Will Travel, Adventures in Paradise, Perry Mason, Ironside, The Defenders, Dr. Kildare, Stoney Burke, Mr. Novak, Ben Casey, Get Smart, Gunsmoke (in the 1966 episode "Killer at Large"), The Outer Limits, Combat! (in the episode "The Walking Wounded"), Bonanza, It Takes A Thief, Daniel Boone and Kung Fu (in the episode "Nine Lives"). She played the role of Arden Dellacorte in 1971 on the CBS daytime soap opera Love of Life and starred as the overweight owner of a delicatessen opposite James Coco in the short-lived 1976 situation comedy The Dumplings, her final role. Geraldine Brooks also appeared in Barnaby Jones, playing a character named Janet Enright in the 1973 episode "The Murdering Class". She was nominated for the 1962 Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an actor in a Leading Role for her appearance in the episode, "Call Back Yesterday", with fellow guest costar David Hedison in the drama series Bus Stop. Personal life Brooks married screenwriter and producer Herb Sargent in 1958; the couple was divorced in 1961. She married screenwriter, producer, and writer Budd Schulberg in 1964. She died of a heart attack in 1977 while undergoing treatment for cancer at Central Suffolk Hospital in Riverhead, New York. She was 51 years old but her New York Times obituary listed her age as 52. Her interment was in Mount Sinai, New York's cemetery, Washington Memorial Park. Filmography Awards and nominations 1962 Emmy Award nomination: Outstanding Single Performance by an actor in a Leading Role – Geraldine Brooks, Bus Stop, ABC 1970 Tony Award nomination: actor (Play) – Geraldine Brooks, Brightower References External links Geraldine Brooks at the University of Wisconsin's Actors Studio audio collection 1925 births 1977 deaths American stage actresses American film actresses American television actresses Actresses from New York City People from Riverhead (town), New York American people of Dutch descent Deaths from cancer in New York (state) 20th-century American actresses Jaffe family Julia Richman Education Complex alumni