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Hazel Brooks (September 8, 1924 – September 18, 2002) was an American actress.

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Hazel Brooks
Born	(1924-09-08)September 8, 1924 Cape Town, South Africa
Died	September 18, 2002(2002-09-18) (aged 78) Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other names	Hazel Brooks Ross Hazel Brooks Gibbons
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1943-1955
Spouse(s)	Cedric Gibbons ​ ​ (m. 1944; died 1960)​ Rex Ross ​ ​ (m. 1967; died 1999)​

Early years

The daughter of a sea captain, Brooks was born in Cape Town, South Africa.[1] 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' half-brother. Brooks described her childhood as "very unhappy", noting that she attended 14 schools.[2]

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).[2] 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.[3]

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 54. The wedding occurred on October 25, 1944.[4] 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 (1908-1999), a surgeon and founder of the Non-invasive Vascular Clinic at Hollywood Hospital.^{[citation needed]}

According to long-time friend Maria Cooper Janis, Gary Cooper's daughter and Cedric Gibbons's great-niece, 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.^{[citation needed]}

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	Notes
1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Miss June	Uncredited
1943	Girl Crazy	Showgirl	Uncredited
1944	Rationing	Information Girl	Uncredited
1944	Patrolling the Ether	Taxi Driver	Uncredited
1944	Meet the People	Show Girl	Uncredited
1944	Marriage Is a Private Affair	Bridesmaid	Uncredited
1944	Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo	Girl in Officers' Club	Uncredited
1945	Without Love	Girl on Elevator	Uncredited
1945	Ziegfeld Follies	Dancer	Uncredited
1946	The Harvey Girls	Dance-Hall Girl	Uncredited
1947	Body and Soul	Alice
1948	Sleep, My Love	Daphne
1948	Arch of Triumph	Sybil	Uncredited
1951	The Basketball Fix	Lily Courtney
1953	The I Don't Care Girl	Stella Forrest

References

External links

• Hazel Brooks at IMDb
• Hazel Brooks at AllMovie
• Oscars Obituary Page
• Hazel Brooks at aenigma

На других языках

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[de] Hazel Brooks

Hazel Brooks (* 8. September 1924 in Kapstadt, Südafrikanische Union; † 18. September 2002 in Bel Air, Kalifornien) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Hazel Brooks

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[ru] Брукс, Хэйзел

Хэйзел Брукс (англ. Hazel Brooks; 8 сентября 1924 года, Кейптаун, Южная Африка — 18 сентября 2002 года, Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния) — американская актриса.

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