Hy Hazell
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in Up in the World (1956)
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| Born | 4 October 1919 Streatham, London |
| Died | 10 May 1970 (aged 50) London |
Hy Hazell (born London 4 October 1919 – died London 10 May 1970), born as Hyacinth Hazel O'Higgins, was a British actress of theatre, musicals and revue as well as a singer and film actress .[1][2] Allmusic described her as "an exuberant comic actor and lively singer and dancer".[3]
As a teenager, Hy Hazell started life as a performer in the chorus of the West End production of Rodgers and Hart’s On Your Toes (1937). She later had a long and successful run of leading roles in musicals, including Expresso Bongo at the Saville Theatre in 1958, as heartless Dixie Collins; as Mrs Squeezum in the Mermaid Theatre's Lock Up Your Daughters in 1959 (playing for almost 2,000 performances); as ex-Cochran girl Kay Connor in Charlie Girl at the Adelphi Theatre from 1965 ; and as Mrs Peachum in a notable Beggar's Opera by the Prospect Theatre Company in 1968.[4]
She was in British films Meet Me at Dawn (1946), The Yellow Balloon (1953), and B-movies like The Body Said No! and The Lady Craved Excitement (both 1950), where she got to sing. She also established a reputation as - to quote one of her own programme notes - 'English pantomime's most distinguished post war principal boy'. A dynamic stage presence, to say nothing of her long legs, made her a favourite for the very British tradition of having glamorous young women play the Principal boy in pantomime and for years she was extremely popular in this seasonal form of theatre.[3][4]
Hy Hazell died suddenly, unexpectedly. She was playing Golde in Fiddler on the Roof in London's West End, and following a performance, she died accidentally, choking to death while eating a steak, on 10 May 1970.[3][4][5]
Selected filmography
- Meet Me at Dawn (1947)
- Just William's Luck (1947)
- Paper Orchid (1949)
- The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)
- The Body Said No! (1950)
- The Franchise Affair (1951)
- The Night Won't Talk (1952) as Theodora Castle
- The Yellow Balloon (1953)
- Forces' Sweetheart (1953)
- Stolen Assignment (1955)
- Up in the World (1956)
- The Whole Truth (1958)
- Trouble with Eve (1960)
- Five Golden Hours (1961)
- What Every Woman Wants (1962)
- Every Home Should Have One (1970)
References
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External links
- Hy Hazell at the Internet Movie Database
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