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Brooke Adams

Brooke Adams

Actor · Born February 8, 1949 (77) · New York City, New York, USA

Brooke Adams (born February 8, 1949) is an American actress known for her compelling performances in film, television, and theatre. She gained recognition for her roles in movies like "Days of Heaven" and "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," showcasing her acting depth and versatility. Adams' talent and dedication to her craft have earned her acclaim in the entertainment industry. On television, she has appeared in Thirtysomething (1987), Moonlighting (1985), Family (1976), The Lion of Africa (1987), Special People (1984), the miniseries Lace (1984) and Lace II (1985), 5 episodes of Monk (2002), BrainDead (2016) on CBS and she was writing, producing, directing, and starring in a web-series called "All Downhill from Here." (2015).

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Born
February 8, 1949 (77)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
39 on MovieCove · 70 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 65 days to Oct 28Down 4% in 30 days

What are Brooke Adams' films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama10 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 59th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 38th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 93rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
16%
Society
14%
Survival
14%
Morality
12%
Ideas
7%
Power
4%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 15 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 10 · Intense 5

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 12 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 15 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 1

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 9 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 7

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 2

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 7
Hero
2 of 7
Shapeshifter
1 of 7
Herald
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
13
Tense
11
Warm
9
Dread
6
Contemplative
7
Other
18

How their films linger

Bittersweet10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet11
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous3
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Brooke Adams' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 29 of their 39 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (15).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Brooke Adams' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

70 credits, 39 with a MovieCove page; 5 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Still Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Ruth

  • Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie(2023)

    as Beth

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Snapshots(2018)

    as Patty

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Breakable You(2017)

    as Ruth Frank

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • For the Love of Spock(2016)

    as Elizabeth Driscoll

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Guns for Hire(2015)

    as Secretary

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Hemingway & Gellhorn(2012)

    as Madrid Woman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • These Amazing Shadows(2011)

    as Abby (clip from Days of Heaven (1978))

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Accidental Husband(2008)

    as Carolyn

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Legend of Lucy Keyes(2006)

    as Samantha Porter

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Party Animals (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    as Celeb Mother

  • Monk(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · as Abigail Carlyle · as Edith Capriani · as Leigh Harrison · as Sheriff Margie Butterfield

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • Made-Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Producer · as Elizabeth James Tivey

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Margo

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows

  • Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Joyce

  • Picture Windows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 1 episode · as Angie Varnas

  • The Baby-Sitters Club(1995)

    as Elizabeth Thomas Brewer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Probable Cause (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as (uncredited)

  • Picture Windows: Song of Songs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Angie Varnas

  • The Fire This Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Touched by an Angel(1994)

    Show 1 episode · as Susana

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all shows

  • Frasier(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Marilyn (voice)

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows

  • The Last Hit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Anna Dunne

  • Gas Food Lodging(1992)

    as Nora

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Sometimes They Come Back(1991)

    as Sally Norman

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Unborn(1991)

    as Virginia Marshall

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Wings(1990)

    Show 1 episode · as Mary

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows

  • Bridesmaids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Pat

  • Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Actor

  • thirtysomething (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Man on Fire(1987)

    as Jane

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Lion of Africa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Grace Danet

  • Lace 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Pagan Trewlawny

  • Key Exchange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Lisa

  • The Stuff(1985)

    as Stuff Commercial Spokeswoman

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Lace II (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · as Pagan Tralone

  • Almost You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Erica Boyer

  • Moonlighting(1985)

    Show 3 episodes · as Terri Knowles

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Special People(1984)

    as Diane Dupuy

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · as Jennifer 'Pagan' Trelawney

  • Vengeance Is Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Jo

  • Terror in the Aisles(1984)

    as Elizabeth Driscoll

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Dead Zone(1983)

    as Sarah Bracknell

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Utilities (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Marion Edwards

  • The Innocents Abroad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Julia Newell

  • American Playhouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 1 episode · as Jeannie · as Jo

  • Tell Me a Riddle(1980)

    as Jeannie

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Cuba(1979)

    as Alexandra Lopez de Pulido

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Nero Wolfe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Sarah Dacos

  • A Man, a Woman and a Bank(1979)

    as Stacey Bishop

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1978)

    as Elizabeth Driscoll

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Days of Heaven(1978)

    as Abby

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Shock Waves(1977)

    as Rose

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • James Dean(1976)

    as Beverly

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Murder on Flight 502(1975)

    as Vera Franklin

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Song of the Succubus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Olive Deems / Gloria Chambers

  • Who Is the Black Dahlia?(1975)

    as Diane Fowler

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return(1975)

    as Mae

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Black Bart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Jennifer

  • Minestrone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    as Announcer

  • Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Great Gatsby(1974)

    as Party Guest (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald and 'the Last of the Belles'(1974)

    as Kitty Preston

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Kojak(1973)

    Show 1 episode · as Julie Winston

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows

  • The Bob Newhart Show(1972)

    Show 1 episode · as Mitzi Margolis

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Murders in the Rue Morgue(1971)

    as Nurse (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Great Performances (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Show 1 episode · as Julia Newell

  • O.K. Crackerby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Show 17 episodes · as Cynthia Crackerby

  • Bolio: Spirit of the Mustang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 98th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles, 66 of them dated from 1965 to 2025; peak year 1991.

Biggest box office

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

$25M worldwide

Highest rated

Days of Heaven (1978)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

The Dead Zone (1983)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19652025

Peak 1991 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 6 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 67: 65 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thProducing2 of 67: 0 only producing, 2 with another role

By decade

1960s1 · acting1970s21 · acting1980s19 · acting1990s14 · acting2000s5 · 5 acting · 1 crew2010s4 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 11% of 18 roles
718106

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Brooke Adams' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 31; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 44th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

74thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 39 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 39 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic3
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed7
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Guns for Hire (2015)

74th percentile spread · 36% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Days of Heaven (1978)

Midcredits 96th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the acting 65/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Brooke Adams' work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, 3 of the 5 categories sit near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore4 titlesmedian 65 · intenseMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles17–54 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity6 titles21–52 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles22–50 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense4 titlesmedian 58 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Brooke Adams work with?

People who share at least 2 of Brooke Adams' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Melanie Mayron shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles