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Why didn't Brooke Adams' career take off?

She got some big roles in the late '70s - Days of Heaven, Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Cuba and then in the '80s she did The Dead Zone but her career never really took off.

She's been married to Tony Shalhoub for years.

What happened?

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by Anonymousreply 17March 17, 2020 4:52 AM

She hit the financial jackpot with Shalhoub.so she doesn’t have to work.

Also, she didn’t age that well.

by Anonymousreply 1March 16, 2020 7:27 AM

She was so striking—those eyes!—and iconic in one of the most beautiful movies of all time, Days of Heaven.

But she wasn't a particularly versatile or forceful presence, so when she aged into the roles Sally Field was still getting, she didn't work.

by Anonymousreply 2March 16, 2020 7:27 AM

It was because of Lace and Lace II.

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by Anonymousreply 3March 16, 2020 7:48 AM

Monk appearance- and this was 15 years ago.

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by Anonymousreply 4March 16, 2020 7:53 AM

I like her voice. Is she a chain smoker?

by Anonymousreply 5March 16, 2020 8:19 AM

it did. she is one of our most respected and loved actresses of our era.....

by Anonymousreply 6March 16, 2020 1:22 PM

omg days of heaven, my fave movie of alll time !!!!!!

by Anonymousreply 7March 16, 2020 1:23 PM

Her movies flopped. End of story.

by Anonymousreply 8March 16, 2020 1:31 PM

Oh dear. As she got older, she began to look more and more like Karen Carpenter.

by Anonymousreply 9March 16, 2020 8:16 PM

How she, Karen Allen, and Margot Kidder never did a production of Three Sisters....

by Anonymousreply 10March 16, 2020 8:24 PM

She probably didn’t want to do nudies.

by Anonymousreply 11March 16, 2020 8:28 PM

Oh she showed her dirty pillows on film!

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by Anonymousreply 12March 17, 2020 3:00 AM

She was in that weird group of actresses that looked and sounded so much alike. Karen Allen, Brooke Adams, Margot Kidder, Debra Winger, Pamela Sue Martin, Karen Lynn Gorney.

by Anonymousreply 13March 17, 2020 3:12 AM

None of those actresses sounded like that foghorn Karen Lynn Gorney r13!!

by Anonymousreply 14March 17, 2020 4:04 AM

R13 Don't forget me!

by Anonymousreply 15March 17, 2020 4:07 AM

She smiles too much.

by Anonymousreply 16March 17, 2020 4:50 AM

and Janet Margolin. They always forget Janet Margolin.

by Anonymousreply 17March 17, 2020 4:52 AM
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