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Hazel Brooks
Actress
Female
Born
Sep 8, 1924
Hometown
Cape Town, South ...
Died
Sep 18, 2002
Death Place
Bel Air, California
Other Names
Hazel Brooks
Hazel Brooks 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 M.G.M. Billed under her real name, Hazel Brooks, she made a series of pictures at the studio during the 1940s, culminating… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1924
Birth
Born on September 8, 1924.
TEENAGE
1943
18 Years Old
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she grew up in the U.S. and by 1943, at age 18, had been signed by M.G.M. 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.
1944
19 Years Old
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.
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TWENTIES
1948
23 Years Old
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).
LATE ADULTHOOD
2002
78 Years Old
She died in 2002, aged 78.
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