Roberta Brown (swordmaster) explained

Roberta Brown
Birth Name:Roberta Ellen Brown
Birth Date:2 April 1965
Birth Place:Warwick, Rhode Island, U.S.
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Brandeis University
Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation:Actress
Swordmaster

Roberta Brown is an American swordmaster and actress.[1] [2]

She is known for her work on Queen of Swords where she worked as a sword coach and onscreen as a sword double for female characters played by Tessie Santiago, Bo Derek, and Paulina Galvez. She has choreographed numerous fights and sword fights for other television series, theatre, and motion pictures.[3] [4] [5]

Career

Brown took up fencing at college and continued her studies as an actress and stage combatant at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (London), where she received a Master of Fine Arts equivalency.[1] [6] She became one of a limited number of female swordmasters who worked in theatre, film and television. She acted as fencing double for Lucy Liu in the film Charlie's Angels,[7] [8] and choreographed a scene in a TV episode of ER between Noah Wyle and Goran Visnjic. She worked on the syndicated TV series Queen of Swords and as fight director on the TV film Boudica with Alex Kingston.[7] [9]

She was a theatre student at Brandeis University where she was introduced to fencing, and has been acclaimed as an outstanding alumna.[10] She has practiced her craft for over ten years.

She was brought onto the TV series Queen of Swords[1] [6] [7] by the initial swordmaster and stunt co-ordinator Anthony De Longis to train Tessie Santiago's stunt double Natalia Guijarro.[11] She also doubled Bo Derek in master shots and Paulina Gálvez wagon scene in the episode "The Witness".[12] She has been a stunt double on Masterpiece Theatre programs.[1] [6]

Brown has choreographed for television series, theatre, and motion pictures. Among the actors she has trained, coached, and occasionally fenced onscreen are Billy Campbell, Tessie Santiago, Peter Wingfield, Andrew Helm, Valentine Pelka, Anthony Lemke, Patricia Arquette, Lucy Liu, Elizabeth Gracen, Bob Golec, Patrick Fabian, Noah Wyle, Goran Visnjic, Mary Reinhardt, and Alex Kingston.[13] Though never having trained him, she fenced with actor/swordmaster Anthony De Longis onscreen.[1] [6]

She has taught swordplay and theatrical combat in among other locations Howard Fine Acting Studio and The Lee Strasburg Institute (both Hollywood); Juan Angel Theatre and Teatro Libre (both Bogotá, Colombia); Graz Kendo Club (Austria); Teatro Lope de Vega (Spain); Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (London); Inosanto Academy, College of the Canyons, University of Southern California, and West Los Angeles College (all California).[1] She is a recognized expert in many forms of martial arts, including short swords and whip work.[14] At the Beverly Hills Fencers' Club, Brown is Director of Theatrical Combat.

The Los Angeles Times wrote of Brown: "She's dead serious about the importance of proper training and safety procedures."[15]

Variety wrote that "Roberta Brown's fight choreography heightens the brutal confrontations." Backstage West calls her oeuvre "disturbing and convincing."[16] [17] [18] The Fight Master opined: "It is her solid experience, talent, and smarts that allow her to thrive in an otherwise male-dominated field."[7] [19] [20]

Published works

[1]

Credits

Multimedia

Film and television

Fight direction/stunts

Actress

As herself

Theater swordmaster

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Roberta Brown biography. TV.com. CBS Interactive. February 3, 2004. April 7, 2013.
  2. http://www.robertabrown.com Official Roberta Brown website
  3. Web site: Credits. Roberta Brown Swordmaster. 5 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Roberta Brown. TV.com. CBS Interactive. 5 September 2014.
  5. Web site: Roberta Brown. Internet Movie Data Base. Amazon.com. 5 September 2014.
  6. Web site: Roberta Brown credits. TV.com. CBS Interactive. April 7, 2013.
  7. The Fight Master. J.T.. Marlowe. Summer 2003. To the Point. 33–34. April 6, 2013.
  8. News: Fence your way to fitness: En garde. https://archive.today/20130505124823/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/dietandfitness/4711712/Fence-your-way-to-fitness.html. dead. May 5, 2013. The Daily Telegraph. London, UK. Nicki. Waterman. November 7, 2012. April 6, 2013.
  9. News: Thomas. Ryan. Backstage. Punch Lines. August 14, 2006 . April 4, 2013.
  10. The Brandeis Review. Fencer Makes Good Neighbor. Carrie. Simmons. August 2006. April 6, 2013.
  11. Web site: De Longis. Anthony. Behind the Scenes and on the Set Death to the Queen page 1. April 2, 2013.
  12. Web site: De Longis. Anthony. Behind the scenes and on the set The Witness pages 2 and 4. April 2, 2013.
  13. Web site: Roberta Brown – Biography. TV.com. CBS Interactive. 24 September 2014. August 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180816143025/http://www.tv.com/people/roberta-brown/biography/. dead.
  14. Web site: Roberta Brown profile. Sword Forum International. April 7, 2013.
  15. News: Roberta Brown: Beverly Hills Actress Would Rather Fight than Switch Careers. Los Angeles Times. Rachel. Fischer. Marilynn (Photo). Young. October 11, 1996. April 6, 2013.
  16. The Craft: Arms & the Woman. Backstage West. Jeanne. Schiffman. September 9, 2004.
  17. Punch Lines. Backstage West. August 14, 2006. Ryan. Thomas. April 6, 2013.
  18. Web site: Roberta Brown website. April 6, 2013.
  19. Web site: Hollywood Film Files – Roberta Brown 1. video. YouTube. Scott Ferguson. Greene. July 8, 2008. April 8, 2013.
  20. Web site: Hollywood Film Files – Roberta Brown 2. video. YouTube. Scott Ferguson. Greene. July 8, 2008. April 8, 2013.
  21. Web site: Women of Action Network-Contributors. Website. Rearden LLC. April 7, 2013.
  22. Web site: Credits . Roberta Brown . Roberta . Brown . April 8, 2013.
  23. Web site: Shakespeares "Julius Cäsar" in Murau. Kleine Zeitung. Kleine Zeitung GmbH & Co KG. 5 September 2014.
  24. News: Oberrainer. Bettina. Koennte auch Putin sein. Newspaper. Kleine Zeitung. Styria Media Group. 5 August 2014.
  25. News: Romeo and Juliet in Poetzleinsdorf. Television News. Wien Heute. ORF TV. 7 July 2014.
  26. Web site: Maria Morevna An Adventure of Pagan Russia. Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble. 24 September 2014.

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