Hazel Court Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Born in Birmingham, England, Hazel Court carried on a love affair with the world of movies and make-believe that made her a leading student at her hometown's School of Drama and later helped her land a contract with the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. Graduating from bits to supporting roles to leads, Court worked in English films from the mid-'40s ...
Net Worth
$14 Million
Date Of Birth
February 10, 1926
Died
2008-04-15
Place Of Birth
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, UK
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Don Taylor (American actor and director)
Nicknames
Hazel Court, Court, Hazel
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Trademark
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Seductive deep voice
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Voluptuous figure
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Red hair and green eyes
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Quote
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[about her roles in the early 1950s] It's very funny. In those days we did it all as a job. it was our job to go out and do the very bet we could. We'd take each film as it came, analyze it, work on it, and do it. Never any tantrums . . . You enjoyed doing it, and you didn't ever think of yourself as special. We were all just actors, together; we were glad of a job, and we did it.
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[on The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)] The producers just said, WWe would like you to do this scene, where Anton Diffring is sculpting you, and we would like to make it a nude scene. Would you do it?" It would only be shown in the European version, not in England. It really was just a lovely scene with him sculpting me, and I had no objection to that. But that nude scene is in the European version--out there, somewhere!
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I always thought [Edgar Allan Poe's] work were wonderful, and I loved Gothic tales--so I guess I was a natural for those films-to-come . . . I used to stand in line with my parents at the local theater.
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Just in case I should pop off to heaven in the night, I always remember to wash up, punch up the cushions and straighten up after a dinner party. I wouldn't want everyone to come in and find it a mess. It's very English of me.
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Fact
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In her last years she was strongly critical of the increase of sex, violence, gore and bad language in films, singling out the films of Quentin Tarantino for special dislike.
Upon her death she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.
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One of Court's biggest fans was writer Stephen King who mentions her in his various novels.
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According to friend Ingrid Pitt, Court was Hammer Films' first major star.
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While she had a substantial acting career both in England and on American TV, Court was perhaps best known for her work in such films as 1963's The Raven (1963). She co-starred with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre in a Roger Corman take on the classic Edgar Allan Poe poem. Like other "scream queens" of the era, Court's roles often relied on her cleavage and her ability to shriek in fear and die horrible deaths. Premature Burial (1962), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Devil Girl from Mars (1954) helped propel her to cult status and brought her fan mail, even in her later years. Court had finished an autobiography, "Hazel Court - Horror Queen", which will be published in Britain, said her daughter, Sally Walsh.
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Daughter of a professional cricket player.
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Had three children: Sally Walsh, Courtney Taylor and Jonathan Taylor.
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As a teenager she was appearing on the stage when she was spotted and signed by the J. Arthur Rank Organization.
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Following husband Don Taylor's death in 1998, she would still appear on the cult movie conventions circuit.
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Her "horror queen" popularity officially started with her role as Elizabeth in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). Real-life daughter Sally Walsh played Elizabeth as a child.
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Twice in her career, Hazel Court played women whose bucolic vacations were interrupted by unfriendly space aliens, first in the feature film Devil Girl from Mars (1954) and, a decade later, in The Twilight Zone (1959) episode, The Twilight Zone: The Fear (1964), (05-29-64)).
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Final Conflict
1981
Champagne Woman At Hunt (uncredited)
Mobile One
1975
TV Series
Joan Tate
McMillan & Wife
1972
TV Series
Frances Mayerling
The Name of the Game
1970
TV Series
Miss Playfair
Mannix
1968
TV Series
Barbara Montford
Mission: Impossible
1967
TV Series
Catherine Hagar
Iron Horse
1966
TV Series
Elizabeth Conner
The Wild Wild West
1966
TV Series
Elizabeth Carter
Gidget
1966
TV Series
Laura
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
1965
TV Series
Beautiful Woman
Dr. Kildare
1965
TV Series
Norma Hobart
Burke's Law
1964-1965
TV Series
Goodigan 'Goody' Handy / Constance Dexter
12 O'Clock High
1964-1965
TV Series
Liz Woodruff
The Farmer's Daughter
1964
TV Series
Lydia Adams
The Masque of the Red Death
1964
Juliana
The Twilight Zone
1964
TV Series
Charlotte Scott
Rawhide
1964
TV Series
Kathleen Dundee
The Raven
1963
Lenore Craven
Sam Benedict
1962
TV Series
Deborah Bowman
The Dick Powell Theatre
1961-1962
TV Series
Pamela Carter / Hillary Wade
Premature Burial
1962
Emily Gault
Ghost Squad
1961
TV Series
Jackie
Top Secret
1961
TV Series
Mary Fielding
Mary Had a Little...
