Bebe Daniels

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Biography

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 (1933), and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain. Throughout her career, Daniels appeared in 230 films.

Known For

42nd Street

Dorothy Brock

The Maltese Falcon

Ruth Wonderly

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Dorothy Gale

Billy Blazes, Esq.

Nell

The Stolen Jools

Mrs. Ben Lyon

Bumping Into Broadway

The Girl

Counsellor at Law

Regina 'Rexy' Gordon

Ask Father

Switchboard operator

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2007	Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2006	42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1962	Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy MOVIE	(archive footage)
1955	This Is Your Life TV	Self
1955	The Lyons in Paris MOVIE	Bebe
1955	Life with the Lyons TV	Self
1954	Life with the Lyons MOVIE	Bebe Lyon
1952	This Is Your Life TV	Self
1941	Hi Gang! MOVIE	The Liberty Girl
1938	The Return of Carol Deane MOVIE	Carol Deane
1935	Music Is Magic MOVIE	Diane De Valle
1934	Registered Nurse MOVIE	Sylvia 'Ben' Benton
1934	A Southern Maid MOVIE	Juanita / Dolores
1933	Counsellor at Law MOVIE	Regina 'Rexy' Gordon
1933	The Song You Gave Me MOVIE	Mitzi Hansen
1933	Cocktail Hour MOVIE	Cynthia
1933	42nd Street MOVIE	Dorothy Brock
1932	Silver Dollar MOVIE	Lily Owens Martin
1932	Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 MOVIE	Self
1932	Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 MOVIE	Self
1931	Honor of the Family MOVIE	Laura
1931	Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) MOVIE	Self
1931	The Maltese Falcon MOVIE	Ruth Wonderly
1931	My Past MOVIE	Doree Macy
1931	The Stolen Jools MOVIE	Mrs. Ben Lyon
1930	Reaching for the Moon MOVIE	Vivien Benton
1930	Lawful Larceny MOVIE	Marion Dorsey
1930	Dixiana MOVIE	Dixiana Caldwell
1930	Alias French Gertie MOVIE	Gertie Jones
1930	Love Comes Along MOVIE	Peggy
1929	Rio Rita MOVIE	Rita Ferguson
1928	What a Night! MOVIE	Dorothy Winston
1928	Take Me Home MOVIE	Peggy Lane
1928	Hot News MOVIE	Pat Clancy
1928	The Fifty-Fifty Girl MOVIE	Kathleen O'Hara
1928	Feel My Pulse MOVIE	Barbara Manning
1927	She's a Sheik MOVIE	Zaida
1927	Swim Girl, Swim MOVIE	Alice Smith
1927	Life in Hollywood No. 7 MOVIE	Herself
1927	Senorita MOVIE	Señorita Francesca Hernandez
1927	A Kiss in a Taxi MOVIE	Ginette
1926	Stranded in Paris MOVIE	Julie McFadden
1926	The Campus Flirt MOVIE	Patricia Mansfield
1926	Volcano MOVIE	Zabette de Chavalons
1926	The Palm Beach Girl MOVIE	Emily Bennett
1926	Miss Brewster's Millions MOVIE	Polly Brewster
1925	The Splendid Crime MOVIE	Jenny
1925	Lovers in Quarantine MOVIE	Diana
1925	Wild, Wild Susan MOVIE	Susan Van Dusen
1925	The Manicure Girl MOVIE	Maria Maretti - Manicurist
1925	The Crowded Hour MOVIE	Peggy Laurence
1925	Miss Bluebeard MOVIE	Colette Girard
1924	Argentine Love MOVIE	Consuelo Garcia
1924	Dangerous Money MOVIE	Adele Clark
1924	Hello, 'Frisco MOVIE	Bebe Daniels
1924	Sinners in Heaven MOVIE	Barbara Stockley
1924	Monsieur Beaucaire MOVIE	Princess Henriette
1924	Unguarded Women MOVIE	Breta Banning
1924	Daring Youth MOVIE	Alita Allen
1924	The Heritage of the Desert MOVIE	Mescal
1923	His Children's Children MOVIE	Diane
1923	Hollywood MOVIE	Bebe Daniels
1923	The Exciters MOVIE	Ronnie Rand
1923	The Glimpses of the Moon MOVIE	Susan Branch
1923	The World's Applause MOVIE	Corinne d'Alys
1922	Singed Wings MOVIE	Bonita della Guerda
1922	Pink Gods MOVIE	Lorraine Temple
1922	Nice People MOVIE	Theodora (Teddy) Gloucester
1922	A Trip to Paramountown MOVIE	Self
1922	North of the Rio Grande MOVIE	Val Hannon
1922	A Game Chicken MOVIE	Inez Hastings
1922	Nancy from Nowhere MOVIE	Nancy
1921	The Affairs of Anatol MOVIE	Satan Synne
