Hazel Dawn (March 23, 1891, Ogden, Utah – August 28, 1988, New York, New York) was a stage, film and television actress. She was born as Hazel Tout to a Mormon family.
Dawn was a member of the original Ziegfeld Follies in 1907. She went to Wales with her family at the age of eight when her father served as a Mormon missionary there. Dawn studied violin and voice in London, England, Paris, France, and Munich, Germany. She was especially impressed ...
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Hazel Dawn (March 23, 1891, Ogden, Utah – August 28, 1988, New York, New York) was a stage, film and television actress. She was born as Hazel Tout to a Mormon family.
Dawn was a member of the original Ziegfeld Follies in 1907. She went to Wales with her family at the age of eight when her father served as a Mormon missionary there. Dawn studied violin and voice in London, England, Paris, France, and Munich, Germany. She was especially impressed by the attentiveness of teachers she studied under in Paris. Her sister was an opera singer and went on to sing with the Opera Comique in Paris.
She met producer Ivan Caryll at a party in London. Caryll suggested the name Hazel Dawn, considering Tout to be impossible. Dawn met composer Paul Rubens who offered her a part in Dear Little Denmark at the Prince of Wales Theatre (1909), where she made her theatrical debut. She then starred in The Balkan Princess in 1910 as Olga. She achieved a great success in Europe and the United States with her...
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