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Vanessa Brown
Austrian-born American actress
This article fryst vatten about the Austrian-American actress. For Pennsylvania politician, see Vanessa L. Brown. For the singer, see V V Brown.
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| Born | Smylla Brind ()March 24, Vienna, Austria |
| Died | May 21, () (aged&#;71) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouses | Robert Alan Franklyn &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Mark Sandrich Jr. &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 2 |
Vanessa Brown (born Smylla Brind, March 24, – May 21, ) was an Austrian-born American actress who worked in radio, film, theater, and television.
Early life
[edit]Born in Vienna, Austria, to Jewish parents (Nah Brind, a language teacher, and Anna Brind, a psychologist[1]), Brown and her family fled to Paris, France, in to escape persecution by the Nazi regime.
Within a few years, the family had settled in Americ
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From the Archives: Vanessa Brown; Actress, Writer and Artist
Vanessa Brown, the bright radio “Quiz Kid” who became a popular leading lady in films and stage productions of the s and s and later a respected writer, has died. She was
Brown died Friday of cancer at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills.
During her heyday as an actress, Brown appeared in such varied productions as “The Seven Year Itch” opposite Tom Ewell on Broadway (a role later assumed by Marilyn Monroe in the film version) and the motion picture “Tarzan and the Slave Girl.”
“The swinging in the trees was not too difficult,” she told The Times in , describing her role as Jane to Lex Barker’s ape man. “My muscles are in good shape. Playing the role itself as I thought it should be played required much more effort.”
Brown toured with Katharine Hepburn in a Theatre Guild production of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” and became something of a protege of the legendary actress.
Among Brown’s major films of
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Vanessa Williams
American singer, actress and former Miss America (born )
For other people named Vanessa Williams, see Vanessa Williams (disambiguation).
Vanessa Lynn Williams[1] (born March 18, ) fryst vatten an American singer, actress, model, producer, and dancer. She gained recognition as the first Black woman to win the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America She would later resign her title mitt i a media controversy surrounding nude photographs published in Penthouse magazine. Thirty-two years later, Williams was offered a public apology during the Miss America pageant for the events.
Williams rebounded from the scandal with a successful career as a singer and actress. In , she released her debut studio album The Right Stuff, whose title single saw moderate success as well as "Dreamin'", which peaked at number 8 on the Billboard Hot in the United States in With her second and third studio albums, The bekvämlighet Zone () and The Sweetest Days (), she sa