1961
Laurel Clive
Thriller
1961
TV Series
Leonie Vicek
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1958-1961
TV Series
Charlotte Jameson Rutherford / Helen Brathwaite / Lady Gwendolyn Avon / ...
Danger Man
1960-1961
TV Series
Francesca / Noelle Laurence
Stagecoach West
1961
TV Series
Sybil Allison
Doctor Blood's Coffin
1961
Nurse Linda Parker
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
1960
TV Series
Marjorie Stedman
General Electric Theater
1960
TV Series
Victoria 'Vicky' Phillips
Interpol Calling
1960
TV Series
Carol LeDuc
Adventures in Paradise
1959-1960
TV Series
Laura Leish / Laura McLeish
Bonanza
1960
TV Series
Lady Beatrice Dunsford
Alcoa Theatre
1960
TV Series
Holly
The Shakedown
1960
Mildred Eyde
Markham
1959
TV Series
Diana Fitzgerald / Miss Mastello
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
Penny Page
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
1959
Janine Du Bois
The Third Man
1959
TV Series
Lady Simms
Breakout
1959
Rita Arkwright
Model for Murder
1959
Sally Meadows
Playhouse 90
1958
TV Series
Mary Jarvis
A Woman of Mystery
1958
Joy Grant
Dick and the Duchess
1957-1958
TV Series
Jane Starrett
The Gay Cavalier
1957
TV Series
Mary Claydon
The Curse of Frankenstein
1957
Elizabeth
Hour of Decision
1957
Peggy Sanders
The Gentle Killers
1957
TV Series
Stella Manning
The Buccaneers
1956
TV Series
Anne Bonney / Gentleman Jack
Adventure Theater
1956
TV Series
Trude
Behind the Headlines
1956
Maxine
The Narrowing Circle
1956
Rosemary Speed
Tale of Three Women
1954
Trude (segment "Wedding Gift' story)
The Scarlet Web
1954
Susan Honeywell
Devil Girl from Mars
1954
Ellen Prestwick
Present for a Bride
1954
Short
Trude
Undercover Agent
1953
Clare Manning
Ghost Ship
1952
Margaret Thornton
Forbidden
1949
Jane Thompson
Bond Street
1948
Julia Chester-Barrett
My Sister and I
1948
Helena Forsythe
Holiday Camp
1947
Joan Huggett
Dear Murderer
1947
Avis Fenton
Meet Me at Dawn
1947
Gabrielle Vermorel
The Root of All Evil
1947
Rushie Farnish
Hungry Hill
1947
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Carnival
1946
May Raeburn
Showtime
1946
Elizabeth Brown
Dreaming
1944
Miss Grey / Wren / Avalah
Champagne Charlie
1944
Tipsy Champagne Drinker (uncredited)
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacre
special thanks filming
Biography
1996
TV Series documentary acknowledgment - 1 episode
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror
1994
TV Movie documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton
2004
Documentary short
Herself
Greasepaint and Gore: The Hammer Monsters of Phil Leakey
2004
Documentary
Herself
I Used to Be in Pictures
2000
Documentary
Herself
Biography
1993-1997
TV Series documentary
Herself
100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family
1996
Video documentary
Herself
100 Years of Horror: The Monster Makers
1996
Video documentary
Herself
100 Years of Horror
1996
TV Series documentary
Herself - Actress / Herself / Herself - Co-Star, 'The Devil Girl from Mars' / ...
$14 Million
