Rebecca Brooke

Early life and career Brooke was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Mary Lee and Edward Stephen Mendum, and she had a brother named Edward. Brooke began her career in theater and played in the original production of Hair It was also during her stage career that she worked at the Playboy Club in Chicago, where Brooke became friends with Hugh Hefner.

Film career She made her film debut in 1973 with the softcore pornographic film Grace's Place, directed by Chuck Vincent. who reportedly was her boyfriend at the time. In the movie, there are explicit scenes of fellatio Abigail Lesley Is Back in Town (1975) and Laura's Toys (1975). Brooke gave up her film career in 1977.

Private life Contrary to some of the characters she portrayed, Brooke was a very private but kind and compassionate person in reality. Brooke married (and divorced) twice and had no children. She was known to be very skilled at cooking, and she worked at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City after her film career. Later, she, with her husband at the time, owned a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee. However, Brooke lost this restaurant after a divorce. Pornographic actor Jamie Gillis (in a DVD interview) has said that Brooke converted to Islam shortly after retiring. In the last few years of her life, Brooke lived alone in Boca Raton, Florida.

Death

Although there are rumors that she is still alive and that she may have even faked her death, Brooke died of an accidental drowning due to a fall on July 17, 2012, in Boca Raton, Florida. Respecting her wishes, there were neither announcements of nor services for her death.