- Born
- Died
- Birth nameHattie L. Hapgood
- Nickname
- Queen of the Boogie
- Hadda Brooks was born on October 29, 1916 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was an actress, known for In a Lonely Place (1950), The Thirteenth Floor (1999) and The Crossing Guard (1995). She was married to Earl Morrison. She died on November 21, 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseEarl Morrison(1941 - 1942) (his death)
- The first black woman in the USA to host her own TV show.
- In 1941, she married Earl "Shug" Morrison, who played for the Harlem Globetrotters. But Morrison died of pneumonia within a year, and Brooks never remarried.
- Lived in Australia, Europe and Hawaii before returning to Los Angeles.
- At age 4, she begged her parents - her mother was a doctor, her father a deputy sheriff - for piano lessons. She later studied classical music.
- Pianist and torch singer.
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