Elisabeth Brooks

Elisabeth Brooks Luyties[2] (July 2, 1951 – September 7, 1997) was a Canadian actress.[3] Elisabeth is probably best remembered for her role as the evil, leather-clad siren Marsha Quist in The Howling (1981).[4] Her other film appearances included Deep Space (1988), and The Forgotten One (1989), starring Kristy McNichol.

Elisabeth Brooks
Born
Elisabeth Brooks Luyties

(1951-07-02)July 2, 1951
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
DiedSeptember 7, 1997(1997-09-07) (aged 46)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.[1]
Resting placeForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale
OccupationActress, singer, poet, writer
Years active1974-1991
Children1, Jeremy

Life and career

Elisabeth was born on July 2, 1951 in Toronto, Ontario and adopted by William Harrison "Sandy" Luyties Jr. (1927-1996) and his wife Joan (née Brooks; 1935-2010) when she was 6 months old.[5] Elisabeth has two brothers and two sisters, Judson, Jonica, Megan and Seth. To family and friends Elisabeth was known as "Lissa".

She began her acting career aged five, encompassing both stage and screen. She started appearing in television roles in the mid-1970s and managed to pursue her acting career as a single mother while working a variety of jobs to support herself and her son. She had a brief role in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), and then appeared regularly on the soap opera Days of Our Lives, and in popular television series such as The Rockford Files, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch, The Six Million Dollar Man and Emergency!

After a 33-month struggle with brain cancer, Brooks died in Haven Hospice near her home in Palm Springs, California at the age of 46.[1][6][7]

References
  1. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, Harris M. Lentz, McFarland & Company, 1997, page 21
  2. Los Angeles Blue Book, 1973, page 239
  3. "Elisabeth Brooks". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  4. "The Howling (1981)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-03-01.
  5. [http://www.tributes.com/obituary/show/Joan-Brooks-Luyties-89924485 "St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, Missouri 19 Feb 1952, Tue • Page 34"] Newspapers.com, Michelle Rochette, 29 Nov 2018
  6. Elisabeth Brooks, 46, an actress seen on television shows..., Baltimore Sun, September 17, 1997
  7. TV actress Elisabeth Brooks dies of cancer at 46, Deseret News, Associated Press, September 18, 1997


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