Gabrielle Brune | |
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| Born | 12 February 1912 |
| Died | 18 January 2005 (aged 92) Chichester, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
Gabrielle Brune (12 February 1912 in Bournemouth, Hampshire [1] – 18 January 2005 in Chichester, Sussex) was a British actress. [2]
On stage from 1930, her work included appearances in cabaret, the West End, on Broadway, in films and on television. [3] [4] [5]
Gabrielle Brune was born Gabrielle Hudson, the only child of Thomas Habgood Hudson and Adrienne Brune; both parents were theatre professionals from Australia. Her mother was an actress and singer. [6] She used her mother's surname professionally.
In 1941, she was reported as recovering from appendicitis and double pneumonia in a river house at Datchet on the Thames. [7]
In 1938, Brune was described as "Mrs. G. M. Thompson, wife of an English actor" in a news report about her first professional trip to America: (NB: Raymond Francis). [8] In 1942, she married an American Army officer, Maj. Walter J. Currie, in London. [9] [10]
On January 18, 2005, she died at 92 years old.
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