Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
15 Facts About Bebe Daniels
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Bebe Daniels began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such as Rio Rita, and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain.
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Bebe Daniels's father was a travelling theater manager, Scottish-born Melville Daniel MacNeal, who changed his name to Danny Daniels after a disagreement with his own father over his ambition to change from the medical profession to show business.
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Bebe Daniels's mother was Phyllis de Forest Griffin, born in Colombia of an American father and a Colombian mother, a stage actress who was in Danny's travelling stock company when their child was born.
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Bebe Daniels made the transition from child star to adult in Hollywood in 1922 and by 1924 was playing opposite Rudolph Valentino in Monsieur Beaucaire.
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Bebe Daniels was hired by the new studio Radio Pictures to star in its first feature, the Technicolor musical Rio Rita, co-starring the comedy team of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey.
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Bebe Daniels became established as a musical star, and RCA Victor hired her to record several records for their catalog.
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Toward the end of 1930, Bebe Daniels appeared in the musical comedy Reaching for the Moon, released through United Artists.
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Bebe Daniels had become associated with musicals, and Radio Pictures did not renew her contract.
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Bebe Daniels was arrested and committed to the Arizona State Asylum.
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Bebe Daniels retired from Hollywood in 1935 with her husband, film actor Ben Lyon, and their two children, and moved to London.
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Bebe Daniels returned to the UK in 1948 and lived there for the remainder of her life.
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Bebe Daniels suffered a severe stroke in 1963 and withdrew from public life.
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On March 16,1971, Bebe Daniels died of a cerebral hemorrhage in London at the age of 70.
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Bebe Daniels's remains were cremated at London's Golders Green Crematorium and the ashes returned to the United States; she was interred at the Chapel Columbarium at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.