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Hazel Court Net Worth

Hazel Court net worth is
$14 Million

Hazel Court Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family

Born in Birmingham, England, Hazel Court carried on a love affair with the world of movies and make-believe that made her a leading student at her hometown's School of Drama and later helped her land a contract with the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. Graduating from bits to supporting roles to leads, Court worked in English films from the mid-'40s ... 

Net Worth$14 Million
Date Of BirthFebruary 10, 1926
Died2008-04-15
Place Of BirthSutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England, UK
ProfessionActress
SpouseDon Taylor (American actor and director)
NicknamesHazel Court, Court, Hazel
Star SignAquarius
#Trademark
1Seductive deep voice
2Voluptuous figure
3Red hair and green eyes
#Quote
1[about her roles in the early 1950s] It's very funny. In those days we did it all as a job. it was our job to go out and do the very bet we could. We'd take each film as it came, analyze it, work on it, and do it. Never any tantrums . . . You enjoyed doing it, and you didn't ever think of yourself as special. We were all just actors, together; we were glad of a job, and we did it.
2[on The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)] The producers just said, WWe would like you to do this scene, where Anton Diffring is sculpting you, and we would like to make it a nude scene. Would you do it?" It would only be shown in the European version, not in England. It really was just a lovely scene with him sculpting me, and I had no objection to that. But that nude scene is in the European version--out there, somewhere!
3I always thought [Edgar Allan Poe's] work were wonderful, and I loved Gothic tales--so I guess I was a natural for those films-to-come . . . I used to stand in line with my parents at the local theater.
4Just in case I should pop off to heaven in the night, I always remember to wash up, punch up the cushions and straighten up after a dinner party. I wouldn't want everyone to come in and find it a mess. It's very English of me.
#Fact
1In her last years she was strongly critical of the increase of sex, violence, gore and bad language in films, singling out the films of Quentin Tarantino for special dislike.
2Her daughter Sally Walsh played the younger version of her character Elizabeth in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957).
3She and her second husband Don Taylor both appeared in Hammer films made during the 1950s. She appeared in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) while Taylor appeared in The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954).
4Upon her death she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.
5One of Court's biggest fans was writer Stephen King who mentions her in his various novels.
6According to friend Ingrid Pitt, Court was Hammer Films' first major star.
7While she had a substantial acting career both in England and on American TV, Court was perhaps best known for her work in such films as 1963's The Raven (1963). She co-starred with Vincent Price, Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre in a Roger Corman take on the classic Edgar Allan Poe poem. Like other "scream queens" of the era, Court's roles often relied on her cleavage and her ability to shriek in fear and die horrible deaths. Premature Burial (1962), The Masque of the Red Death (1964), The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Devil Girl from Mars (1954) helped propel her to cult status and brought her fan mail, even in her later years. Court had finished an autobiography, "Hazel Court - Horror Queen", which will be published in Britain, said her daughter, Sally Walsh.
8Daughter of a professional cricket player.
9Had three children: Sally Walsh, Courtney Taylor and Jonathan Taylor.
10As a teenager she was appearing on the stage when she was spotted and signed by the J. Arthur Rank Organization.
11Following husband Don Taylor's death in 1998, she would still appear on the cult movie conventions circuit.
12Her "horror queen" popularity officially started with her role as Elizabeth in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). Real-life daughter Sally Walsh played Elizabeth as a child.
13Twice in her career, Hazel Court played women whose bucolic vacations were interrupted by unfriendly space aliens, first in the feature film Devil Girl from Mars (1954) and, a decade later, in The Twilight Zone (1959) episode, The Twilight Zone: The Fear (1964), (05-29-64)).

