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Daisy Ann Peterkin (September 16, 1884 St. Louis - August 12, 1952 Miami Beach), known by the stage name Mlle. Dazie,was a Vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies dancer at the turn of the 20th century. She was a toe-dancer.
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Dazie's first appearance in vaudeville was as "Le Domino Rouge" in an act where she wore a red mask. After she got rid of the mask, she was billed as "Mlle. Dazie" and it was under this name that she appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies. She toured the Keith circuit in a ballet panotmime, L'Amour d'Artiste and headlined the Palace in 1917 in another ballet pantomime directed by Herbert Brenon. She headlined The Garden of Punchinello ballet directed by Herbert Brenon at the Palace. She also appeared in La Belle Paree. Her last stage performance was in Aphrodite (1919).
She married Cornelius Fellowes president of the St. Nicholas Hygeia Ice Company and son of a famous horseman. Gladys Brockwell played Mlle. Dazie in the silent film Spangles (1926 film). A prize winning racehorse (mare) was named after and has lineage including several successful racehorses.
Theater stage
The Belle of New York (Broadway revival, 22 January 1900) Ziegfeld Follies of 1907 (Broadway, 8 luglio 1907) Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 La Belle Paree / Bow-Sing / Tortajada La Belle Paree The Merry Countess Maid in America Aphrodite (Broadway, 24 novembre 1919)