death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name
1 august 1995 cape neddick , maine , u.s. 1934-1952 boise , idaho , u.s. phyllis brooks 18 july 1915 torbert h. macdonald 1945 1976 -lrb- his death -rrb- phyllis brooks.jpg phyllis brooks
 phyllis seiler
phyllis brooks

phyllis brooks -lrb- july 18 , 1915 -- august 1 , 1995 -rrb- was an american actress and model .
brooks was born phyllis seiler in boise , idaho .
she began her career in films at age 20 , and had been known as the `` ipana toothpaste girl '' due to her work as a model .
brooks , who had about 30 performances in films , was a b-movie leading lady during the 1930s and 1940s , with roles in such films as `` in old chicago '' -lrb- 1937 -rrb- , `` little miss broadway '' -lrb- 1938 -rrb- and `` the shanghai gesture '' -lrb- 1941 -rrb- .
in the late 1930s , she dated cary grant , who called her brooksie , and rumors that the two would be married were circulated .
brooks , something of a socialite , also dated howard hughes .
she was reported -lrb- uk `` sunday telegraph '' december 1942 -rrb- as being president of parties unlimited inc. in an article about hollywood at war .
along with actress una merkel , and accompanied by film star gary cooper , brooks was the first civilian woman to travel to the pacific theater of war during world war ii , on a uso tour .
she was married to torbert macdonald , an 11-term massachusetts congressman , who had been john f. kennedy 's roommate at harvard university .
brooks moved east to cambridge , massachusetts with her new husband in 1945 so he could complete his studies at harvard law school .
he had been a harvard football captain and a decorated pt boat captain in world war ii .
he died in office in 1976 .
brooks continued performing in summer stock theater after her marriage , and hosted the first television interview program in boston in the early 1950s -lrb- on wbz-tv -rrb- .
she retired from public performances after that , concentrating on raising her family .
the couple had four children , the eldest of whom was president kennedy 's godson .
she died on august 1 , 1995 in cape neddick , maine , aged 80 .
