12 Facts About Hazel Forbes

Hazel Forbes became a showgirl in New York City at the age of 17 in 1927.

Hazel Forbes was hired away from Florenz Ziegfeld and his Ziegfeld Follies by Broadway theatre producer Earl Carroll.

Hazel Forbes appeared in a short run of "Steel" by John Wexley at the Webster Hall in 1932.

Hazel Forbes married automobile salesman, Harry Judson, in 1928 and they divorced in 1930.

Hazel Forbes left Forbes a fortune estimated at $2,000,000 from his dentifrice and hair shampoo interests.

Hazel Forbes met entertainer Harry Richman and married him on April 16,1938, in Palm Springs, California.

Shortly after their wedding, Hazel Forbes contracted pneumonia and was saved, in part, through the use of the drug sulfanilimide.

Hazel Forbes went to Hollywood and made a number of shorts and films.

Hazel Forbes received a series of threatening letters which dissuaded her from continuing in motion pictures.

Hazel Forbes donated her salary as a movie extra to charity because of the money she was willed by Richmond.

Hazel Forbes died on November 19,1980 in Los Angeles, California, a week before her 70th birthday.

Hazel Forbes is buried in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.