page_title: Bebe Daniels
section_title: Career in London and later
hierarchical_section_title: Bebe Daniels / Career in London and later
caption_attribution_description: English: Publicity photo of Bebe Daniels from Stars of the Photoplay. Bebe Daniels, a Texan by birth, but came to Los Angeles at a very early age. She went on the stage when four years old. At the age of eight she appeared in child parts on the screen. She returned to the stage and later returned to film work in comedies. For four years she appeared in comedies with Harold Lloyd, which made them both famous. She was then featured in "Why Change Your Wife?" She also played leading roles opposite the late Wallace Reid. She was born January 14, 1901, is five feet, three and one-half inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, has black hair and dark brown eyes.
context_page_description: Phyllis Virginia "Bebe" Daniels 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 Rio Rita, and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain. In a long career, Daniels appeared in 230 films.
context_section_description: Bebe Daniels retired from Hollywood in 1935 with her husband, film actor Ben Lyon, and their two children, and then she moved to London. In February 1939, Daniels and Lyon co-starred in a series of commercial radio shows, the Rinso Radio Revue, recorded in London for Radio Luxembourg. They and Bebe's mother Phyllis all went back to the U.S. on 14 June 1939, leaving Barbara and Richard in Los Angeles in the care of Phyllis, and then returned to London seven weeks later. After the start of World War II, they worked for the BBC, most notably starring in the comedy radio series Hi Gang! Born from an idea by Ben, and with most of the dialogue by Bebe, it enjoyed considerable popularity. A few years later, Daniels starred in the London production of Panama Hattie in the title role originated by Ethel Merman. The couple remained in England through the days of The Blitz.
  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 Films. She returned to the UK in 1948 and lived there for the remainder of her life. Daniels, her husband, her son Richard and her daughter Barbara all starred in the radio sitcom Life with the Lyons (1951 to 1961), which later made the transition to television.
caption: Publicity photo, circa 1924
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