Hazel Brooks (September 8, 1924 – September 18, 2002) was an American actress.
Early years The daughter of a sea captain, Brooks was born in Cape Town, South Africa. Her father died when she was three years old, and she moved with her mother to Brooklyn, New York. Her mother remarried and then divorced, resulting in custody battles over Brooks's half-brother. Brooks described her childhood as "very unhappy", noting that she attended 14 schools.
Career Brooks became a model when she was 16 and was represented by Harry Conover and Walter Thornton. A talent scout picked her and five other models to appear in the MGM film Du Barry Was a Lady (1943). She made a series of pictures at the studio during the 1940s, culminating with a supporting role in the 1947 film Body and Soul with John Garfield.
A photo of her by Durward Garyhill was voted "Most Provocative Still of 1947" by the International Society of Photographic Arts in January 1948.
She had captured almost as much attention three years earlier in 1944 when, at age 20, she married the long-time head of her studio's fabled art department, Cedric Gibbons, then 54. The wedding occurred on October 25, 1944.
She had subsequent roles in Arch of Triumph and Sleep, My Love in 1948, as well as The Basketball Fix (1951) and The I Don't Care Girl (1953).
Death Brooks died in 2002, aged 78, in the Bel Air residential district of Los Angeles.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1943 Du Barry Was a Lady Miss June Uncredited1943 Girl Crazy Showgirl Uncredited1944 Rationing Information Girl Uncredited1944 Patrolling the Ether Taxi Driver Uncredited1944 Meet the People Show Girl Uncredited1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair Bridesmaid Uncredited1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Girl in Officers' Club Uncredited1945 Without Love Girl on Elevator Uncredited1945 Ziegfeld Follies Dancer Uncredited1946 The Harvey Girls Dance-Hall Girl Uncredited1947 Body and Soul Alice 1948 Sleep, My Love Daphne 1948 Arch of Triumph Sybil Uncredited1951 The Basketball Fix Lily Courtney 1953 The I Don't Care Girl Stella Forrest
References
External links
Oscars Obituary Page Hazel Brooks at aenigma