Hillary Brooke

Beatrice Sofia Mathilda Peterson

Born September 8, 1914· Astoria, New York, USA

† Died May 25, 1999

24Roles★ 6.5Average rating

Born Beatrice Sofia Mathilda Peterson to Swedish-heritage parents in Queens, New York, she began as a Columbia University student-model and spent a year in Britain perfecting a Received Pronunciation accent that later defined many of her roles as English women. Adopting the stage name Hillary Brooke, she appeared alongside Basil Rathbone in three Sherlock Holmes pictures during the early 1940s, th… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

Known for

The Man Who Knew Too Much1956The Philadelphia Story1940I Love Lucy1951Invaders from Mars1953

Filmography

YearRating

★ 7.5

The Philadelphia Story1940

Main Line Society Woman (uncredited)

Series★ 7.9

I Love Lucy1951

Angela

★ 7.4

The Man Who Knew Too Much1956

Jan Peterson

Series★ 7.7

Perry Mason1957

Doris Cole

★ 6.9

Ministry of Fear1944

Mrs. Bellane #2

★ 6.9

Jane Eyre1943

Blanche Ingram

★ 6.9

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death1943

Sally Musgrave

★ 7.4

The Enchanted Cottage1945

Beatrice Alexander

Series★ 7.2

The Abbott and Costello Show1952

Hillary Brooke

★ 6.8

Road to Utopia1946

Kate

★ 6.5

The Woman in Green1945

Lydia Marlowe

★ 6.5

Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror1942

Jill Grandis

★ 6.5

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde1941

Mrs. Arnold (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Two-Faced Woman1941

Dress Shop Clerk Hotel-Caller (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Strange Impersonation1946

Arline Cole

★ 6.2

The Strange Woman1946

Meg Saladine

★ 5.9

Eternally Yours1939

Blonde On Stage (uncredited)

★ 6

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd1952

Capt. Bonney

★ 5.8

Wake Island1942

Girl at the Inn (uncredited)

★ 5.5

The House Across the Lake1954

Carol Forrest

★ 5.6

The Maze1953

Peggy Lord

★ 5.7

Africa Screams1949

Diana Emerson

★ 5.9

Invaders from Mars1953

Mrs. Mary MacLean

★ 3.6

Lost Continent1951

Marla Stevens