Dazie, Mademoiselle (1882–1952)

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Dazie, Mademoiselle (1882–1952)

American dancer. Name variations: Mlle Dazie. Born Daisy Peterkin, Sept 18, 1882, in St. Louis, Missouri; raised in Detroit; died Aug 12, 1952, in Miami Beach, Florida; m. Mark A. Luescher; m. Cornelius Fellowes.

Made debut as a child in vaudeville at Wonderland Theater, Detroit; in NY, appeared in The Belle of New York (1900), followed by Buster Brown (1905); appeared in leading music halls in London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna, then came to prominence in NY at Wisteria Grove under name La Domino Rouge (1904), a mysterious Russian dancer who did not speak English and performed in a red mask; was principal dancer at Metropolitan Opera (1906) and appeared in other musical comedies, notably as La Sylphide in La Belle Paree, Romance in Maid in America, and Aphrodasia in Aphrodite, among others; in Paris, appeared in The Follies of 1907 and 1908; performed in vaudeville with her own dance company (1909–11); starred in film serials, including The Black Panther's Cub (1921).