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Date of Birth:
29 May 1894, Cobourg, Ontario, Canada more
Date of Death:
20 January 1989, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK more
Mini Biography:
Dubbed "the funniest woman in the world," comedienne Beatrice Lillie was... more
Trivia:
Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 361-363... more
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Down 9% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
42nd Street Moon Presents High Spirits Opening 3/21
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 12 February 2009, 3:44 PM, PST)
Alternate Names:
Bea Lillie | Beatrice Lilly

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actress, Soundtrack, Self, Archive Footage
Actress:
  1. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) .... Mrs. Meers

  2. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) .... Revivalist
    ... aka Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days (USA: complete title)

  3. On Approval (1944) .... Maria Wislack

  4. Dr. Rhythm (1938) .... Mrs. Lorelei Dodge-Blodgett
    ... aka Doctor Rhythm
  5. Are You There? (1930) (as Beatrice Lilly) .... Shirley Travis
    ... aka Exit Laughing (USA: reissue title)

  6. The Show of Shows (1929) .... (segment "Recitations")
  7. Exit Smiling (1926) .... Violet
Soundtrack:
  1. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) (performer: "Have Courage to Say No" (uncredited))
    ... aka Michael Todd's Around the World in 80 Days (USA: complete title)

  2. The Show of Shows (1929) (performer: "Your Mother and Mine")
Self:
  1. "House Party" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
    ... aka Art Linkletter's House Party (USA: complete title)
    ... aka The Linkletter Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 23 March 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  2. "Today" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
    ... aka NBC News Today (USA: promotional title)
    ... aka The Today Show (USA: alternative title)
        - Episode dated 16 March 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  3. "Gypsy" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
        - Episode dated 15 March 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
  4. "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" .... Herself - Guest (1 episode, 1965)
    ... aka The Best of Carson (USA: rerun title)
        - Episode dated 5 July 1965 (1965) TV episode .... Herself - Guest
  5. "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (3 episodes, 1952-1964)
        - Episode dated 10 May 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 4 November 1956 (1956) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
        - Episode dated 13 January 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Mystery Guest
  6. "Tonight Starring Jack Paar" .... Herself (1 episode, 1962)
    ... aka The Jack Paar Show (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Jack Paar Tonight Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 16 March 1962 (1962) TV episode .... Herself
  7. "Toast of the Town" .... Herself / ... (5 episodes, 1952-1960)
    ... aka The Ed Sullivan Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #14.6 (1960) TV episode .... Sketch Actor
        - Episode #10.26 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #8.24 (1955) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #5.33 (1952) TV episode .... Herself
        - Episode #5.23 (1952) TV episode .... Herself
  8. "The Bell Telephone Hour" .... Herself - Singer (1 episode, 1960)
    ... aka The Telephone Hour (USA: syndication title)
        - The Four of Us (1960) TV episode .... Herself - Singer

  9. "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1958)
    ... aka The Dinah Shore Show (USA: sixth season title)
        - Episode #2.20 (1958) TV episode .... Herself
  10. "The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom" .... Herself (1 episode, 1957)
        - Episode #1.5 (1957) TV episode .... Herself
  11. "The Walter Winchell Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1956)
        - Episode #1.4 (1956) TV episode .... Herself
  12. "This Is Show Business" .... Herself (1 episode, 1952)
    ... aka This Is Broadway (first episodes title)
        - Episode dated 2 March 1952 (1952) TV episode .... Herself
  13. "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Herself - Host (2 episodes, 1951)
    ... aka Colgate Summer Comedy Hour (USA: summer title)
    ... aka Colgate Variety Hour (USA: sixth season title)
    ... aka Michael Todd Revue (USA: subtitle)
        - Episode #1.36 (1951) TV episode .... Herself - Host
        - Episode #1.28 (1951) TV episode .... Herself - Host
  14. The Star-Spangled Revue (1950) (TV) .... Herself

  15. "The Milton Berle Show" .... Herself - Actress (1 episode, 1949)
    ... aka Texaco Star Theater (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Buick-Berle Show (USA: new title)
        - Episode #1.35 (1949) TV episode .... Herself - Actress

  16. Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935) .... Herself
  17. Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935) .... Herself

  18. Beatrice Lillie (1929) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
  1. Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994) (TV) .... Herself

Additional Details

Other Works:
An Evening With Beatrice Lillie with Eadie and Rack at the pianos London ffrr Recording 5212 1. Overture - introducing: Dance Little Lady (Noël Coward); Snoops the Lawyer (Ruby; Kalmar) 2. RHYTHM (Rodgers; Hart) - introducing: Kiss Me Again (Herbert; Blossom); Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep (Knight); Take My Heart (Young; Ahlert); I Got Rhythm (George Gershwin); Sonny Boy (Jolson; De Sylva; Brown; Henderson); Blue Skies (Irving Berlin); On Your Toes (Rodgers; Hart); Rose of Washington Square (Irving Berlin); Star Spangled Banner (traditional) 3. Nanette (Schwartz; Dietz) 4. Zither Song (Budd McCreery; Beatrice Lilie) 5. Spinning Song (Noël Coward) 6. The Irish Song (Noël Coward) 7. Weary of It All (Noël Coward) 8. Piccolo Marina (Noël Coward) 9. There Are Times (Ivor Novello) 10. Paint (Norman Hackforth; Nicholas Phipps) 11. Maud (Muriel Lillie; Nicholas Phipps) 12. There are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden (Liza Lehmann; Rose Fyleman) 13. The Party's Over Now (Noël Coward) more
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Genres:
Comedy | Family | Music | Talk-Show more
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