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Talented entertainer Hazel Dawn appeared in silent films and was a Ziegfeld Follies star. Dawn was born Hazel Tout to American Missionary parents. She grew up in Wales and at the start of her career changed her name to Dawn on the advice of a producer. She then began performing on the London stage in musical comedies. She quickly gained popularity and in 1911, she made her Broadway debut in The Pink Lady. For a time after, she herself was nicknamed "the Pink Lady." From Broadway, she moved to films where she appeared steadily through 1927 when she married a very wealthy mining engineer, and but for a few rare film appearances through the mid-40s, retired.