She was the daughter of Theresa (née Dollinger), a house cleaner, and John Schmon, a chemist.
She was of German, English, Scots-Irish, French Canadian and Welsh ancestry.
[4] When Brooke was a child, they lived in a townhouse on the Upper East Side.
[5] She acted alongside her daughter in Wanda Nevada, Endless Love, and Backstreet Dreams.
[7] On October 31, 2012, Shields died at age 79 following a long illness related to dementia.