Hazel Court
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Born | Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, England | 10 February 1926
Died | 15 April 2008 Lake Tahoe, California, U.S. | (aged 82)
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Years active | 1944–1981 |
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Children | 3 |
Hazel Court (10 February 1926 – 15 April 2008) was an English actress. She is known for her roles in British and American
Early life
Court was born in
Career
At sixteen, Court met film director Anthony Asquith in London; the meeting gained her a brief part in Champagne Charlie (1944). Court won a British Critics Award for her role as a crippled girl in Carnival (1946). She also appeared in Holiday Camp (1947) and Bond Street (1948). Her first role in a fantasy film was in Ghost Ship (1952). Devil Girl from Mars (1954) was a low-budget film produced by the Danziger Brothers.
Court trained at the
In the 1957–58 television season, she co-starred in a
By the early 1960s, Court was based in the USA. She featured in the
Court also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including
Court appeared briefly in
In addition to acting, she studied sculpting in Italy and was a painter and sculptor.
Personal life
Court was married to actor Dermot Walsh from 1949 until 1963.[1] They had a daughter, Sally Walsh, who appeared with her mother in The Curse of Frankenstein. In 1964, Court married actor and director Don Taylor, whom she met while they were shooting an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. They had two children. They were married until Taylor's death in 1998.
Death
Court died of a heart attack at her home near Lake Tahoe, California, on 15 April 2008, aged 82.[4][5] Her autobiography, Horror Queen, was released in the UK by Tomahawk Press a week after her death.[6]
Selected filmography
- 1944: Champagne Charlie - Tipsy Champagne Drinker (uncredited)
- 1944: Dreaming - Miss Grey / Wren / Avalah
- 1946: Gaiety George (a.k.a. Showtime) - Elizabeth Brown
- 1946: Carnival - May Raeburn
- 1947: Hungry Hill - Minor Role (uncredited)
- 1947: The Root of All Evil - Rushie
- 1947: Meet Me at Dawn - Gabrielle Vermorel
- 1947: Dear Murderer - Avis Fenton
- 1947: Holiday Camp - Joan Huggett
- 1948: My Sister and I - Helena Forsythe
- 1948: Bond Street - Julia Chester-Barrett
- 1949: Forbidden - Jeannie Thompson
- 1952: Ghost Ship - Margaret Thornton
- 1953: Counterspy (a.k.a. Undercover Agent) - Clare Manning
- 1954: Devil Girl from Mars - Ellen
- 1954: The Scarlet Web - Susan Honeywell
- 1954: A Tale of Three Women - Trude (segment "Wedding Gift' story)
- 1956: The Narrowing Circle - Rosemary Speed
- 1956: Behind the Headlines - Maxine
- 1957: Hour of Decision - Peggy Sanders
- 1957: The Curse of Frankenstein - Elizabeth
- 1958: A Woman of Mystery - Joy Grant
- 1958: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 3 Episode 34: "The Crocodile Case") - Phyllis Chaundry-Lyons
- 1958: The Invisible Man (TV Series) - Penny Page
- 1959: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 4 Episode 24: "The Avon Emeralds") - Lady Gwendolyn Avon
- 1959: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 5 Episode 1: "Arthur") - Helen Brathwaite
- 1959: Model for Murder - Sally Meadows
- 1959: Breakout - Rita Arkwright
- 1959: The Man Who Could Cheat Death - Janine Du Bois
- 1960: The Shakedown - Mildred Eyde
- 1960: Bonanza (Tv Series, Episode: "The Last Trophy") - Lady Beatrice Dunsford
- 1960: Edgar Wallace Mysteries (US: The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre), "The Man Who Was Nobody" - Marjorie Stedman
- 1960-1961: Danger Man (TV Series) - Francesca / Noelle Laurence
- 1961: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Season 6 Episode 29: "The Pearl Necklace") - Charlotte Jameson Rutherford
- 1961: Dr. Blood's Coffin- Nurse Linda Parker
- 1961: Thriller(TV Series) - Leonie Vicek
- 1961: Mary Had a Little... - Laurel Clive
- 1961: Stagecoach West (TV series) Episode: "Finn McCool" - Sybil Allison
- 1962: The Premature Burial- Emily Gault
- 1963: The Raven - Lenore Craven
- 1964: Rawhide (TV Series, Episode: "Incident of the Dowery Dundee") - Kathleen Dundee
- 1964: The Twilight Zone (TV Series, Episode: "The Fear") - Charlotte Scott
- 1964: The Masque of the Red Death - Juliana
- 1966: Mission: Impossible (TV Series, season 2 ep. 10: "Charity") - Catherine Hagar
- 1972: McMillan & Wife (TV Series, Episode: "The Face of Murder") - Frances Mayerling
- 1981: Omen III: The Final Conflict- Champagne Woman At Hunt (uncredited) (final film role)
Bibliography
- Court, Hazel (23 April 2008). Horror Queen: An Autobiography. Tomahawk Press. ISBN 978-0-9531926-8-7.
References
- ^ a b Johnson, Erskine (12 March 1959). "British TV Queen Demoted—Had To Settle For Duchess". The Bristol Daily Courier. Pennsylvania, Bristol. NEA. p. 24.
- ^ Brady, Emma (18 April 2008). "Hollywood or Bust for City's Scream Queen". Birmingham Post. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7. P. 258.
- ^ "Horror actress Court dies aged 82". BBC News. 17 April 2008.
- ^ Vallance, Tom (18 April 2008). "Hazel Court: Forties film heroine who later became a cult favourite as a horror movie 'Queen of Scream'". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2022.
- ^ Bergan, Ronald (21 April 2008). "Hazel Court". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
External links
- Hazel Court at IMDb