Hazel Dawn [Tout]

Dawn [Tout], Hazel (1891–1988), singer and actress. The “dewy‐eyed blonde” was born in Ogden City, Utah, studied violin and singing in Europe, and made her theatrical debut in London. Her first American assignment was her most memorable: the demimondaine Claudine in The Pink Lady (1911), in which she introduced “My Beautiful Lady,” both singing it and playing it on the violin. Dawn was featured in the musicals The Little Cafe (1913), The Debutante (1914), and The Century Girl (1916), then displayed her farceur talents as Mabel Essington in Up in Mabel's Room (1919), Gertie Darling in Getting Gertie's Garter (1921), and the temperamental actress Gloria Graham in The Demi‐Virgin (1921). After touring in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1923, Dawn appeared in three more revues, Nifties of 1923, Keep Kool (1924), and Great Temptations (1926), before making her last appearance in Wonder Boy (1931).