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Geraldine Brooks Profile
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| 29 October 25 | is born in New York City to Bianca and James Strook, the owner of Brooks Costume Company, New York's top theatrical costumer. She's named after opera diva Geraldine Farrar. |
| begins taking dancing lessons when only two years old |
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| 42 | graduates from Julia Richman High School |
| is accepted at Syracuse University but decides to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Art and later at the Neighborhood Playhouse |
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| appears in some summer stock productions like Junior Miss |
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| 8 May 44 | is on Broadway with Follow the Girls |
| 50 | is off to Italy for the filming of Volcano and later No Sognato Il Paradiso |
| 52 | appears in summer stock in The Petrified Forest and The Voice of The Turtle |
| December 53 | actor Farley Granger is fascinated by her. She spreads her career between Hollywood, Broadway, and Italy. |
| 8 May 58 | marries television writer Herbert Sargent |
| 61 | divorces Sargent |
| June 64 | marries screenwriter and novelist Budd Schulberg; he is 12 years her senior. They had been childhood neighbors; he was her babysitter. |
| 70 | receives the Tony Award for her performance in Brightower, opposite Robert Lansing |
| 75 | collaborates with her husband on the book Swan Watch |
| 19 June 77 | dies age fifty-two from cancer/heart attack in Riverhead, New York; she is survived by her second husband, writer Budd Schulberg, her mother, and a sister |
| Sources: Hollywood Players: The Forties by James Robert Parish, Made in Heaven by Victoria Houseman, Motion Picture, Silver Screen Annual, www.IMDb.com | |
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