| Brenda Fowler | |
| Birth Name: | Eva Brenda Fowler |
| Birth Date: | 16 February 1883 |
| Birth Place: | Jamestown, North Dakota, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress, writer |
| Years Active: | 1905–1941 |
| Spouse: | John W. Sherman |
| Children: | 1 |
Eva Brenda Fowler (February 16, 1883 - October 27, 1942) was an American actress and writer.
Brenda Fowler was born on February 16, 1883, in Jamestown, North Dakota as Eva Brenda Fowler.
In 1905, Fowler was a member of the New Ulrich stock theater company.[1] In the early 1910s, she acted for two years in Honolulu, Hawaii, with the American Stock Company.[2] 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.[3] On Broadway, She appeared in The Rack (1911) and Luck in Pawn (1919).[4]
Fowler left the stage to act in films, beginning with Money, Money, Money, a production of Preferred Pictures in 1922.[5] Her first talking film was The World Moves On (1934).[6] Her later films included The Case Against Mrs. Ames,[7] and Comin' Round the Mountain (1940).[8] She played shrewish woman in two John Ford films: As the sister of Will Rogers in Judge Priest (1934)[9] 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.[10] Twenty of their one-act plays were presented on top-level vaudeville circuits.[11]
Fowler was married to John W. Sherman, and they had a daughter.
[12]On October 27, 1942, Fowler died after a brief illness.[12]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Thirty a Week | Mrs. Wright | ||
| 1923 | Money, Money, Money | Mrs. Carter | ||
| 1934 | Change of Heart | Adoption Agency's Nurse | Uncredited | |
| 1934 | The World Moves On | Madame Agnes Girard (1825) | ||
| 1934 | Judge Priest | Mrs. Caroline Priest | ||
| 1934 | The Mighty Barnum | Mrs. Rhinelander-Fish | Uncredited | |
| 1935 | Mystery Woman | Customer | Uncredited | |
| 1935 | Carnival | Baby Judge | Uncredited | |
| 1935 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Judy Ballard | Uncredited | |
| 1935 | Bride of Frankenstein | Mother | Uncredited | |
| 1935 | Ginger | Probation Officer | Uncredited | |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Quilting Party Woman | ||
| 1935 | Your Uncle Dudley | Committee Woman | Uncredited | |
| 1936 | Riffraff | Mrs. Morgan - Prison Warden | Uncredited | |
| 1936 | Lady of Secrets | Nurse | Uncredited | |
| 1936 | The Story of Louis Pasteur | Midwife | Uncredited | |
| 1936 | The First Baby | Friend of the Family | Uncredited | |
| 1936 | The Case Against Mrs. Ames | Mrs. Shumway | ||
| 1936 | Anthony Adverse | Midwife at Anthony's Birth | Uncredited | |
| 1936 | Two-Fisted Gentleman | Mrs. Prentice | ||
| 1936 | Second Wife | Mrs. Anderson | ||
| 1936 | Can This Be Dixie? | Martin Curtis Peachtree | Uncredited | |
| 1937 | Speed to Spare | Miss Granston | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | Of Human Hearts | Mrs. Ames | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | Young Dr. Kildare | Head Nurse | Uncredited | |
| 1938 | Girls on Probation | Miss Kenney - Head Prison Matron | Uncredited | |
| 1939 | Stagecoach | Mrs. Gatewood | Uncredited | |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Nurse | Uncredited | |
| 1940 | Women Without Names | Mrs. Turner | Uncredited | |
| 1940 | Untamed | Chief Nurse | Uncredited | |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too | Nun | Uncredited | |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Prison Matron | Uncredited | |
| 1940 | Comin' Round the Mountain | Ma Blower | ||
| 1941 | So Ends Our Night | Woman in Prague | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Manpower | Mrs. Calkin - Saleslady | Uncredited, (final film role) |