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Lyon was born in Atlanta, Georgia, [1] the son of Alvine W. (Wiseberg) and Ben Lyon, a travelling salesman. [2] His family was Jewish. [3] Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway opposite Jeanne Eagels. He attracted attention in the highly successful film Flaming Youth (1923) and steadily developed into a leading man.
The situation comedy was written by popular American actress Bebe Daniels, who starred in it along with her real life family - husband Ben Lyon, and children Barbara and Richard.
Born Ben Lyon, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia, the future singer/actor was the son of Alvine Valentine (Wiseberg) and Benjamin Bethel "Ben" Lyon, a pianist-turned-businessman, and the youngest of four. His maternal grandparents were German Jewish immigrants.
- February 6, 1901
- March 22, 1979
Her parents, Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels, were both Hollywood actors, beginning in silent films with careers extending into the 1930s. In the early part of World War II, Ben Lyon joined the Royal Air Force, and though the family returned later to the United States, they made Britain their adopted home.
Mar 7, 2021 · Well, it turns out Lyon’s parents, Ben Lyon Sr. and Alvine Lyon, lived in High Point for more than a decade — from at least the early 1920s until the mid-1930s — brought here by Ben’s job in the bedding industry. The younger Lyon visited as often as his Hollywood schedule allowed.
Jun 16, 2024 · Ben Lyon (February 6, 1901 – March 22, 1979) was an American actor and a studio executive at 20th Century Fox. Early life and career. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway opposite Jeanne Eagels.
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Pleasingly pretty Barbara Lyon was the Hollywood-born daughter of popular film couple, Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels but, to millions of British radio listeners, she would forever symbolize the perennial, over-emotive teen -- the "Judy Jetson" of the post-World War II set, as it were.