1921	The Speed Girl MOVIE	Betty Lee
1921	The March Hare MOVIE	Lisbeth Ann Palmer
1921	Two Weeks with Pay MOVIE	Pansy O'Donnell / Marie La Tour
1921	One Wild Week MOVIE	Pauline Hathaway
1921	Ducks and Drakes MOVIE	Teddy Simpson
1920	She Couldn't Help It MOVIE	Young Nance
1920	Oh, Lady, Lady MOVIE	Mary Barber
1920	You Never Can Tell MOVIE	Rowena Patricia Jones
1920	The Fourteenth Man MOVIE	Marjory Seaton
1920	Sick Abed MOVIE	Nurse Durant
1920	Why Change Your Wife? MOVIE	Sally Clark
1920	The Dancin' Fool MOVIE	Junie Budd
1919	Everywoman MOVIE	Vice
1919	Captain Kidd's Kids MOVIE	The Girl
1919	Male and Female MOVIE	The King's favorite
1919	Bumping Into Broadway MOVIE	The Girl
1919	His Only Father MOVIE	Self
1919	Pay Your Dues MOVIE	Self
1919	Count the Votes MOVIE	Self
1919	Soft Money MOVIE	Self
1919	He Leads, Others Follow MOVIE	Self
1919	The Rajah MOVIE	Self
1919	Be My Wife MOVIE	Self
1919	Don't Shove MOVIE	Bebe
1919	Heap Big Chief MOVIE	Self
1919	Chop Suey & Co. MOVIE	Self
1919	Count Your Change MOVIE	Miss Flighty
1919	A Jazzed Honeymoon MOVIE	Self
1919	Never Touched Me! MOVIE	Love Interest / “Princess Sapphire”
1919	At the Old Stage Door MOVIE	Self
1919	Just Neighbors MOVIE	The Bride
1919	Billy Blazes, Esq. MOVIE	Nell
1919	Spring Fever MOVIE	The Girl
1919	Off the Trolley MOVIE	Trolley collector
1919	Swat the Crook MOVIE	Self
1919	Pistols for Breakfast MOVIE	Self
1919	Back to the Woods MOVIE	Jeanne, Belle o' the Woods
1919	The Marathon MOVIE	The Rich Girl
1919	Before Breakfast MOVIE	Self
1919	Si, Senor MOVIE	Self
1919	Ring Up the Curtain MOVIE	The Leading Lady
1919	Young Mr. Jazz MOVIE	The Girl
1919	Crack Your Heels MOVIE	Self
1919	Just Dropped In MOVIE	Self
1919	A Sammy in Siberia MOVIE	Olga - the Russian Girl
1919	Next Aisle Over MOVIE	Vera De Luxe
1919	The Dutiful Dub MOVIE	Self
1919	Look Out Below MOVIE	The Girl
1919	I'm on My Way MOVIE	The Girl
1919	On the Fire MOVIE	Self
1919	Ask Father MOVIE	Switchboard operator
1919	Going! Going! Gone! MOVIE	Self
1919	Love's Young Scream MOVIE	Self
1919	Wanted - $5,000 MOVIE	Self
1918	She Loves Me Not MOVIE	Self
1918	Take a Chance MOVIE	The Hired Girl
1918	Hear 'Em Rave MOVIE	Self
1918	Nothing But Trouble MOVIE	Self
1918	Why Pick on Me? MOVIE	Self
1918	Swing Your Partners MOVIE	Self
1918	Bees in His Bonnet MOVIE	Self
1918	Two Scrambled MOVIE	Self
1918	Bride and Gloom MOVIE	Bride
1918	That's Him MOVIE	Self
1918	Kicking the Germ Out of Germany MOVIE	Self
1918	An Ozark Romance MOVIE	Self
1918	Are Crooks Dishonest? MOVIE	Miss Goulash
1918	Somewhere in Turkey MOVIE	A Girl in Danger
1918	Sic 'Em, Towser MOVIE	Self
1918	The City Slicker MOVIE	The Girl
1918	Fireman Save My Child MOVIE	Girl
1918	Two-Gun Gussie MOVIE	The Girl
1918	The Non-Stop Kid MOVIE	Miss Wiggle
1918	Kicked Out MOVIE	Self
1918	Hey There MOVIE	The Leading Lady
1918	It's a Wild Life MOVIE	The Girl
1918	Pipe the Whiskers MOVIE	Self
1918	Follow the Crowd MOVIE	Self
1918	On the Jump MOVIE	The Favorite
1918	Let's Go MOVIE	Self
1918	Here Come the Girls MOVIE	Self
1918	Look Pleasant, Please MOVIE	Harold's Sweetheart
1918	A Gasoline Wedding MOVIE	The Girl
1918	Beat It MOVIE	Self
1918	Hit Him Again MOVIE	Self
1918	Hello Teacher MOVIE	Self
1918	The Lamb MOVIE	Self
1918	The Tip MOVIE	Self
1917	The Big Idea MOVIE	The Girl
1917	Step Lively MOVIE	Self
1917	Bashful MOVIE	The Girl
1917	Move On MOVIE	Self
1917	We Never Sleep MOVIE	Self
1917	All Aboard MOVIE	The Girl
1917	Clubs Are Trump MOVIE	Betty
1917	The Flirt MOVIE	Girl
1917	Love, Laughs and Lather MOVIE	Self
1917	Rainbow Island MOVIE	Self
1917	From Laramie to London MOVIE	Self
1917	Bliss MOVIE	The Girl
1917	Birds of a Feather MOVIE	Self
1917	By the Sad Sea Waves MOVIE	The Doll
1917	Pinched MOVIE	Self
1917	Lonesome Luke Loses Patients MOVIE	Self
1917	Over the Fence MOVIE	Ginger's Girl
