Hazel Bellamy
fictional character
Hazel Patricia Bellamy (née Forrest; circa 1883–1918) is a fictional character in the British television series, Upstairs, Downstairs. She was portrayed by Meg Wynn Owen.
In the spring of 1912, Richard Bellamy hires Hazel Forrest as a typist for a biography of his late father-in-law, the Earl of Southwold. She is a middle-class young woman who has been earning a living as a secretary for ten years, despite her parents' wishes. This character gives the viewer a rare view of the interior of her parents' middle class home, one of the few locations other than the Bellamys' home. James is immediately attracted to her.
The class divide between James and Hazel causes early conflicts with Hazel's parents, the Bellamys' staff and in the marriage. After about seven months of courting, James proposes in November, but Hazel tearfully refuses him. She does not tell him that she was married before to a violent alcoholic named Patrick O'Connor. Hazel's sad past is now the Forrest's family secret.
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