Beatrice Lillie

Beatrice Gladys "Bea" Lillie (May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989) was an actress and comedic performer. Following her 1920 marriage to Sir Robert Peel in England, she was known in private life as Lady Peel.

Lillie was born in Toronto, where she performed, along with other Ontario towns as part of a family trio with her mother and older sister, Muriel. Eventually, her mother, Lucie, took the girls to London, England where she made her West End debut in the 1914 Not Likely. She was noted primarily for her stage work in revues, especially those staged by André Charlot, and light comedies, and was frequently paired with Gertrude Lawrence, Bert Lahr and Jack Haley.^{[citation needed]}

In her revues, she utilized sketches, songs, and parody that won her lavish praise from the New York Times after her 1924 New York debut. In some of her best known bits, she would solemnly parody the flowery performing style of earlier decades, mining such songs as "There are Fairies at the Bottom of our Garden" and "Mother Told Me So" for every double entendre, while other numbers ("Get Yourself a Geisha" and "Snoops the Lawyer", for example) showcased her exquisite sense of the absurd. Her performing in such comedy routines as "One Double Dozen Double Damask Dinner Napkins", (in which an increasingly flummoxed matron attempts to purchase said napkins) earned her the frequently used sobriquet of "Funniest Woman in the World". She never performed the "Dinner Napkins" routine in Britain, because British audiences had already seen it performed by the Australian-born English revue performer Cicely Courtneidge, for whom it was written.^{[citation needed]}

Lillie, Beatrice Filmography

Play in Full Screen Bob Hope's Birthday Memories

1994, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen Thoroughly Modern Millie

1967, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Meers
Play in Full Screen G.P.O. Telephone Personality Girl

1959, role: actress , character name: Herself - Performer
Play in Full Screen The 11th Annual Tony Awards

1957, role: actress , character name: Herself - Presenter
Play in Full Screen Around the World in Eighty Days

1956, role: actress , character name: Leader of London Revivalist Group
Play in Full Screen The Star-Spangled Revue

1950, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen On Approval

1944, role: actress , character name: Maria Wislack
Play in Full Screen A Welcome to Britain

1943, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen Dr. Rhythm

1938, role: actress , character name: Mrs. Lorelei Dodge-Blodgett
Play in Full Screen Paramount Headliner: Broadway Highlights No. 1

1935, role: actress , character name: Bea Lillie
Play in Full Screen Broadway Highlights No. 2

1935, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen Are You There?

1930, role: actress , character name: Shirley Travis
Play in Full Screen The Show of Shows

1929, role: actress
Play in Full Screen Beatrice Lillie

1929, role: actress , character name: Herself
Play in Full Screen Exit Smiling

1926, role: actress , character name: Violet

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Potter's Wheel

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Potter's Wheel

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Potter's Wheel

The world is fast becoming younger
The news is all they’ve ever known
They’ve seen the wars, the hurt, the hunger
How will they choose when they are grown
What do you tell forever’s children
When it’s their turn to hurt and heal
Whatever spins a grim tornedo
Can also turn a potters wheel
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Tell with your life the bloody story
Teach to they’re dreams not burning steel
It’s not in bombs where lies the glory
But in what’s shattered on the field
The potter’s wheel takes love and caring
Skill and patience fast and slow
The works it makes are easily broken
Once they survive the potter’s throw
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Some day some children will be digging
In some long forgotten ground
And they’ll find our civilisation
Or what’s left of it to be found
They’ll find the weapons of destruction
But buried deeper in the hole
They’ll find a message and a promise
In the sand, the potter’s bowl
Take a little clay
Put it on a wheel
Get a little hint
How God must feel
Give a little turn
Listen to a spin
Make it into the shape
You want it in
Earth and fire and wind conspire

photo: Creative Commons / Ted Eytan

Hillary Clinton presidential campaign Speech to supporters after conceding to Bernie Sanders, Hooksett New Hampshire, USA

Dems show true colors, want Clinton to run even if indicted

Edit The Examiner 31 May 2016

In a stunning revelation, 71 percent of likely voters who identified themselves as Democrats told the Rasmussen survey, published today, that they believe Hillary Rodham Clinton should continue running for the presidency if she is indicted in connection with the use of a private e-mail server while Secretary of State. Today’s Seattle Times fact-checks some of her statements regarding the e-mail scandal ... ....

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This July 27, 2014 photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows Tashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Farook, as they passed through O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

U.S. Government Seeks Seizure Of Insurance Payments To San Bernardino Shooter's Family

Edit WorldNews.com 01 Jun 2016

U.S. Atty ... “We will continue to use every tool available to seek justice on behalf of the victims of the San Bernardino terrorist attacks.”Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, opened fire on San Bernardino County workers at a holiday party on Dec ... ....

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File - Sergey V. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, briefs the press following a UN Security Council resolution on Syria, 18 December, 2015.

