biography
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Lillie, Beatrice (Gladys)
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| female
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| lived:
| (1898–1989)
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| biography:
| Revue singer, born in Toronto, Ontario, SE Canada. After an unsuccessful start as a drawing-room ballad singer, she found her true talent in 1914 in music hall and the new vogue of ‘intimate revue’ which came from Paris. She is particularly remembered for her version of Noel Coward's ‘Mad Dogs and Englishmen’. During World War 2 she played to the troops, and was decorated by General de Gaulle. After the War she continued to work on the stage and in films, such as Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967). |
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