Marilyn Louise Brown (March 9, 1953 â€" July 22, 1997) was an American
actress who performed on stage and in television dramas and feature
films. She was the sister of actor/author/playwright Barry Brown and
author James Brown.Marilyn Louise Brown was born on March 9, 1953 in
San Jose, California. Her parents were Donald Bernard Brown and Vivian
Brown (née Agrillo). She was of mixed English, Irish, Sicilian, and
Scottish descent. Her father named her after his favorite actress,
Marilyn Monroe.She started studying tap dancing, modern dance, and
acting beginning in pre-teens, and continuing into her late teens at
an acting school run by the actor Bo Hopkins; during that time, she
appeared in several off-off Broadway plays. She also got married
around that time.Marilyn and her brother Barry both made their film
debuts in uncredited bit roles in the 1958 motion picture In Love and
War. Brown had small roles in the lowbrow mid-70s drive-in
exploitation comedies Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy and The Amorous
Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Outside of her sparse
movie credits, Marilyn also acted in a few off-off-Broadway stage
productions.
actress who performed on stage and in television dramas and feature
films. She was the sister of actor/author/playwright Barry Brown and
author James Brown.Marilyn Louise Brown was born on March 9, 1953 in
San Jose, California. Her parents were Donald Bernard Brown and Vivian
Brown (née Agrillo). She was of mixed English, Irish, Sicilian, and
Scottish descent. Her father named her after his favorite actress,
Marilyn Monroe.She started studying tap dancing, modern dance, and
acting beginning in pre-teens, and continuing into her late teens at
an acting school run by the actor Bo Hopkins; during that time, she
appeared in several off-off Broadway plays. She also got married
around that time.Marilyn and her brother Barry both made their film
debuts in uncredited bit roles in the 1958 motion picture In Love and
War. Brown had small roles in the lowbrow mid-70s drive-in
exploitation comedies Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy and The Amorous
Adventures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Outside of her sparse
movie credits, Marilyn also acted in a few off-off-Broadway stage
productions.
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