| Who is it? | Actress |
| Birth Day | September 08, 1914 |
| Birth Place | Astoria, New York, United States |
| Age | 106 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | May 25, 1999(1999-05-25) (aged 84)\nBonsall, California, U.S. |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
| Other names | Hillary Brook |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1937–1960 |
| Spouse(s) | Alan Shute (m. 1936–1940)) Jack Voglin (m. 1941–1948) Raymond A. Klune (m. 1960–1988) (his death) |
| Children | Donald Voglin Carol V. Klune (step daughter) from Lillian and Raymond A. Klune |
Hillary Brooke's net worth is estimated to be $5 million in 2024. She is widely recognized as a talented actress in the United States. With her remarkable skills and captivating performances, Brooke has established herself as a prominent figure in the entertainment industry. Her impressive net worth is a testament to her successful career, and it reflects the valuable contributions she has made to the world of acting.
Brooke was also married to Jack Voglin (1941–1948) and had one son Donald Voglin.
She co-starred in three Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) and The Woman in Green (1945).
Her other film credits include Jane Eyre (1943), The Enchanted Cottage (1945), Lucky Losers (1950) with The Bowery Boys, the Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), the 3-D film The Maze (1953), and the sci-fi B-movie classic Invaders from Mars (1953).
On The Abbott and Costello Show, produced in the early 1950s and syndicated for decades afterwards, Brooke played the role of a straitlaced, classy tenant of the rooming house where the two main characters lived. She was treated with reverence by the duo and was not a target of pranks and slapstick. As the love interest of Lou Costello, he worshipped her and she always addressed him as "Louis". Like the other main characters, her character's name in the show was her real name. She also appeared in Africa Screams (1949) and Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) with the comedy team.
She was a regular on the 1952–1955 Gale Storm TV series My Little Margie, playing Roberta Townsend, the glamorous love interest of Margie's father Vern Albright (Charles Farrell).
On September 28, 1957, she played Doris Cole in the second episode of Perry Mason, titled "The Case of the Sleepwalker's Niece". Brooke also played Angela Randall in I Love Lucy's "The Fox Hunt", which aired February 6, 1956. She retired from television in 1960 following guest appearances on Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Laura Renault and in Michael Shayne as Greta Morgan.
Hillary Brooke was married to Raymond A. Klune, an executive at MGM, from 1960 until his death on September 24, 1988. She had a stepdaughter Carol V. Klune.
On May 25, 1999, Brooke died from a blood clot in the lung at a hospital in Fallbrook, California. Her brother, actor Arthur Peterson, died in 1996; For her contribution to the television industry, Hillary Brooke has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6307 Hollywood Boulevard.
