Known as the bright radio "Quiz Kid," Vanessa Brown became a popular leading lady in films and stage productions of the 1940s and 1950s and later a respected writer. During her heyday as an actress, Brown appeared in such varied productions as "The Seven Year Itch" opposite Tom Ewell on Broadway (a role later assumed by Marilyn Monroe in the film version) and the motion picture "Tarzan and the Slave Girl." Brown toured with Katharine Hepburn in a Theatre Guild production of Shakespeare's "As You Like It" and became something of a protege of the legendary actress. Among Brown's major films of the late 1940s and the early 1950s were "I've Always Loved You," "The Late George Apley," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir," "The Foxes of Harrow," "The Heiress," "The Fighter" and "The Bad and the Beautiful."

Filmography

• The Wonder Years — Punch Lady
• The Twilight Zone — (segment "A Message From Charity")
• Call to Glory — Miss Rochemond
• Murder, She Wrote — Alma Goodrich
• All That Glitters — Peggy Horner
• Good Heavens
• 1976The Witch Who Came from the Sea — Cathy
• Police Story
• 1971Bless the Beasts & Children — Mrs. Goodenow
• 1967Rosie! — Edith Shaw
• The Chevy Mystery Show — Carol Penn
• One Step Beyond — Elsa Schuldorf
• Perry Mason — Donna Kress
• Matinee Theater
• The Millionaire — Louise Williams
• Climax! — Vera, Marie Bannerman, Marian
• General Electric Theater — Shelly
• Letter to Loretta — Miss Phinney
• 1952The Bad and the Beautiful — Kay Amiel
• 1952The Fighter — Kathy
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Betty
• 1951The Basketball Fix — Pat Judd
• Lux Video Theatre — Girl
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Ann Kimball
• 1950Tarzan and the Slave Girl — Jane
• 1950Three Husbands — Mary Whittaker
• 1949Big Jack — Patricia Mahoney
• Lights Out
• 1949The Heiress — Maria
• 1949The Secret Of St. Ives — Floria Gilchrist
• The Philco Television Playhouse
• 1947Mother Wore Tights — Bessie
• 1947The Foxes of Harrow — Aurore D'Arceneaux
• 1947The Ghost and Mrs. Muir — Anna Muir as an Adult
• 1947The Late George Apley — Agnes Willing
• 1946I've Always Loved You — Georgette 'Porgy' Sampter at 17
• 1946Margie — Wanda (uncredited)
• 1945The Girl of the Limberlost — Helen Brownlee
• 1944Youth Runs Wild — Sarah Taylor
• My Favorite Husband
• Stage 7 — Julia

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Ezio Pinza Show — Self