Anne Rose Brooks a 1981 graduate of the Plainview-Old Bethpage school system, is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 soap opera

Soap opera

A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...

 actress.

Brooks most predominant roles were on soaps in the early 1980s, specifically Diana Frame on Another World

Another World (TV series)

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...

(1981 to 1982) and Stephanie Aldrich on The Doctors (1982). Her first job, a print ad, was for a never released cereal product, Morning Power.

On Another World, Brooks was required to play the role of Diana Frame with an Australian accent

Australian English

Australian English is the name given to the group of dialects spoken in Australia that form a major variety of the English language....

, but in reality, Brooks was born and raised in the United States.

Brooks's father was Eugene Brooks (born Eugene Ginsberg), the older brother of poet Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg

Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s. He vigorously opposed militarism, materialism and sexual repression...

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