Brooke Bundy

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Brooke Bundy
Brooke Bundy 1967.JPG
Bundy in 1967
Born (1944-08-08) August 8, 1944 (age 79)
OccupationActress
Years active1959–present

Brooke Bundy (born August 8, 1944) [1] is an American film and television actress.

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Early years

As a teenager, Bundy was a model [2] in New York before she went to Hollywood on vacation and remained there to become an actress. [3] While in New York, she attended the Professional Children's School. [2]

Acting career

Movie

She is perhaps best known for her role as Elaine Parker in the 1987 hit horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and its sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988). [4] Bundy appeared in Daniel Farrands' documentary film, Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy . [5]

Television

Bundy had two long-running roles on the soap opera Days of Our Lives as Rebecca North (1975–77) and General Hospital as Diana Maynard Taylor, RN (1977–81). [6] She has made guest appearances on a variety of television shows including The Big Valley , Mr. Novak , Daniel Boone, Lassie (playing Terri Young in season 12, episode 10 "In the Midst of Splendor"), Lancer , Charlie's Angels , The Brady Bunch , The Partridge Family , Medical Center , Gunsmoke , Bonanza , Cannon (season four, episode 17 "The Killer on the Hill"), Barnaby Jones (season two, "Death Leap", 1973), Rawhide , The Virginian , Mission: Impossible (season four, episodes three and four "The Controllers" Part One, Part Two), Mannix , The Mod Squad , McMillan and Wife , Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea , Moonlighting , Gidget , Land of the Lost , Star Trek: The Next Generation (season one, episode "The Naked Now"), Starman (season one, episode 20 - "Starscape" part one), My Three Sons , and The Donna Reed Show . As a stock actress for Jack Webb's production company Mark VII Limited, she appeared as several different characters in shows such as Emergency! , Sierra , and Dragnet.

TV and filmography

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References

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