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Hazel Court (* 10. Februar 1926 in Birmingham, England) ist eine englische Filmschauspielerin.
Hazel Court sammelte erste Schauspielerfahrungen an den Bühnen ihres Heimatortes, bis sie 1944 eine winzige Rolle in Champagne Charlie, einem Musikfilm, bekam. Court wurde daraufhin von den Gainsborough Film Studios unter Vertrag genommen und drehte unter anderen das Drama Holiday Camp unter der Regie von Ken Annakin.
1952 spielte Hazel Court neben Dermot Walsh in Ghost Ship ihre erste Hauptrolle in einem Horrorfilm. Nach Counter Spy, bei dem sie ebenfalls mit ihrem späteren Ehemann Dermot Walsh vor der Kamera stand, folgte 1954 der Science-Fiction Film Devil Girl from Mars. 1957 spielte Court die Rolle der Elisabeth in Frankensteins Fluch von Terence Fisher.
Neben zahlreichen Auftritten in Fernsehserien wie Alfred Hitchcock präsentiert, Bonanza, Dr. Kildare, Dick and the Duchess, und Mannix, spielte sie auch in drei Filmen Roger Cormans eine Hauptrolle, so in Lebendig begraben (The Premature Burial) neben Ray Milland, neben Vincent Price in Satanas - Das Schloß der blutigen Bestie (The Masque of the Red Death) und in Der Rabe – Duell der Zauberer (The Raven).
Hazel Court heiratete 1964, nachdem ihre Ehe mit Dermot Walsh 1963 geschieden wurde, den Schauspieler Don Taylor, mit dem sie bis zu dessen Tod verheiratet war. Hazel Court zog sich vom Filmgeschäft zurück und trat nur noch einmal 1981 in Das Omen III (Final Conflict) vor die Kamera. In diesem Film hatte sie, wie in ihrem ersten Film nur eine einzige Dialogzeile."
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Hazel Court (born February 10, 1926) is a British actress known for her roles in horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Court was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. Her father was a notable cricketer. At the age of fourteen, she studied drama at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Alexander Theatre, also in Birmingham. At the age of sixteen she met the director Sir Anthony Asquith in London, which won her a brief part in the 1944 film Champagne Charlie.
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). She also appeared in the campy Devil Girl from Mars and Doctor Blood's Coffin.
Hazel Court wanted to act in comedy films, and from 1957 to 1958 she was in the TV comedy series Dick and the Duchess. But she continued to appear in horror movies. In 1957 she had a part in the film The Curse of Frankenstein, where she gained the status of a "cult siren", partly due to her display of cleavage. She travelled back and forth between Hollywood and England, appearing in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock's TV series. She had parts in A Woman of Mystery (1958) and The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) among others.
By the early 1960s, Court had permanently moved to the US. She was featured in the Edgar Allan Poe horror movies The Premature Burial (1962), The Raven (1963) and The Masque of the Red Death (1964), the last two with Vincent Price. From 1949 until 1963, she was married to Irish actor Dermot Walsh, before they divorced. They had a daughter, Sally Walsh, who appeared with her in the film The Curse of Frankenstein.
From 1964 until his death in 1998, she was married to American actor Don Taylor. She retired from the film acting business in 1964 to concentrate on being a wife and mother. They had met while shooting an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, and the couple had a son together.
In 1981 she appeared briefly in the third Omen film, The Final Conflict, although she was uncredited. She has also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including '.
In addition to acting, she is also a painter and sculptor, and has studied sculpting in Italy. Court has written her autobiography, titled Hazel Court Horror Queen. It is due in 2007 and will be published by Tomahawk Press.
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Hazel Court (born February 10, 1926) is a British actress known for her roles in horror films during the 1950s and early 1960s.
Court was born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England. Her father was a notable cricketer. At the age of fourteen, she studied drama at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Alexander Theatre, also in Birmingham. At the age of sixteen she met the director Sir Anthony Asquith in London, which won her a brief part in the 1944 film Champagne Charlie.
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). She also appeared in the campy Devil Girl from Mars and Doctor Blood's Coffin.
Hazel Court wanted to act in comedy films, and from 1957 to 1958 she was in the TV comedy series Dick and the Duchess. But she continued to appear in horror movies. In 1957 she had a part in the film The Curse of Frankenstein, where she gained the status of a "cult siren", partly due to her display of cleavage. She travelled back and forth between Hollywood and England, appearing in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock's TV series. She had parts in A Woman of Mystery (1958) and The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) among others.
By the early 1960s, Court had permanently moved to the US. She was featured in the Edgar Allan Poe horror movies The Premature Burial (1962), The Raven (1963) and The Masque of the Red Death (1964), the last two with Vincent Price. From 1949 until 1963, she was married to Irish actor Dermot Walsh, before they divorced. They had a daughter, Sally Walsh, who appeared with her in the film The Curse of Frankenstein.
From 1964 until his death in 1998, she was married to American actor Don Taylor. She retired from the film acting business in 1964 to concentrate on being a wife and mother. They had met while shooting an Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode, and the couple had a son together.
In 1981 she appeared briefly in the third Omen film, The Final Conflict, although she was uncredited. She has also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including '.
In addition to acting, she is also a painter and sculptor, and has studied sculpting in Italy. Court has written her autobiography, titled Hazel Court Horror Queen. It is due in 2007 and will be published by Tomahawk Press."
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Hazel Court (s. 10. helmikuuta 1926) on brittiläinen näyttelijä. Hänet muistetaan varsinkin 1950–1960-lukujen kauhuelokuvista, kuten Frankensteinin kirouksesta (1957).
Court syntyi Birminghamissa, ja hänen varhaisimmat menestysroolinsa ovat 1940-luvulta. Hän jakoi uransa alkuvuosina aikansa Englannin ja Hollywoodin välillä, mutta oli 1960-luvun alkuun mennessä muuttanut Yhdysvaltoihin pysyvästi. Hän on elokuvaosiensa lisäksi esiintynyt useiden suosittujen televisiosarjojen jaksoissa.
Court oli vuosina 1949–1963 naimisissa Dermot Walshin kanssa, mutta erosi. Parilla oli yksi tytär, Sally. Vuodesta 1964 Court oli naimisissa Don Taylorin kanssa; avioliitto päättyi vasta miehen kuolemaan 29. joulukuuta 1998."
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Hazel Court è un'attrice inglese nata il 10 febbraio 1926 a Birmingham e famosa per le sue interpretazioni nei film horror degli anni '50 e '60."
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