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Hazel Brooks is a Actor American born on 8 september 1924 at Cape Town (South africa)
Hazel Brooks (September 8, 1924, Cape Town, South Africa – September 18, 2002, Los Angeles, California) was an American actress.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she grew up in the U.S. and by 1943, at age 18, had been signed by the MGM film studio. Billed under her real name, Hazel Brooks, she made a series of pictures at the studio during the 1940s, culminating with a lead role in 1947 Body and Soul with John Garfield.
She had captured almost as much attention three years earlier in 1944 when, at age 19, she married the long-time head of her studio's fabled art department, Cedric Gibbons, then 51. Although the age difference inspired a certain amount of winking in the gossip columns at the time, the marriage proved a strong one and lasted until Gibbons' death in 1960. Brooks subsequently married Dr. Rex Ross, a surgeon and founder of the Non-invasive Vascular Clinic at Hollywood Hospital. Dr. Ross predeceased her in 1999.
According to long-time friend Maria Cooper Janis, Gary Cooper's daughter, Ross in the years after her retirement from films became a skilled still photographer. She also worked actively for a number of children's charities.
Following early bit parts in a half-dozen MGM vehicles, Brooks played the cynical nightclub singer who distracts John Garfield from boxing and from Lilli Palmer in Body and Soul. 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).
She died in 2002, aged 78, in the Bel Air residential district of Los Angeles.
Dans les années quarante, sous son vrai nom, elle obtient de petits rôles dans une demi-douzaine de films. En 1947, elle tourne dans Sang et Or, qui sera son plus grand succès : elle y tient le rôle principal d'une femme fatale cynique, à la beauté un peu étrange, face au viril boxeur John Garfield. Une photographie promotionnelle d'elle prise durant le tournage par Durward Grayhill, est élue Le cliché le plus provoquant de 1947 par la Société Internationale des arts photographiques (photo visible ici [1]).
Trois ans plus tôt, elle avait déjà attiré presque autant d'attention sur elle quand elle avait épousé Cedric Gibbons, le directeur du légendaire département d'art de la MGM, et le concepteur de la statuette des Oscars. Elle avait 19 ans, il en avait 51. Bien que la différence d'âge n'avait pas manqué de provoquer des clins d’œils entendus dans les échos de la presse, le mariage s’avérera solide et ne prendra fin qu'avec la mort de Cedric Gibbons en 1960.
Hazel Brooks se remarie en 1967 avec le docteur Rex Ross, éminent chirurgien et fondateur de la clinique vasculaire Non invasive à (Non-invasive Vascular Clinic) à l'hôpital d'Hollywood. Il décédera trois ans avant elle.
Elle tourne ensuite dans Arc de triomphe et L'Homme aux lunettes d'écaille (1948). En 1953, elle abandonne le cinéma et ne se montrera plus devant les caméras qu'une seule fois, en 1955, à la télévision, en tant qu'invitée principale du Loretta Young Show.
Elle a également travaillé activement pour plusieurs organismes de bienfaisance pour enfants.
Hazel Brooks meurt en 2002, à l'âge de 78, à Los Angeles.
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Birth name Hazel Brooks
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Birth 8 september 1924 at Cape Town (South africa)
Death 18 september 2002 (at 78 years) at Bel Air (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 8 september 1924 at Cape Town (South africa)
Death 18 september 2002 (at 78 years) at Bel Air (USA)
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she grew up in the U.S. and by 1943, at age 18, had been signed by the MGM film studio. Billed under her real name, Hazel Brooks, she made a series of pictures at the studio during the 1940s, culminating with a lead role in 1947 Body and Soul with John Garfield.
She had captured almost as much attention three years earlier in 1944 when, at age 19, she married the long-time head of her studio's fabled art department, Cedric Gibbons, then 51. Although the age difference inspired a certain amount of winking in the gossip columns at the time, the marriage proved a strong one and lasted until Gibbons' death in 1960. Brooks subsequently married Dr. Rex Ross, a surgeon and founder of the Non-invasive Vascular Clinic at Hollywood Hospital. Dr. Ross predeceased her in 1999.
According to long-time friend Maria Cooper Janis, Gary Cooper's daughter, Ross in the years after her retirement from films became a skilled still photographer. She also worked actively for a number of children's charities.
Following early bit parts in a half-dozen MGM vehicles, Brooks played the cynical nightclub singer who distracts John Garfield from boxing and from Lilli Palmer in Body and Soul. 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).
