She appeared in over 32 films between 1941 and 1951, including Black Market Babies (1945) and Strange Illusion (1945).

[3] She was the daughter of Julian Leslie Hazard and Aristene Jane Luther,[2][4] well known in Tampa, where her father was a judge of criminal count of records.

[3] Among Hazard's early minor film roles include Bedtime Story (1941), The Powers Girl (1943) and The Lost Weekend (1945).

[5] Hazard was married to theater owner Lowell Jasper Thompson in May 1947[5] until June 1949, when she was granted a divorce following a serious injury to her father from an aircraft owned by Thompson.

Thompson, a theater owner, was said to have shown "no concern or remorse" and also failed to visit Hazard in hospital when she later became ill.[6] In October 1951, Beverly Hills attorney Guy Edward Ward became Hazard's second husband,[2] with whom she had two daughters, both of whom were born dead.