Court, Hazel

Court, Hazel
▪ 2009

      British actress

born Feb. 10, 1926, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire [now part of Birmingham], Eng.

died April 15, 2008, near Lake Tahoe, Calif.
shrieked her way to an enduring fan base and the sobriquet “queen of scream” for her work in such Hammer studio cult horror films as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Premature Burial (1962), The Raven (1963), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964). The glamorous green-eyed redhead began acting in a Birmingham repertory company and made her film debut in 1944. Her screen appearances, which ranged from comedy to melodrama in addition to the horror classics, included a short-lived situation comedy, Dick and the Duchess (1957–58), and numerous television guest spots. After retiring from acting in the 1970s, Court became a successful sculptor.

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