She died in 2002, aged 78, in the Bel Air residential district of Los Angeles.
Biography
Hazel Brooks grandit aux États-Unis. Rousse aux yeux verts, elle devient mannequin à New York et pin-up. Le dessinateur de pin-ups Alberto Vargas prendra ses jambes comme modèle pour dessiner « la parfaite fille glamour de la MGM ». En 1946, à l'âge de 18 ans, elle signe un contrat avec les studios MGM.Dans les années quarante, sous son vrai nom, elle obtient de petits rôles dans une demi-douzaine de films. En 1947, elle tourne dans Sang et Or, qui sera son plus grand succès : elle y tient le rôle principal d'une femme fatale cynique, à la beauté un peu étrange, face au viril boxeur John Garfield. Une photographie promotionnelle d'elle prise durant le tournage par Durward Grayhill, est élue Le cliché le plus provoquant de 1947 par la Société Internationale des arts photographiques (photo visible ici [1]).
Trois ans plus tôt, elle avait déjà attiré presque autant d'attention sur elle quand elle avait épousé Cedric Gibbons, le directeur du légendaire département d'art de la MGM, et le concepteur de la statuette des Oscars. Elle avait 19 ans, il en avait 51. Bien que la différence d'âge n'avait pas manqué de provoquer des clins d’œils entendus dans les échos de la presse, le mariage s’avérera solide et ne prendra fin qu'avec la mort de Cedric Gibbons en 1960.
Hazel Brooks se remarie en 1967 avec le docteur Rex Ross, éminent chirurgien et fondateur de la clinique vasculaire Non invasive à (Non-invasive Vascular Clinic) à l'hôpital d'Hollywood. Il décédera trois ans avant elle.
Elle tourne ensuite dans Arc de triomphe et L'Homme aux lunettes d'écaille (1948). En 1953, elle abandonne le cinéma et ne se montrera plus devant les caméras qu'une seule fois, en 1955, à la télévision, en tant qu'invitée principale du Loretta Young Show.
Elle a également travaillé activement pour plusieurs organismes de bienfaisance pour enfants.
Hazel Brooks meurt en 2002, à l'âge de 78, à Los Angeles.
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The I Don't Care Girl (1953)
, 1h18Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films, Children's films
Actors Mitzi Gaynor, Oscar Levant, Julie Newmar, Warren Stevens, David Wayne, Craig Hill
Roles Stella Forrest
Rating60%
The story of vaudeville performer Eva Tanguay (Mitzi Gaynor) is told to a couple of writers who plan to do a script about her for Hollywood producer George Jessel.
The Basketball Fix (1951)
, 1h5Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Sports films, Basketball films
Actors John Ireland, Marshall Thompson, Hazel Brooks, Vanessa Brown, Johnny Sands, Walter Sande
Roles Lily Courtney
Rating54%
John Ireland stars in "The Basketball Fix" as Pete Ferreday, a sports writer for a local newspaper. Ferreday narrates the movie as if it's one of his articles. It tells the story of Johnny Long (played by Marshall Thompson), a basketball star for a nearby college known simply as "State." As a freshman, Long becomes an instant star and after an early season win is visited by big time gambler Mike Taft (William Bishop). Mike says he's just won a lot of money in a bet because of Johnny's great play and gives Johnny an envelope containing a large sum of cash - a portion of what Taft has just won. Johnny is determined to be ethical and refuses the money.
Sleep, My Love (1948)
, 1h37Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche, Rita Johnson, George Coulouris, Ralph Morgan
Roles Daphne
Rating67%
Alison Courtland, a wealthy New Yorker, hasn't a clue how she ended up on a train bound for Boston. When she phones her husband, Richard, the police listen in and learn from Richard that his wife has threatened him with a gun. On a flight home, fellow passenger Bruce Elcott falls in love with the married but unhappy Alison. Her husband makes Alison begin seeing Dr. Rhinehart, a psychiatrist. But it turns out that Rhinehart is a fake. He is actually Charles Vernay, a photographer hired by Richard Courtland, who is having an affair with another woman and hopes to get rid of Alison for good.
Arch of Triumph (1948)
, 2hDirected by Lewis Milestone, Robert Aldrich, Nate Watt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer, Charles Laughton, Louis Calhern, Roman Bohnen, Ruth Warrick
Roles Sybil
Rating62%
Pre-World War II Paris is crowded with illegal refugees, trying to evade deportation. One of them is Dr. Ravic (Charles Boyer), who under a false name practices medicine illegally, helping other refugees. He saves Joan Madou (Ingrid Bergman) from committing suicide after the sudden death of her lover. They become involved, but he is deported and she becomes the mistress of a wealthy man, Alex (Stephen Bekassy). All this time Ravic seeks revenge against the Nazi officer Haake (Charles Laughton), with war eventually declared between France and Germany.
