ABOUT PHYLLIS BROOKS
Leading lady of the 1940s and 1950s, who starred in films such as In Old Chicago and Little Miss Broadway.
She began as a model, becoming known as the Ipana Toothpaste Girl for her appearance in their ads.
She traveled to the Pacific theatre of war during World War II on a USO tour, the first civilian woman to do so.
She married Congressman Torbert MacDonald, and the couple had four children.
President John F. Kennedy , who was roommates with her husband at Harvard, was the godfather of her eldest child.
