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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.
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- Cobourg, Ontario, Canada
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- Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Jul 18, 2007 · "Beatrice Lillie". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 16 December 2013, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/beatrice-lillie-emc. Accessed 03 July 2024. Copy; APA 6TH EDITION; King, B., & Moogk, E. (2013). Beatrice Lillie. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/beatrice ...
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 was a sophisticated-comedy star of British and American revues, perhaps the foremost theatrical comedienne of the 20th century. Making her stage debut in London in 1914 as a sentimental-ballad singer, Lillie proved her comic genius in a series of revues produced by André Charlot.
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