1. Chili Bouchier made her first appearance as a child dancer at a charity performance.
11 Facts About Chili Bouchier
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Chili Bouchier became a typist on leaving school and later a model at Harrod's, where her brother worked.
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Chili Bouchier was known as Britain's "It girl", and the answer to Clara Bow in Hollywood, who was famous for the tag.
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Chili Bouchier achieved success in the 1930s with the films Carnival, directed by Herbert Wilcox and Gypsy.
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Chili Bouchier played the supporting role of Cleopatra in The Ghost Goes West, starring Robert Donat.
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Chili Bouchier combined her film career with a great deal of stage work in the UK.
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Chili Bouchier had been unfaithful to her with the actress Jessie Matthews.
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Chili Bouchier married another actor, 23 year-old Peter De Greef, in 1946, in Kensington, London.
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In 1996, Chili Bouchier published her autobiography, Shooting Star, and received some media attention: she was a guest on the BBC Radio 4 series Desert Island Discs in January, and was the subject of This Is Your Life in February, when she was surprised by Michael Aspel at a book signing session at Harrods.
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Chili Bouchier died three days short of her ninetieth birthday in her ground floor flat in Marylebone, London, following a serious fall.
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Chili Bouchier had known great wealth and acclaim, but sadly died alone in virtual poverty in a tiny council flat supported financially by theatrical charities.