Jayne Hazard


Jayne Hazard was an American film actress. She appeared in over 32 films between 1941 and 1951, including Black Market Babies and Strange Illusion.

Early life

Hazard was born in Tampa, Florida. She was the daughter of Julian Leslie Hazard and Aristene Jane Luther, well known in Tampa, where her father was a judge of criminal count of records.

Career

Among Hazard's early minor film roles include Bedtime Story, The Powers Girl and The Lost Weekend. Her first major role came in the 1945 crime film Strange Illusion.

Personal life and death

Hazard was married to theater owner Lowell Jasper Thompson in May 1947 until June 1949, when she was granted a divorce following a serious injury to her father from an aircraft owned by Thompson. Thompson, a theater owner, was said to have shown "no concern or remorse" and also failed to visit Hazard in hospital when she later became ill. In October 1951, Beverly Hills attorney Guy Edward Ward became Hazard's second husband, with whom she had two daughters, both of whom were born dead.
Hazard died in Palm Desert, California, in 2006, at the age of 84.

Filmography

Film

The Monster and the Girl as Party GirlCadet Girl as OnaBedtime Story as Mabel ChadwickA Tragedy at Midnight Westward Ho as Blonde PhotographerFlying with Music as JanePardon My Sarong as Girl on Bus with TommyUnderground Agent as SecretaryThe Powers Girl as Powers America Beauty Pageant ModelLet's Have Fun as NormaPrairie Chickens as Girl on Tour BusShe Has What It Takes as Chorus GirlLet's Face It as Chorus GirlCrazy Knights as Joan GardnerHere Come the Co-Eds as Co-EdRough, Tough and Ready as Myrtle SmytheStrange Illusion as Dorothy CartwrightNob Hill You Came Along as Blonde ChorineThe Lost Weekend as M.M. - Blonde with PurseHold That Blonde as Apartment TenantWho's Guilty? as Rita RoyaleBlack Market Babies as Doris CondonGay Blades as OlgaAffairs of Geraldine as Miss KyleFun on a Weekend as Girl at CanteenThe Trouble with Women as Tall BlondeDaredevils of the Clouds as MollieI Can Get It for You Wholesale as ModelCriminal Lawyer as BlondeThe Racket as Girl

Television

Racket Squad as Miss Manning