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Hazel Brooks Gibbons (Brooks)

Hebrew: הייזל ברוקס גיבונס
Also Known As: "Hazel Brooks Ross", "Hazel Brooks Gibbons"
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Birthplace: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Death: September 18, 2002 (78)
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Wife of Cedric Gibbons and Dr Ross Rex

Occupation: Film Actress
Managed by: Niv Katz
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About Hazel Brooks

She 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 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.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazel_Brooks

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112014/

AllMovie.com: http://www.allmovie.com/artist/8770

Oscars Obituary: http://photos.presslist.oscars.org/listanevent.php?events=112&CSNLO...

Hazel Brooks Ross; Actress and Widow of Cedric Gibbons

Hazel Brooks Ross, whose brief career as a screen beauty was overshadowed by her marriage to legendary motion picture art director Cedric Gibbons, has died at her home in Bel Air following a long illness. She was 78.

Born in Capetown, 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's "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).

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Hazel Brooks's Timeline

1924
September 8, 1924
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
2002
September 18, 2002
Age 78