Brooke English
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Julia Barr as Brooke English
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| Duration | 1976–2006, 2010–11, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | September 2, 2013 | ||||||||||||||||
| Created by | Agnes Nixon | ||||||||||||||||
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| Classification | Final, regular | ||||||||||||||||
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| Occupation | Head of Chandler Enterprises (including Chandler Media) Host of Talk Tempo Editor-in-Chief of Tempo magazine Former Owner of Tempo magazine Head of the Brooke English House (homeless shelter) Temporarily worked for Travis Montgomery's magazine, Trend Former Anchorwoman at WRCW-TV Station Former Reporter for The Pine Valley Bulletin Former Hostess at The Goal Post |
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| Adoptive mother | Peg English |
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| Adoptive children | Laura Kirk English |
| Aunts | Phoebe Tyler Wallingford |
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| Other relatives | Beth Martin |
Brooke Allison English (formerly Cudahy, Chandler, and Martin) is a fictional character on the television soap opera All My Children. Originated by Elissa Leeds in 1976, she was portrayed by Julia Barr from 1976 to 1981 and from 1982 to 2006. Harriet Hall temporarily played the role in 1981. Barr made a special appearance as Brooke on January 5, 2010, as part of the series' 40th anniversary, and returned on February 23, 2010, for a three-month stint until April 23, 2010. She later returned for the show's final week on ABC on September 16, 2011. She returned as Brooke on the Prospect Park's continuation of All My Children.
Barr earned eight Daytime Emmy Award nominations for the role, and won twice in 1990 and 1998 for Best Supporting Actress.
In 1976, Brooke English arrived on the doorstep of Phoebe Tyler, her aunt, as a wild teenager who was struggling to find her true love. She moved into the Tyler Mansion and started dating Dan Kennicott. She also continued to see her old boyfriend, the dangerous Benny Sago. She pitted the two men against each other, and they fought for her affections. She was out of control, so much so that Phoebe nearly shipped her home. Benny had tried to blackmail Phoebe into letting Brooke stay.
Brooke soon stopped caring about Dan and Benny and fell for Tom Cudahy. He was also being pursued by Erica Kane, and the two women's longstanding rivalry was born. Erica managed to win Tom's heart and he married her. Brooke returned to her relationship with Dan, where she was the mistress, as he was seeing Devon Shepherd.
Phoebe, faking paralysis, caught Dan and Brooke in a compromising situation, and threatened to throw out Brooke again. This was offset when Brooke found out about Phoebe's fake paralysis and blackmailed her into keeping her in the Tyler Mansion. Dan eventually broke up with Devon and wanted to try a relationship with Brooke again.
Brooke, however, soon started sleeping with Erica's half brother Mark Dalton. Mark made it clear that the relationship was only about sex. Dan discovered the relationship and left town. Brooke, still trying to find the right man, began an affair with (and manager of singer Kelly Cole) Eddie Dorrance. He ended up raping her. When he was killed, Brooke learned that was pregnant with his child. She chose to terminate the pregnancy.
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