Body and Soul (1947)
, 1h44Directed by Robert Rossen, Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks, Anne Revere, William Conrad, Joseph Pevney
Roles Alice
Rating75%
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
The Harvey Girls (1946)
, 1h42Directed by George Sidney, Robert Alton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury, Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien
Rating69%
In the 1890s, a group of "Harvey Girls" - new waitresses for Fred Harvey's pioneering chain of Harvey House restaurants - travels on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) to the western town of Sandrock, Arizona. On the trip they meet Susan Bradley (Judy Garland), who travels to the same town to marry the man whose beautiful letters she received when she answered a "lonely-hearts" ad. Unfortunately, when she arrives, the man turns out to be an "old coot" who does not at all meet her expectations – and he also wants not to get married as much as she wants not to marry him, so they agree to call it off. When she learns that someone else, the owner of the local saloon, Ned Trent (John Hodiak), wrote the letters as a joke, she confronts him and tells him off, in the process endearing herself to him.
Without Love (1945)
, 1h51Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Elliott Nugent, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn, Carl Esmond
Rating65%
Lonely widow Jamie Rowan (Katharine Hepburn) helps the war effort by marrying a military research scientist, Patrick Jamieson (Spencer Tracy on film, Elliott Nugent on the stage), who has set up his lab in her house. Patrick has had all the worst of love and Jamie, all the best. They both believe that a marriage could be a success without love, as it reduces the chances of jealousy and bickering and all the other marital disadvantages. But as the film progresses, the inevitable happens as they begin to fall in love with each other.
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
, 2h18Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Van Johnson, Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy, Don DeFore, Phyllis Thaxter, Stephen McNally
Roles Girl in Officers' Club (uncredited)
Rating71%
In February 1942, just two months after the Pearl Harbor attack, the United States Army Air Forces plan to retaliate by bombing Tokyo and four other Japanese cities—taking advantage of the fact that US aircraft carriers can approach near enough to the Japanese mainland to make such an attack feasible.
Marriage Is a Private Affair (1944)
, 1h56Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Lana Turner, James Craig, John Hodiak, Hugh Marlowe, Keenan Wynn, Frances Gifford
Rating59%
Theo has had many boyfriends who wanted to marry her. Her mother, Mrs. Selworth, has been married many times, which causes Theo to fear commitment. Without much thought, Theo accepts a proposal of marriage from Tom West, an Air Corps lieutenant. After the honeymoon, Tom's father dies and Tom accepts a job in the defense industry. When Theo has a baby, she hates the idea of being matronly and wants to return to being a party girl. However, Tom is working constantly and Theo turns to her friends who are having their own problems, including her old flame, Captain Lancing. To decide what she wants to do with her baby and her life, Theo must learn to grow up.
Meet the People (1944)
, 1h40Directed by Charles Reisner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romance
Actors Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland, June Allyson
Roles Show Girl (uncredited)
Rating57%
Welder William "Swanee" Swanson works at a shipyard in Morganville, Delaware. One day he sees the brightly shining Broadway star Julie Hampton speak in front of a crowd of worlers at the yard, and he instantly falls in love with her.
Du Barry was a Lady (1943)
, 1h41Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, Gene Kelly, Virginia O'Brien, Zero Mostel, Rags Ragland
Roles Miss June (uncredited)
Rating60%
May Daly, une danseuse, est aimée par deux hommes : Louis Blore et Alec Howe. Par rivalité, Louis verse une drogue dans le verre d'Alec, mais par erreur il boit lui-même le verre. Louis rêve alors qu'il est Louis XV et retrouve May en Madame du Barry.
Girl Crazy (1943)
, 1h39Directed by Norman Taurog, Busby Berkeley, William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, June Allyson, Gil Stratton, Nancy Walker, Rags Ragland
Rating67%
Le jeune et riche Danny Churchill ne s'intéresse qu'aux filles, au vin et à la musique. Qu'à cela ne tienne, son père décide de l'envoyer dans un établissement scolaire strict où aucune présence féminine n'est tolérée. Mais la rencontre du jeune homme avec la dénommée Ginger Gray va changer la donne.