Profile
Bebe Daniels
Actress + Producer + Screenwriter
Female
Born
Jan 14, 1901
Hometown
Dallas, Texas
Died
Mar 16, 1971
Death Place
London, England
Other Names
Daniels, Phyllis;...
Bebe Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent movie era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such as 42nd Street, and later gained further fame on radio and television… Read More
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1901
Birth
Born on January 14, 1901.
1910
9 Years Old
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.
TEENAGE
1915
14 Years Old
At the age of fourteen she starred opposite film comedian Harold Lloyd in a series of Lonesome Luke two-reel comedies starting with the 1915 film Giving Them Fits.
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1919
18 Years Old
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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TWENTIES
1922
21 Years Old
She became an adult star by 1922 and by 1924 was playing opposite Rudolph Valentino in Monsieur Beaucaire.
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Towards the end of 1930, Bebe Daniels appeared in the musical comedy Reaching for the Moon.
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THIRTIES
1931
30 Years Old
During her years at Warner Brothers she starred in such pictures as My Past (1931), Honor of the Family (1931) and the extremely successful 1931 pre-code version of The Maltese Falcon, which opened to rave reviews.
1932
31 Years Old
In 1932, she appeared in Silver Dollar (1932) and the successful Busby Berkeley choreographed musical comedy 42nd Street (1933) in which she sang once again.
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1935
34 Years Old
She retired from Hollywood in 1935.
FORTIES
1945
44 Years Old
Following the war, Daniels was awarded the Medal of Freedom by Harry S. Truman for war service. In 1945 she returned to Hollywood for a short time to work as a film producer for Hal Roach and Eagle Lion.
1948
47 Years Old
She returned to the UK in 1948 and lived there for the remainder of her life.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1971
70 Years Old
On March 16, 1971, Daniels died of a cerebral hemorrhage in London at the age of 70.
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