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Biography of Hazel Dawn (stage name of Henrietta Hazel Tout) at: [http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2008/06/10/hazel-dawn-the-pink-lady/ Hazel Dawn: The Pink Lady] Keepapitchinin, 10 June 2008

Summary:
* Came to NYC in 1911 to play in "The Pink Lady." Critics said she was better than the intended star and she soon became known as "The Pink Lady."

* She played other Broadway roles, none as popular as ''The Pink Lady'' and also appeared in several movies.

* Married wealthy Montana mining engineer Charles Gruwell in 1927. He died in 1941.

* She also had a successful career as a casting director for a New York advertising agency.

* She loved New York, but not above her home town of Ogden: "You�ve got all the money and all the artificial skyscrapers here,� she told a reporter, �but out there we have the real skyscrapers, mountains that mingle with the clouds.� 

* Lived in New York City and died here in 1988 at age 98.

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