two teenage daughters. She played one of the adult roles in Melanie Mayron's "The Baby-sitter's Club" (1995).

Adams has also appeared onstage ("Key Exchange," "The Heidi Chronicles") and in several TV-movies and miniseries, including "The Innocents Abroad" (PBS, 1983) and "Special People" (1984) in which she portrayed Diane Dupuy, a Canadian woman who created the Famous People Players, a puppet troupe consisting of mentally handicapped young adults. Adams is perhaps best known, however, for her role in "Lace" (ABC, 1984), as one of a trio of college friends confronted by a petulant teenage (Phoebe Cates) seeking to uncover the identity of her mother.

Filmography

Life Events

1965

Co-starred in ABC TV series, "O.K. Crackerby"

1975

Screen acting debut in "Shock Waves/Death Corps/Almost Human"

1982

Starred off-Broadway in "Key Exchange" (in role written expressly for her)

1984

Co-starred in the TV miniseries "Lace"

1985

Reprised role in film version of "Key Exchange"

1993

Narrated the documentary "The Fire This Time"

Photo Collections

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - Lobby Card Set

Here is a set of Lobby Cards from Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978). Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.