MGM, from 1960 until his death on September 24, 1988. Through Klune she had two stepchildren, Carol V. Klune and Donald C. Klune. Brooke was a Democrat who supported Adlai Stevenson's campaign in the 1952 presidential election. On May 25, 1999, Brooke died from a blood clot in the lung at a hospital in Bonsall, California. She was cremated with her ashes scattered at sea. Her brother, actor Arthur Peterson Jr., died in 1996; For her contribution to the television industry, Hillary Brooke has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6307 Hollywood Boulevard. Quotes She refused to play dumb blondes. "Vacuity will never substitute for a glint of intelligence," she remarked. "However, anyone, man or woman, who is ostentatiously erudite, is lacking in something else or else is just a crashing bore." "I never thought I was a great actress. Maybe I would have been better if I'd worked harder at it. But I really enjoyed my career and the wonderful people I worked with." Partial filmography New Faces of 1937 (1937) – Showgirl (billed as Beatrice Schute) Eternally Yours (1939) – Blonde on Stage (uncredited) Two Girls on Broadway (1940) – Second Girl in Powder Room (uncredited) Florian (1940) – Horsewoman (uncredited) New Moon (1940) – Party Guest (uncredited) The Philadelphia Story (1940) – Main Line Society Woman (uncredited) The Lone Rider Rides On (1941) – Sue Brown Maisie Was a Lady (1941) – House Guest (uncredited) Country Fair (1941) – (uncredited) The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941) – Georgia Deering Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) – Mrs. Arnold (uncredited) Unfinished Business (1941) – Woman (uncredited) Married Bachelor (1941) – Hillary Gordon (uncredited) Two-Faced Woman (1941) – Dress Shop Clerk Hotel-Caller (uncredited) Mr. and Mrs. North (1942) – Party Guest (uncredited) Sleepytime Gal (1942) – Railroad Station Blonde (uncredited) To the Shores of Tripoli (1942) – Parade Spectator (uncredited) Ship Ahoy (1942) – Hillary (uncredited) Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942) – Mrs. Brown (uncredited) Wake Island (1942) – Girl at the Inn (uncredited) Counter-Espionage (1942) – Pamela Hart Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) – Jill Grandis – Driver (uncredited) Happy Go Lucky (1943) – Wife (uncredited) The Crystal Ball (1943) – Friend of Jo Ainsley (uncredited) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) – Sally Musgrave Jane Eyre (1943) – Blanche Ingram Standing Room Only (1944) – Alice Todd Lady in the Dark (1944)