The daughter of a sea captain, Brooks was born in Cape Town, South Africa.
11 Facts About Hazel Brooks
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Hazel Brooks's father died when she was three years old, and she moved with her mother to Brooklyn, New York.
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Hazel Brooks's mother remarried and then divorced, resulting in custody battles over Brooks's half-brother.
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Hazel Brooks described her childhood as "very unhappy", noting that she attended 14 schools.
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Hazel Brooks became a model when she was 16 and was represented by Harry Conover and Walter Thornton.
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Hazel Brooks made a series of pictures at the studio during the 1940s, culminating with a supporting role in the 1947 film Body and Soul with John Garfield.
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Hazel Brooks 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 54.
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Hazel Brooks subsequently married Dr Rex Ross, a surgeon and founder of the Non-invasive Vascular Clinic at Hollywood Hospital.
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Hazel Brooks worked actively for a number of children's charities.
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Hazel Brooks had subsequent roles in Arch of Triumph and Sleep, My Love in 1948, as well as The Basketball Fix and The I Don't Care Girl.
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Hazel Brooks died in 2002, aged 78, in the Bel Air residential district of Los Angeles.