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Final Conflict1981Champagne Woman At Hunt (uncredited)
Mobile One1975TV SeriesJoan Tate
McMillan & Wife1972TV SeriesFrances Mayerling
The Name of the Game1970TV SeriesMiss Playfair
Mannix1968TV SeriesBarbara Montford
Mission: Impossible1967TV SeriesCatherine Hagar
Iron Horse1966TV SeriesElizabeth Conner
The Wild Wild West1966TV SeriesElizabeth Carter
Gidget1966TV SeriesLaura
The Wackiest Ship in the Army1965TV SeriesBeautiful Woman
Dr. Kildare1965TV SeriesNorma Hobart
Burke's Law1964-1965TV SeriesGoodigan 'Goody' Handy / Constance Dexter
12 O'Clock High1964-1965TV SeriesLiz Woodruff
The Farmer's Daughter1964TV SeriesLydia Adams
The Masque of the Red Death1964Juliana
The Twilight Zone1964TV SeriesCharlotte Scott
Rawhide1964TV SeriesKathleen Dundee
The Raven1963Lenore Craven
Sam Benedict1962TV SeriesDeborah Bowman
The Dick Powell Theatre1961-1962TV SeriesPamela Carter / Hillary Wade
Premature Burial1962Emily Gault
Ghost Squad1961TV SeriesJackie
Top Secret1961TV SeriesMary Fielding
Mary Had a Little...1961Laurel Clive
Thriller1961TV SeriesLeonie Vicek
Alfred Hitchcock Presents1958-1961TV SeriesCharlotte Jameson Rutherford / Helen Brathwaite / Lady Gwendolyn Avon / ...
Danger Man1960-1961TV SeriesFrancesca / Noelle Laurence
Stagecoach West1961TV SeriesSybil Allison
Doctor Blood's Coffin1961Nurse Linda Parker
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre1960TV SeriesMarjorie Stedman
General Electric Theater1960TV SeriesVictoria 'Vicky' Phillips
Interpol Calling1960TV SeriesCarol LeDuc
Adventures in Paradise1959-1960TV SeriesLaura Leish / Laura McLeish
Bonanza1960TV SeriesLady Beatrice Dunsford
Alcoa Theatre1960TV SeriesHolly
The Shakedown1960Mildred Eyde
Markham1959TV SeriesDiana Fitzgerald / Miss Mastello
The Invisible Man1959TV SeriesPenny Page
The Man Who Could Cheat Death1959Janine Du Bois
The Third Man1959TV SeriesLady Simms
Breakout1959Rita Arkwright
Model for Murder1959Sally Meadows
Playhouse 901958TV SeriesMary Jarvis
A Woman of Mystery1958Joy Grant
Dick and the Duchess1957-1958TV SeriesJane Starrett
The Gay Cavalier1957TV SeriesMary Claydon
The Curse of Frankenstein1957Elizabeth
Hour of Decision1957Peggy Sanders
The Gentle Killers1957TV SeriesStella Manning
The Buccaneers1956TV SeriesAnne Bonney / Gentleman Jack
Adventure Theater1956TV SeriesTrude
Behind the Headlines1956Maxine
The Narrowing Circle1956Rosemary Speed
Tale of Three Women1954Trude (segment "Wedding Gift' story)
The Scarlet Web1954Susan Honeywell
Devil Girl from Mars1954Ellen Prestwick
Present for a Bride1954ShortTrude
Undercover Agent1953Clare Manning
Ghost Ship1952Margaret Thornton
Forbidden1949Jane Thompson
Bond Street1948Julia Chester-Barrett
My Sister and I1948Helena Forsythe
Holiday Camp1947Joan Huggett
Dear Murderer1947Avis Fenton
Meet Me at Dawn1947Gabrielle Vermorel
The Root of All Evil1947Rushie Farnish
Hungry Hill1947Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
Carnival1946May Raeburn
Showtime1946Elizabeth Brown
Dreaming1944Miss Grey / Wren / Avalah
Champagne Charlie1944Tipsy Champagne Drinker (uncredited)

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Frankenpimp's Revenge: The Romeo and Juliet Massacrespecial thanks filming
Biography1996TV Series documentary acknowledgment - 1 episode
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror1994TV Movie documentary special thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Greasepaint and Gore, Part 2: The Hammer Monsters of Roy Ashton2004Documentary shortHerself
Greasepaint and Gore: The Hammer Monsters of Phil Leakey2004DocumentaryHerself
I Used to Be in Pictures2000DocumentaryHerself
Biography1993-1997TV Series documentaryHerself
100 Years of Horror: The Frankenstein Family1996Video documentaryHerself
100 Years of Horror: The Monster Makers1996Video documentaryHerself
100 Years of Horror1996TV Series documentaryHerself - Actress / Herself / Herself - Co-Star, 'The Devil Girl from Mars' / ...
Flesh and Blood: The Hammer Heritage of Horror1994TV Movie documentaryHerself
Play the Game1948TV SeriesHerself

Archive Footage

Known for movies

Juliana

The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
as Juliana

Elizabeth

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
as Elizabeth

Lenore Craven

The Raven (1963)
as Lenore Craven

Emily Gault

Premature Burial (1962)
as Emily Gault

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