Before the Josephine Baker, Dorothy Dandridge and Diahann Carroll, there was Marpessa Dawn. Marpessa Dawn, was an American-born (Pittsburgh) black/Filipino actress, singer, and dancer (triple threat). She faced a lot of racial discrimination while living in the States which curtailed her career and deprived the world of her tremendous presence. Eventually, she moved to Europe and began acting in England, with some minor TV roles. In 1953, she relocated to France and while occasionally working as