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

Early life

Brenda Fowler was born on February 16, 1883, in Jamestown, North Dakota as Eva Brenda Fowler.

Brenda Fowler

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.

Brenda Fowler

Fowler performed in vaudeville in sketches that included The Hyphen, which had a patriotic theme. On Broadway, She appeared in The Rack (1911) and Luck in Pawn (1919).

Brenda Fowler

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

References

External links

some actor film credits(Aveleyman)

1883 births

1942 deaths

American film actresses

American silent film actresses

American stage actresses

20th-century American actresses

People from Jamestown, North Dakota