Gabrielle Brune
British actress (1912–2005)
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Gabrielle Brune (12 February 1912 in Bournemouth, Hampshire[1] – 18 January 2005 in Chichester, Sussex) was a British actress.[2]
12 February 1912
Gabrielle Brune | |
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1939 Spotlight photo | |
| Born | Gabrielle Hudson 12 February 1912 |
| Died | 18 January 2005 (aged 92) Chichester, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Career
Personal life
Gabrielle Brune was born Gabrielle Hudson, the only child of Thomas Habgood Hudson and Adrienne Brune; both parents were theatre professionals from Australia. Her mother was an actress and singer.[6] She used her mother's surname professionally.
In 1941, she was reported to be recovering from appendicitis and double pneumonia in a river house at Datchet on the Thames.[7]
Marriages
In 1938, Brune was described as "Mrs. G. M. Thompson, wife of an English actor" in a news report about her first professional trip to America: (NB: Raymond Francis).[8] In 1942, she married an American Army officer, Maj. Walter J. Currie, in London.[9][10]
She died on 18 January 2005, at the age of 92.
Selected filmography
- Red Pearls (1930)
- The Penny Pool (1937)
- The Wife of General Ling (1937)
- Garrison Follies (1940)
- He Found a Star (1941)
- Tomorrow We Live (1943)
- A Run for Your Money (1949)
- Mandy (1952)
- Hot Ice (1952)
- The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)
- The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
- Three Steps to the Gallows (1953)
- The Harassed Hero (1954)
- Touch and Go (1955)
- Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
- Girl in the Headlines (1963)
