Brenda Fowler

Eva Brenda Fowler (February 16, 1883 – October 27, 1942) was an American actress and writer.

Career In 1905, Fowler was a member of the New Ulrich stock theater company. In the early 1910s, she acted for two years in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the American Stock Company. She also acted with the Morosco Stock Company in Los Angeles. On Broadway, She appeared in The Rack (1911) and Luck in Pawn (1919).

Fowler left the stage to act in films, beginning with Money, Money, Money, a production of Preferred Pictures in 1922. Her first talking film was The World Moves On (1934). Her later films included The Case Against Mrs. Ames, and Comin' Round the Mountain (1940). She played shrewish woman in two John Ford films: As the sister of Will Rogers in Judge Priest (1934) and as the wife of the corrupt banker (played by Berton Churchill) in Stagecoach (1939).

Fowler was also a writer, collaborating with Ethel Clifton on scripts. Twenty of their one-act plays were presented on top-level vaudeville circuits.

Personal life Fowler was married to John W. Sherman, and they had a daughter.

Death On October 27, 1942, Fowler died after a brief illness.

Filmography