Hazel Court was one of many actresses who were more or less caught in the cycle of "B" movies, which led to them being known as "B Movie Queens" or "Scream Queens". I have never liked this moniker even if it is fairly accurate. It is not the status I take offence to but rather the fact that these lovely ladies were looked down upon by the establishment which would never take them as serious actors. As a matter of fact, some were very serious about their craft.Court was in such classics as The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), Premature Burial (1962), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964), in addition to a lot of series television work.
It's all about breaks in this business, but a little less sexism would be nice.
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Agreed, it could be argued that these ladies got more pigeonholed than male actors. But, by the same token, as we all know, because Hazel Court, Allison Hayes, Yvette Vickers, Beverly Garland and others starred in these genre films of yesteryear, it is for these appearances that they are still remembered today thanks to the legions of fans who support such films.
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