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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Vanessa Brown papers
Creator:
Brown, Vanessa
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1552
Physical Description:
7.8 Linear Feet
(5 boxes; 6 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1948-1991
Abstract: Vanessa Brown (1928-1999) was born in Vienna, Austria. She appeared in Broadway plays and films. In 1962, she became a writer-coordinator
for the Voice of America. The collection contains books, scrapbooks, writings by Brown, and audio recordings.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained
by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue
the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials in this collection will require assessment and possible digitization
for safe access. To review these audiovisual materials, you must notify the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk
in advance of your visit.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Vanessa Brown, 1988-90.
[Identification of item], Vanessa Brown Papers (Collection 1552). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
997094983606533
Brown was born on March 24, 1928 in Vienna, Austria; came to the U.S. in 1938; BA, UCLA, 1949; appeared in Broadway plays,
As you Like it (1950) and
The Seven Year Itch (1952-54); appeared in films, including
Youth Runs Wild (1941),
The Heiress (1948), and
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); married Mark R. Sandrich, 1959; became writer-coordinator for
Voice of America in 1962; correspondent with
Los Angeles Times Service, 1970-74, and National Public Radio, 1973-74; writer, KTLA-TV, 1972-74; worked for presidential campaigns of Adlai
Stevenson, 1956, and John F. Kennedy, 1960; artist with one-woman show at Edgardo Costa Gallery, Beverly Hills, California;
founder, American Acting Company. She died on May 21, 1999 in Los Angeles.
The collection contains bibliographical reference works and other books in which Vanessa Brown is mentioned. Also includes
scrapbooks, writings by Brown, and audio tapes of Voice of America broadcasts.
The material is in the order determined by the previous archivist.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- United States -- Archives
Motion picture actors and actresses -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Women radio writers -- United States -- Archives.
Brown, Vanessa, 1928- --Archives.