Beth Hazelton

born: 27 June 1906
St. Louis County, Minnesota,
United States of America
died: 31 August 1995
Laguna Beach, California,
United States of America
(pneumonia, age 89)

Blonde American actress, writer, director, and instructor. Her mother, Julia Baldwin Hazelton (née Johnson, 1877-1956), was a radio/TV writer, playwright, and teacher of some note. After a career acting on stage and screen, Beth followed in her mother's footsteps and wrote for radio and television, as well as books for young adults, and also taught radio and drama writing and technique; she also directed her drama students in plays she wrote for the radio.
Real name: Elizabeth Baldwin Hazelton
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

4


1932
Free Eats
[?]

1932
Love Pains
Shirley Jean's mom

1933
Forgotten Babies
Telephone operator

1935
Beginner's Luck
Marianne's mother

Acknowledgements:
https://www.theluckycorner.com/rmt/112.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner)
https://www.theluckycorner.com/rmt/121.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner)
https://www.theluckycorner.com/rmt/135.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner)
Elizabeth Baldwin Hazelton, "Web: Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900-1934" (Ancestry.com)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2PV-D6D (1910 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQX-98X (1920 Census #1)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQ6-GWS (1920 Census #2)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9H2-RMP (1940 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XG7-YS7L (1950 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG53-XRS (CA Death Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGWZ-53T (Social Security Death Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4C-2WX3 (Social Security Numident File)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/490569827/ (Vancouver Sun, 19 Oct 1933)
https://archive.org/details/EDJ_1933113001/page/16/mode/1up?q=%22beth+hazelton%22&view=theater (Edmonton Bulletin, 30 Nov 1933)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=ILA19381028.1.6 (West Los Angeles Independent, 28 Oct 1938)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/683789965/ (Hollywood Citizen-News, 27 Jun 1939)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=ILA19400412.1.4 (West Los Angeles Independent, 12 Apr 1940)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/579931432/ (San Fernando Valley Times, 08 Sep 1942)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=NHVT19430319.1.4 (Valley Times [North Hollywood, CA], 19 Mar 1943)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=VTNH19450906.1.32 (Valley Times [North Hollywood, CA], 06 Sep 1945)
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=VTNH19480607.1.12 (Valley Times [North Hollywood, CA], 07 Jun 1948)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/155412741/ (Los Angeles Times, 07 Sep 1995)
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/888517.Elizabeth_Baldwin_Hazelton (Goodreads)
https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?county=Los+Angeles&keyword=%22elizabeth+hazelton%22®ion=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search)
1932 L.A. City Dir.: Hazelton Beth actor h7958 2-8 Norton av
1932 L.A. City Dir.: Hazelton Julia B (wid J J) writer h7958 2-8 Norton
1933 L.A. City Dir.: Hazelton Beth actor r7958 2-8 Norton av
1933 L.A. City Dir.: Hazelton Julia B Mrs writer h7958 2-8 Norton av
Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research; identification in Love Pains)

This page was last updated on: 08 March 2025