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.[citation needed]

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.

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).

Fowler in 1910.

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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1918Thirty a WeekMrs. Wright
1923Money, Money, MoneyMrs. Carter
1934Change of HeartAdoption Agency's NurseUncredited
1934The World Moves OnMadame Agnes Girard (1825)
1934Judge PriestMrs. Caroline Priest
1934The Mighty BarnumMrs. Rhinelander-FishUncredited
1935Mystery WomanCustomerUncredited
1935CarnivalBaby JudgeUncredited
1935Ruggles of Red GapJudy BallardUncredited
1935Bride of FrankensteinMotherUncredited
1935GingerProbation OfficerUncredited
1935Way Down EastQuilting Party Woman
1935Your Uncle DudleyCommittee WomanUncredited
1936RiffraffMrs. Morgan – Prison WardenUncredited
1936Lady of SecretsNurseUncredited
1936The Story of Louis PasteurMidwifeUncredited
1936The First BabyFriend of the FamilyUncredited
1936The Case Against Mrs. AmesMrs. Shumway
1936Anthony AdverseMidwife at Anthony's BirthUncredited
1936Two-Fisted GentlemanMrs. Prentice
1936Second WifeMrs. Anderson
1936Can This Be Dixie?Martin Curtis PeachtreeUncredited
1937Speed to SpareMiss GranstonUncredited
1938Of Human HeartsMrs. AmesUncredited
1938Young Dr. KildareHead NurseUncredited
1938Girls on ProbationMiss Kenney – Head Prison MatronUncredited
1939StagecoachMrs. GatewoodUncredited
1940Castle on the HudsonNurseUncredited
1940Women Without NamesMrs. TurnerUncredited
1940UntamedChief NurseUncredited
1940All This, and Heaven TooNunUncredited
1940They Drive by NightPrison MatronUncredited
1940Comin' Round the MountainMa Blower
1941So Ends Our NightWoman in PragueUncredited
1941ManpowerMrs. Calkin – SalesladyUncredited, (final film role)

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