Actor
Hadda Brooks
Born October 29, 1916 in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died November 21, 20024 films
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Hadda Brooks (October 29, 1916 – November 21, 2002) was an American pianist, vocalist and composer. Her first single, "Swingin' the Boogie", which she composed, was issued in 1945. She was billed as "Queen of the Boogie". She sang at Hawaii's official statehood ceremony in 1959 and was reportedly asked for a private audience by Pope Pius XII.
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The best way into Hadda Brooks's work
First watchIn a Lonely Place19507.6as SingerA supporting role in one of the best-rated films of their career.A violent screenwriter and a female neighbor fall in love after she clears him of murder, but she begins to have second thoughts.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
4 films as actor- 1999The Thirteenth FloorLounge Piano Player
- 1952The Bad and the BeautifulPiano Player (uncredited)
- 1950In a Lonely PlaceSinger
- 1948Boogie Woogie Blues