A favorite from the 1960s televison show Hazel retired on Cape Cod many years ago in Chatham a small New England town on the ocean.My cousin took me to see her modest home where he built her new fireplace a number of years ago.He said she was just darling.I know she passed away some time ago but I loved her in that show as a kid.
I love the movie Hot Spell, in which she is the star. I even have original movie posters I bought on ebay. I have gome through periods where I watched the movie every day for 2 months, I shit you not. The mood is on me again, but I have lost the VHS tape
I used to absolutely love Hazel. I bet she was a doll.
My cousin said while they were building the fireplace and chimney for her she was always feeding them and making lemonade.I used to call him "Mason of the stars" an offshoot of Robin Leach's show at the time.He said she was like someones Grandmother.
When Shirley Booth died, it came out that she was a lot older than had been claimed. Of course, that's true of a lot of actresses, but she stretched the truth more than most- I think it was about a 10 year difference (1897 or 1898 instead of 1907).
Shirley Booth was an excellent actress who was wasted on that dreary comedy Hazel. The show was depressing and everyone who starred on it looked depressed. Shirley looked miserable and so did Don Defore. It was a blessing when that thing was cancelled.
The kid on Hazel, Bobby Buntrock, died in the 1970s.
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I heard he died in a car wreck around 18-19 years old.Sad stuff,I always used to ask my Dad why we couldnt have a maid like Hazel......lol.
Sorry imogene, but I loved that show when I was a little girl. Hazel made everything come out okay in the end for the family, and they had a maid and a telephone! I was pretty easily impressed as a child.
Renowned Death Hag
A Shirley Booth favorite film, COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA won her Best Actress award for playing the good-hearted housewife who inadvertently drives her husband, Burt Lancaster, to drink.
Prior to the film, Shirley Booth won the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critic's best actress citation for playing the heroine of Broadway's COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA.
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Shirley Booth will forever be the voice of Mrs. Claus in "The Year without a Santa Claus." Brilliant voice casting in that classic!
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Many years ago, after only seeing Booth in "Hazel", I happened to catch "Come Back Little Sheba". I was pleasantly surprised seeing Booth in something other than "Hazel". She really was an incredible actress. Great movie.
Cindy
Originally Posted by Buttercup
I thought Shirley was great in that movie too. I can see why she won the Oscar for best actress in that role. It really was a great film.
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Sorry to hear about Bobby. How ironic he died on the same bridge as his mom. Is something wrong with that bridge and/or stretch of that road?
I found Bobby a bit annoying in the show but I guess he acted as he was told.
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One of my favorite movies (and books) is "About Mrs Leslie" with Shirley Booth & Robert Ryan.
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Love the movie "Come back little Sheba"
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For some reason I always thought she had died really young, back in the 70s.
Accoridng to IMDB she was 94.
I got to see her do a play called The Desk Set. She played Bunny Watson the head of a television research dept. Katherine Hepburn played the roll in the movie.
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