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Hazel Shermet
Hazel Shermet (August 1, 1920 – October 27, 2016) was an American actress, comedian, and singer whose decades-long career spanned radio, television, film and theater, including Broadway. In addition to her live action-roles, Shermet also enjoyed a lengthy career as a voice-over and voice actor. She provided the voice of Henrietta Hippo for the entire 196-episode run of the syndicated children's show, New Zoo Revue, from 1972 until 1977.
Hazel Shermet also appeared in more than 100 television commercials, including ads for Borox, Charmin, Head & Shoulders, and Hunt's Tomato Paste. At one point in her career, Shermet appeared in seven national television commercials airing simultaneously across the United States, which earned her a cover photo from The Commercial Actor Magazine as the publication's "actress of the month."
Shermet was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 1, 1920. Following her college graduation, she honed her acting skills at the Pasadena Playhouse. After that, she moved to New York City, where she began work with the Al Paul Lefton Co. agency as an advertising copywriter at the age of 19. Throughout her career, Shermet credited her early work in advertising, as well as her studies at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh), where she studied acting and graduated in 1941, for her longevity in the entertainment industry.
She appeared opposite Jack Albertson in the Broadway production of The Cradle Will Rock in 1947 when she was heard as an attendant's voice.
Her first major broadcast acting role came in March 1950 when she was cast as Miss Duffy in Duffy's Tavern, a long running radio situation comedy. She was the last actress in that role. Shermet relocated to Puerto Rico, where Duffy's Tavern was produced and recorded, for the role. There she met her future husband, writer Larry Rhine, who was the head writer of Duffy's Tavern at the time. The couple, who married in 1950 and had two children, remained together until Rhine's death in 2000. Rhine earned two Emmy nominations during his career as a television writer.
Following her work on Duffy's Tavern, Shermet returned to singing and comedy on radio, where she appeared alongside Fred Allen, Morey Amsterdam, Milton Berle, Henry Morgan, Kate Smith, and Henny Youngman. She was also a regular on Jack and Cliff (1948).
A pioneer of early television, Shermet starred in two shows which aired on WOR-TV in New York City, Songs You’ve Never Heard Before and Won't Want to Ever Hear Again, in which she performed tunes and songs requested by viewers.
Shermet and Rhine moved to Los Angeles in the early 1950s, where she continued her radio career, in addition to roles in television and film. She was first cast in a 1954 television episode of Dragnet. She played Louise Cooper in the NBC-TV comedy Blondie (1957). In 1960–1961, she played Pam on the CBS comedy Pete and Gladys.
Hazel Shermet
Hazel Shermet (August 1, 1920 – October 27, 2016) was an American actress, comedian, and singer whose decades-long career spanned radio, television, film and theater, including Broadway. In addition to her live action-roles, Shermet also enjoyed a lengthy career as a voice-over and voice actor. She provided the voice of Henrietta Hippo for the entire 196-episode run of the syndicated children's show, New Zoo Revue, from 1972 until 1977.
Hazel Shermet also appeared in more than 100 television commercials, including ads for Borox, Charmin, Head & Shoulders, and Hunt's Tomato Paste. At one point in her career, Shermet appeared in seven national television commercials airing simultaneously across the United States, which earned her a cover photo from The Commercial Actor Magazine as the publication's "actress of the month."
Shermet was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 1, 1920. Following her college graduation, she honed her acting skills at the Pasadena Playhouse. After that, she moved to New York City, where she began work with the Al Paul Lefton Co. agency as an advertising copywriter at the age of 19. Throughout her career, Shermet credited her early work in advertising, as well as her studies at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh), where she studied acting and graduated in 1941, for her longevity in the entertainment industry.
She appeared opposite Jack Albertson in the Broadway production of The Cradle Will Rock in 1947 when she was heard as an attendant's voice.
Her first major broadcast acting role came in March 1950 when she was cast as Miss Duffy in Duffy's Tavern, a long running radio situation comedy. She was the last actress in that role. Shermet relocated to Puerto Rico, where Duffy's Tavern was produced and recorded, for the role. There she met her future husband, writer Larry Rhine, who was the head writer of Duffy's Tavern at the time. The couple, who married in 1950 and had two children, remained together until Rhine's death in 2000. Rhine earned two Emmy nominations during his career as a television writer.
Following her work on Duffy's Tavern, Shermet returned to singing and comedy on radio, where she appeared alongside Fred Allen, Morey Amsterdam, Milton Berle, Henry Morgan, Kate Smith, and Henny Youngman. She was also a regular on Jack and Cliff (1948).
A pioneer of early television, Shermet starred in two shows which aired on WOR-TV in New York City, Songs You’ve Never Heard Before and Won't Want to Ever Hear Again, in which she performed tunes and songs requested by viewers.
Shermet and Rhine moved to Los Angeles in the early 1950s, where she continued her radio career, in addition to roles in television and film. She was first cast in a 1954 television episode of Dragnet. She played Louise Cooper in the NBC-TV comedy Blondie (1957). In 1960–1961, she played Pam on the CBS comedy Pete and Gladys.