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Hazelle
Hazelle is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Hazelle Goodman (born 1959), Trinidad and Tobago actress *Hazelle P. Rogers (born 1952), American politician See also *Hazel (given name) Hazel is a primarily female given name meaning "hazel", from the name of the tree or the color. It is derived from the Old English ''hæsel''. It became a popular name in English-speaking countries during the 19th century, along with other names of ... {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazelle Goodman
Hazelle Goodman (born Hazel Goodman; February 16, 1959) is an actress from Trinidad and Tobago. As a child she was inspired to become an actress after viewing ''The Sound of Music'', before her family moved to New York where she was raised in the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn. Career After graduating from City College of New York with a degree in drama, Goodman spent seven years developing her one-woman show called ''Hazelle!'' The show was adapted for the screen by HBO in 1995, and earned two Cable Ace nominations in the Best Comedy Special and Best Performer categories. In 1997, she became the first black actress to have a prominent role in a Woody Allen film when she portrayed Cookie, a prostitute in Allen's ''Deconstructing Harry''. Goodman also had a recurring role on '' Homicide: Life on the Street'' as Georgia Rae Mahoney, a key figure in a drug dealing family who is eventually murdered. On stage, in addition to her one-woman show, she has also portrayed the Queen in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazelle P
Hazelle is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Hazelle Goodman (born 1959), Trinidad and Tobago actress *Hazelle P. Rogers Hazelle P. Rogers (born September 28, 1952) is a Democratic member of the Broward County Commission. She was a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives and was the Mayor of Lauderdale Lakes, Flo ... (born 1952), American politician See also * Hazel (given name) {{given name Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazel (given Name)
Hazel is a primarily female given name meaning "hazel", from the name of the tree or the color. It is derived from the Old English ''hæsel''. It became a popular name in English-speaking countries during the 19th century, along with other names of plants or trees used for girls. Until about 1865, Hazel was a rare name that was primarily in masculine use in the United States. A sympathetic character in the 1880 play ''Hazel Kirke'' by Steele MacKaye helped popularize it as a feminine name in the late 1800s. It later fell out of fashion but has increased in popularity due to the influence of the character Hazel Grace Lancaster in the 2012 novel ''The Fault in Our Stars'' by John Green and its 2014 film adaptation. The name was among the 25 most popular names for girls in the United States at the turn of the 20th century. It declined in usage in that country after the 1960s but rose again in usage after 1998. It has ranked among the top 50 names for newborn girls in the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |