Hildy Brooks


Hildy Brooks is an actress who appeared on Broadway and later on television. Elia Kazan directed her on the Broadway stage in Tennessee Williams' play Sweet Bird of Youth.
In 1961, she appeared in an episode of Route 66 and in the movie "One Plus One". She later appeared on episodes of the soap opera The Guiding Light in 1963, and a handful of roles on The Nurses that same year. In Reginald Rose's “Metamorphosis” episode of The Defenders, she played the wife of a prison inmate. She appeared on Naked City three times. Her last credit as "Hilda Brawner" came in 1964, when she changed her name to Hildy Brooks.
In 1972, she played Eleanor Jordan on "" episode of . She guest-starred in several television episodes during the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond. She is credited as "Hilda" and "Hildy" having played the same role in two recorded versions of Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh: Sidney Lumet's videotaped The Iceman Cometh, two-part episode of 1960, and John Frankenheimer's The Iceman Cometh.
Brooks's most recent television appearances were in three episodes of Boston Legal ; one episode of ER ; one episode of Cold Case, and, her last credit, one episode of Nip/Tuck.

Personal life

Since April 1965, Brooks has been married to actor Jim Antonio, elder brother of actor/director Lou Antonio.