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Beatrice Gladys Lillie, Lady Peel (29 May 1894 – 20 January 1989), known as Bea Lillie, was a Canadian-born British actress, singer and comedic performer. She began to perform as a child with her mother and sister.
Beatrice Lillie. Actress: Thoroughly Modern Millie. Dubbed "the funniest woman in the world", comedienne Beatrice Lillie was born the daughter of a Canadian government official and grew up in Toronto. She sang in a family trio act with her mother, Lucy, and her piano-playing older sister, Muriel.
- January 1, 1
- Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
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- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Beatrice Lillie. Actress: Thoroughly Modern Millie. Dubbed "the funniest woman in the world", comedienne Beatrice Lillie was born the daughter of a Canadian government official and grew up in Toronto. She sang in a family trio act with her mother, Lucy, and her piano-playing older sister, Muriel.
- May 29, 1894
- January 20, 1989
May 25, 2024 · Beatrice Lillie (born May 29, 1894, Toronto, Ont., Can.—died Jan. 20, 1989, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, Eng.) was a sophisticated-comedy star of British and American revues, perhaps the foremost theatrical comedienne of the 20th century.
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Beatrice Gladys Lillie, Lady Peel (29 May 1894 – 20 January 1989), known as Bea Lillie, was a Canadian-born British actress, singer and comedic performer.
Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel) (1894-1989), Actress. Sitter in 18 portraits. Born Beatrice Gladys Lillie in Toronto she made her début on the London musical stage in 1914. During the First World War she performed in various revues produced by André Charlot, displaying enormous comic talent.
Jan 21, 1989 · Beatrice Lillie, who during a half-century theatrical career was often called ''the funniest woman in the world,'' died yesterday at her home in Henley-on-Thames, England. She was 94 years old.
