Gabrielle Brune

Gabrielle Brune
1939 Spotlight photo
Born	Gabrielle Hudson (1912-02-12)12 February 1912 Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
Died	18 January 2005(2005-01-18) (aged 92) Chichester, Sussex, England
Occupation	Actress

Gabrielle Brune (12 February 1912 in Bournemouth, Hampshire[1] – 18 January 2005 in Chichester, Sussex) was a British actress.[2]

Career

On stage from 1930, her work included appearances in cabaret, the West End, on Broadway, in films and on television.[3][4][5]

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)

References

1. Since local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, Bournemouth has been in Dorset
2. "Gabrielle Brune | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
3. McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111968 – via Google Books.
4. "Gabrielle Brune – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
5. "Gabrielle Brune - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
6. Ross Laird, Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933 (Greenwood Publishing 1996): 61. ISBN 9780313292415
7. "River Holiday: Gabrielle Brune has been Convalescing at Datchet" The Tatler and Bystander (20 August 1941): 259.
8. Frank Reil, "Line on Liners" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (20 April 1938): 23. via Newspapers.com
9. "Wed in England" Advocate-Messenger (28 June 1942): 1. via Newspapers.com
10. "Informally at Home: Gabrielle Brune, Actress Wife of Lieut.-Colonel Walter Currie, U. S. Army" The Tatler and Bystander (15 March 1944): 327.

External links

• Gabrielle Brune at IMDb
• Gabrielle Brune at the Internet Broadway Database