Russian Foreign Minister: 'Nyet' On Ceding Kurils To Japan

Edit WorldNews.com 31 May 2016

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Tuesday announced his country has no plans to cede parts of the contested Kuril Islands to Japan, a China Daily report said. "We aren't doing this and we won't do this ... He also said the sanctions against Russia imposed by the United States and its allies should be seen as an opportunity to diversify the Russian economy.– WN.com, Jack Durschlag....

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In this photo provided by ABC, Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, left, talks with host Jimmy Kimmel during a taping of the ABC television show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” on Wednesday, May 25, 2016, in Los Angeles.

Debate That Should Have Been Shows Who’s Committed To Democracy And Who’s Committed To Backing Out

Edit WorldNews.com 31 May 2016

Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingMany Americans are still disappointed over the debate that should have been between Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Indeed, feathers flew over the weekend as some called the presumptive Republican presidential candidate a “chicken” and “coward” for making excuses to back out ... Sanders, for his part, immediately responded with “Game On .” ... Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) ... more democratic ... ....

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Male gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) at the Cincinnati zoo, 8 septembre 2012, United States

Backlash Over Killing Of Gorilla Scapegoats Mother Of Tot Who Fell Into Zoo Enclosure

Edit Inquisitr 31 May 2016

Backlash over the killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo has fanned social media anger against the mother of the tot who slipped into a restricted area where he was in danger of being mauled. At the same time, witnesses of the incident are trying to put things in perspective and calm passions against the mother’s “negligence” or the zoo’s decision that led to the shooting of a rare gorilla....

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Edit Huffington Post 21 Feb 2016

In the beginning, there was precious little in the way of documenting history (cave paintings are not the speediest form of communication). However, as labor-intensive tools of communication (e.g. hieroglyphics) have been upgraded and replaced by electronics, mankind's ability to document its own history has had a remarkable impact on humanity ... Roberts and J. Will Callahan ... In 1967, Beatrice Lillie was cast as the predatory Mrs ... S.K ... ....

At Williams College, Andy Warhol Casts His Queer Eye On Books

Edit Huffington Post 14 Mar 2015

A Book for Fairies", is most probably a first idea for the cover of a self-published artist's book that Warhol finally produced as In the Bottom of my Garden – a reference to the song "There are Fairies in the Bottom of Our Garden", from the repertoire of the comic singer Beatrice Lillie, but leaving out the title's one crucial word....

The National Archives Presents Special Daytime Programs this Fall (NARA - National Archives and Records Administration)

Edit noodls 19 Sep 2014

(Source. NARA - National Archives and Records Administration) Press Release. September 18, 2014. Washington, DC…The National Archives presents a series of daytime public programs this fall. These events are free and open to the public and will be held in the William G. McGowan Theater at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, unless otherwise noted ... FILM. Nicky's Family ... FILM ... Stars Clive Brook, Beatrice Lillie, and Googie Withers....

Attention Must Be Paid

Edit Huffington Post 28 Jul 2014

In that 12-month period 16 major musicals debuted on Broadway ... (568 performances); I Had A Ball starring Buddy Hackett (199 performances); Fade Out-Fade In starring Carol Burnett (274 performances); Ben Franklin in Paris starring Robert Preston (215 performances); What Makes Sammy Run? starring Steve Lawrence (540 performances); and High Spirits starring Beatrice Lillie (375 performances) ... "Just because I found his kiss appealing ... No......

Lady Peel House: Atelier rzlbd Renovates a Dark Victorian into a Bright and Airy Home

Edit Inhabitat 25 Apr 2014

 . . Once a dark Victorian home, the Lady Peel House in Toronto is now a bright, modern residence ... . This home was the original birthplace of comedian and actress Beatrice Lillie (known as Lady Peel), but it now serves as a modern, bright and airy residence in Toronto. The historic home was remade with an open floor plan and a more efficient use of space ... Related ... 0 ... ....

What lies beneath Samuel Beckett's half-buried woman in Happy Days?

Edit The Guardian 21 Jan 2014

It is one of Beckett's most famous – and most startling – images. But what inspired the half-buried woman in Happy Days? His friend and biographer James Knowlson tracks down the first Winnies ... Photograph. Neil Libbert ... "There are no days here, but I use the expression ... The full range of these pictures – which include shots of Dorothy Dickson, Beatrice Lillie, Diana Churchill and Audrey Hepburn – became known only fairly recently ... ....

Lillie, Beatrice Filmography

Beatrice Lillie

ALBUMS

The Music of Broadway: 1939

Original Cast! 100 Years of the American Musical Theater: Visitors From Abroad

In Town Tonight: 25 Nostalgic Threatre and Cabaret Songs

Showstoppers: Various

Peter and the Wolf (S. Prokofiev)/Carnival of the Animals (C. Saint-Saens)

Born: 1894-05-29

Died: 1989-01-20