Hazel Court, an English beauty who co-starred with the likes of Boris Karloff and Vincent Price in popular horror movies in the 1950s and ’60s, has died. She was 82.
Court died Tuesday at her home near Lake Tahoe from a heart attack, her daughter, Sally Walsh, said Wednesday. Although she had a substantial acting career both in England and on American television, Court was perhaps best known for her work in such films as 1963’s "The Raven." She co-starred with Price, Karloff and Peter Lorre in the Roger Corman take on the classic Edgar Allen Poe poem.
Corman directed her in five movies. 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. "The Premature Burial," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Curse of Frankenstein" and "Devil Girl From Mars" helped propel her to cult status and brought her fan mail even in her later years.
The daughter of a professional cricket player, Court was born Feb. 10, 1926, in the English town of Sutton Coldfield.
