Briton Hazel Court gained her early acting experience in the various stock companies in and around her home town of Birmingham. She continued her apprenticeship at the London Academy of Dramatic Art, where, according to her own account, she was a glorified "spear-carrier." Hazel's red hair and bewitching looks led to a one-line bit in Ealing Studios Champagne Charlie (1944), thence to a lengthy movie contract with Gainsborough. Favorites among her earlier films include the multistoried Holiday Camp (1947) and Ghost Ship (1952), the latter co-starring her then husband Dermot Walsh. With the role of Elizabeth in Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Hazel became a fixture of horror films, spending most of her time in the Hammer and Corman talent pools. She spoofed her predilection for "scream queen" roles in the satirical The Raven (1963), wherein, for a change, she was allowed to live to the end of the picture. Extremely busy on television, Hazel co-starred with Patrick O'Neal in the 1957 comedy/mystery series Dick and the Duchess; she was also starred on four Alfred Hitchcock Presents installments, including the famous episode in which Hazel's disgruntled husband Laurence Harvey grinds her up for chicken feed. After 1964's Masque of the Red Death, Hazel Court married actor/director Don Taylor, retiring from films to devote time to her family, her civic and charitable activities, and her new hobbies of painting and sculpture.
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The Final Conflict
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The Raven
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1963 | |||
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The Premature Burial
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1962 | |||
| 1961 | ||||
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Dr. Blood's Coffin
Actor |
1961 | |||
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Mary Had a Little
Actor |
1961 | |||
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Bonanza: The Last Trophy
Actor |
1960 | |||
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Model for Murder
Actor |
1960 | |||
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The Man Who Was Nobody
Actor |
1960 | |||
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The Shakedown
Actor |
1960 | |||
| 1959 | ||||
| 1959 | ||||
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Breakout
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1959 | |||
| 1959 | ||||
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| 1958 | ||||
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A Woman of Mystery
Actor |
1957 | |||
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Hour of Decision
Actor |
1957 | |||
| 1957 | ||||
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Behind the Headlines
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1956 | |||
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The Narrowing Circle
Actor |
1956 | |||
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A Tale of Three Women
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1954 | |||
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Devil Girl from Mars
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1954 | |||
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The Scarlet Web
Actor |
1954 | |||
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Counterspy
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1953 | |||
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Ghost Ship
Actor |
1953 | |||
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Undercover Agent
Actor |
1953 | |||
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Forbidden
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1949 | |||
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Bond Street
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1948 | |||
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My Sister and I
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1948 | |||
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Dear Murderer
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Holiday Camp
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Meet Me at Dawn
Actor |
1947 | |||
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The Root of All Evil
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Carnival
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Gaiety George
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Champagne Charlie
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Dreaming
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1944 |
