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), A Castle and Sixpence (1954) and The Railway Children (1951). She was previously married to John Franklyn. She died on March 23, 1999 in West Sussex, England, UK.