- Hazel Dawn Jr. was an actress and singer in film, television and the stage. She was born Dawn Gruwell on Sept. 7 1928 in New York City, daughter of the silent film star Hazel Dawn, with whom she is sometimes confused, and mining engineer Charles Gruwell. She started work in film in 1943 in The Youngest Profession (1943) followed by Margie (1946). She went on to feature in such television shows as The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950), Fairmeadows, U.S.A. (1951), and Ponds Theater (1953). She married Dr. Ira Kaufman, Dec. 23 1951. They had five children. She died in Houston Texas on Oct. 7 2020.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Rory Johnston
- In March 1952 Rochester (NY) TV Life published her picture with this caption: 'In a recent poll of editors of weekly newspapers in towns of 10,000 and under, Hazel Dawn Jr. was selected as "the girl on television most representative of the all around qualities of a small town girl." We'll go along with that . . . won't you?'.
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