1917	Lonesome Luke's Wild Women MOVIE	Self
1917	Lonesome Luke, Mechanic MOVIE	Self
1917	Lonesome Luke, Messenger MOVIE	The Girl
1917	Stop! Luke! Listen! MOVIE	Self
1917	Lonesome Luke, Plumber MOVIE	Self
1917	Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon MOVIE	Self
1917	Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley MOVIE	Moll
1917	Lonesome Luke's Lively Life MOVIE	Self
1917	Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire MOVIE	Self
1917	Lonesome Luke, Lawyer MOVIE	Self
1917	Luke's Trolley Troubles MOVIE	Self
1917	Drama's Dreadful Deal MOVIE	Guest appearance (rumored)
1917	Luke's Busy Day MOVIE	Self
1917	Luke's Lost Liberty MOVIE	Self
1917	Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Shattered Sleep MOVIE	Flophouse Maid
1916	Luke Locates the Loot MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Fireworks Fizzle MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke, Rank Impersonator MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Movie Muddle MOVIE	Woman in the Theater
1916	Luke's Newsie Knockout MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke, Patient Provider MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke, the Gladiator MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Preparedness Preparations MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke, the Chauffeur MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke and the Bang-Tails MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Speedy Club Life MOVIE	The Girl
1916	Luke and the Mermaids MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke Joins the Navy MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke Does the Midway MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Lost Lamb MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke, Crystal Gazer MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke Rides Roughshod MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Washful Waiting MOVIE	The Girl
1916	Luke's Society Mixup MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Fatal Flivver MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke Laughs Last MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Late Lunchers MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke and the Bomb Throwers MOVIE	Self
1916	Them Was the Happy Days! MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke's Double MOVIE	Self
1916	Lonesome Luke, Circus King MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke Pipes the Pippins MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke and the Rural Roughnecks MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke Foils the Villain MOVIE	Maizie Nut
1916	Luke, the Candy Cut-Up MOVIE	Self
1916	Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury MOVIE	Self
1916	Luke Lugs Luggage MOVIE	Self
1916	Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary MOVIE	Self
1915	Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster MOVIE	Self
1915	Peculiar Patients' Pranks MOVIE	Self
1915	Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks MOVIE	Self
1915	A Foozle at the Tee Party MOVIE	Self
1915	Ragtime Snap Shots MOVIE	Self
1915	Great While It Lasted MOVIE	Self
1915	Tinkering with Trouble MOVIE	Self
1915	Bughouse Bellhops MOVIE	Self
1915	Giving Them Fits MOVIE	Co-Worker
1915	Fresh from the Farm MOVIE	Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1914	Anne of the Golden Heart MOVIE	Lucy Blake - the Daughter
1913	The Savage MOVIE	Self
1910	Justinian and Theodora MOVIE	Self
1910	A Common Enemy MOVIE	Self
1910	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz MOVIE	Dorothy Gale
1910	The Courtship of Miles Standish MOVIE	Self

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