Hazel Court

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Hazel Court (born February 10, 1926 in Sutton Coldfield , England , † April 15, 2008 in Alpine Meadows , California ) was a British film actress .

life and career

Hazel Court gained her first acting experience on the stages of her hometown until she got a small role in Champagne Charlie , a music film, in 1944 . Court was then signed by Gainsborough Film Studios and directed the drama Holiday Camp , directed by Ken Annakin .

In 1952, Hazel Court played her first leading role in a horror film alongside Dermot Walsh in Ghost Ship . After Counter Spy , in which she also stood in front of the camera with her future husband Dermot Walsh, the science fiction film Devil Girl from Mars followed in 1954 . In 1957, Court played the role of Elisabeth in Frankenstein's Curse by Terence Fisher .

In addition to numerous appearances in television series such as Alfred Hitchcock presents , Bonanza , Dr. Kildare , Dick and the Duchess and Mannix , she also starred in three of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe -Verfilmungen a major role in 1961 Buried alive (Premature Burial) next to Ray Milland and adjacent Vincent Price in The Raven - Duel of the Wizards (The Raven , 1962) and in Satanas - The Castle of the Bloody Beast (The Masque of the Red Death, 1964) .

After her marriage to Dermot Walsh in 1963, she married the actor and director Don Taylor in 1964 , with whom she was married until his death. In the mid-1960s, Hazel Court retired from the film business and only appeared in front of the camera once again in 1980 in a brief cameo in Das Omen III (The Final Conflict) . In this film, as in her first film, she only had a single line of dialogue.

Hazel Court died at her home near Lake Tahoe , California, aged 82 . Before her death, she finished her autobiography "Hazel Court - Horror Queen", which was published in June 2008.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1944: Champagne Charlie
  • 1944: Dreaming
  • 1946: Gaiety George
  • 1946: a heart is lost (Carnival)
  • 1946: The Root of All Evil
  • 1946: The Copper Mountain (Hungry Hill)
  • 1946: The Last Duel (Meet Me at Dawn)
  • 1947: The Perfect Murderer (Dear Murderer)
  • 1947: Have fun (Holiday Camp)
  • 1948: Street of Life (Bond Street)
  • 1948: My Sister and I
  • 1949: Forbidden
  • 1952: Ghost Ship
  • 1953: murderer under a white mask (Counterspy)
  • 1954: A Tale of Three Women
  • 1954: Devil Girl from Mars
  • 1954: The Scarlet Web
  • 1955: The Narrowing Circle
  • 1956: Occupational Risk (Behind the Headlines)
  • 1956: Hour of Decision
  • 1957: The Curse of Frankenstein (The Curse of Frankenstein)
  • 1957: The Other Half Of Me ( Dick and the Duchess , TV Series)
  • 1957: A Woman of Mystery
  • 1958: Model for Murder
  • 1959: If Scotland Yard Only Knew (Breakout)
  • 1959: Death outwitted (The Man Who Could Cheat Death)
  • 1959: The Shakedown
  • 1960: The Man Who Was Nobody
  • 1960: Dr. Blood's Coffin
  • 1962: Buried Alive (Premature Burial)
  • 1963: The Raven - Duel of the Wizards (The Raven)
  • 1964: Satanas - The Castle of the Bloody Beast (The Masque of the Red Death)
  • 1980: Barbara's Baby - Omen III ( Omen III: The Final Conflict )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hazel Court, 82; 'scream queen' in horror films in 1950s and '60s. on latimes.com, accessed April 17, 2008.
  2. ↑ Lake Tahoe's Scream Siren Horror film starlet releases autobiography - Interview with Hazel Court - October 11, 2007 on Moonshine Ink, accessed April 17, 2008.
  3. ^ Hazel Court - Horror Queen. on midpointtrade.com, accessed April 17, 2008.
personal data
SURNAME Court, Hazel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English actress
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Sutton Coldfield
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 2008
Place of death Alpine Meadows (California)