Louise Brooks 1906-1985 Affectionately known as "Brooksie"
At age 4, she made her first public appearance playing a pint-sized bride in a church benefit production of Tom Thumb's Wedding . Her mother, later recalled how, "She looked quite adorable in the dainty bridal apparel, and though the little bride groom was just about scared out of his poor little wits, Louise walked down the aisle and, much to our amusement, manipulated her shower bouquet and bridal veil with all the ease and assurance of a grownup bride. The female of the species seem to inherit a natural calmness concerning the marriage pageantry of which the male is quite devoid."
In 1919, at the age of 13, the Brooks family moved 10-miles southwest to Independence, Kansas. Brooksie continued to focus on her dancing skills and with her bobbed-hair, captivating looks and figure turned many heads in the hallways of Montgomery County High School. No sooner had the flirtatious local boys focused their eyes on Louise Brooks, she vanished to Wichita with her family. In Wichita her father expand his law practice and pursued his dream of becoming a United States District Judge. Louise's upbringing also had an enormous influence on her lifelong love affair with books and the arts. Her fathers library was stocked with classic books. Louise read voraciously at a young age, a habit she continued throughout her life. Brooksie set as a goal in her life, the sophisticated grace of the lovely women seen in her favorite magazines | |
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