Dorothea Brooking was born on December 7, 1916 in Slough, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She was a producer and director, known for
The Racketty Street Gang (1961),
The Railway Children (1951) and
A Castle and Sixpence (1954). She was married to
John Franklyn. She died on March 23, 1999 in West Sussex, England, UK.