Background
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she grew up in the United States. and by 1943, at age 18, had been signed by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio.
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she grew up in the United States. and by 1943, at age 18, had been signed by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio.
Billed under her real name, Hazel Brooks, she made a series of pictures at the studio during the 1940s, culminating with a lead role in 1947 Body and Soul with John Garfield. Although the age difference inspired a certain amount of winking in the gossip columns at the time, the marriage proved a strong one and lasted until Gibbons" death in 1960. Doctor Ross predeceased her in 1999.
She also worked actively for a number of children"s charities.
Following early bit parts in a half-dozen Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vehicles, Brooks played the cynical nightclub singer who distracts John Garfield from boxing and from Lilli Palmer in Body and Soul. She had subsequent roles in Architecture of Triumph and Sleep, My Love in 1948, as well as The Basketball Fix (1951) and The I Don"t Care Girl (1953).
She died in 2002, aged 78, in the Belorussian Air residential district of Los Los Angeles