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Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels
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Daniels in 1925
Born Phyllis Virginia Daniels
(1901-01-14)January 14, 1901
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Died March 16, 1971(1971-03-16) (aged 70)
London, England, UK
Cause of death Cerebral hemorrhage
Resting place Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Other names Bebe Lyon
Occupation Actress, dancer, singer, producer, writer
Years active 1910–1960
Spouse(s) Ben Lyon (m. 1930–71)
Children Barbara Lyon
Richard Lyon

Phyllis Virginia Daniels, known professionally as Bebe Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer.

She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such as 42nd Street, and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain. In a long career, Bebe Daniels appeared in 230 films.

Daniels was born Phyllis Virginia Daniels (Bebe was a childhood nickname) in Dallas, Texas. Her father was a theater manager and her mother a stage actress, also named Phyllis Daniels. The family moved to Los Angeles, California in her childhood and she began her acting career at the age of four in the first version of The Squaw Man. That same year she also went on tour in a stage production of Shakespeare's Richard III. The following year she participated in productions by Oliver Morosco and David Belasco.

By the age of seven Daniels had her first starring role in film as the young heroine in A Common Enemy. At the age of nine she starred as Dorothy Gale in the 1910 short film The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. At the age of fourteen she starred opposite film comedian Harold Lloyd in a series of two-reel comedies starting with the 1915 film Giving Them Fits. The two eventually developed a publicized romantic relationship and were known in Hollywood as "The Boy" and "The Girl."

In 1919, she decided to move to greater dramatic roles and accepted a contract offering from Cecil B. DeMille, who gave her secondary roles in such films as Male and Female (1919), Why Change Your Wife? (1920), and The Affairs of Anatol (1921).


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