Bebe Daniels
Acting Born Jan 14, 1901 Died Mar 16, 1971 Dallas, Texas, USA 246 credits
Biography
Bebe Daniels was an American actress born in Dallas, Texas on January 14, 1901. Also known as Phyllis Virgin and Bebe Virginia Daniels, she was primarily known as an actress of the silent film era. Her career spanned numerous film and television credits, and she was associated with films such as 42nd Street, On a mrakodrap, and On se chce ozenit. Throughout her lifetime, she established a notable career in film and television before passing away on March 16, 1971 at the age of seventy.
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Career overview
Bebe Daniels was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer who was born in Dallas, Texas, on January 14, 1901. Also known as Phyllis Virgin and Bebe Virginia Daniels, she began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress. Throughout her career, she appeared in numerous films, with known credits totaling 244.
As her career progressed, she became a star in musicals such as 42nd Street, which was released in 1933. Other notable films associated with her include On a mrakodrap and On se chce oženit. In addition to her work in American cinema, she later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain.
Daniels passed away on March 16, 1971, at the age of 70. Her extensive career spanned multiple entertainment mediums, establishing her legacy across silent films, musicals, and broadcasting.
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Career timeline
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
This Is Your LifeLife with the LyonsThe Lyons in ParisThe Lyons in Paris · Writer
Life with the LyonsLife with the Lyons · Writer
This Is Your Life
Hi Gang!
The Return of Carol Deane
Music Is Magic
Registered NurseA Southern Maid
42nd StreetCocktail HourCounsellor at LawThe Song You Gave Me
Silver DollarHollywood on Parade No. A-1Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
The Stolen JoolsThe Maltese FalconHonor of the FamilyMy PastScreen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
Reaching for the MoonAlias French GertieLawful LarcenyDixianaLove Comes Along
Rio Rita
What a Night!Hot NewsFeel My PulseTake Me HomeThe Fifty-Fifty Girl
SenoritaSwim Girl, SwimLife in Hollywood No. 7She's a SheikA Kiss in a Taxi
The Palm Beach GirlMiss Brewster's MillionsThe Campus FlirtVolcanoStranded in Paris
Miss BluebeardThe Splendid CrimeLovers in QuarantineThe Manicure GirlThe Crowded Hour
Hello, 'FriscoArgentine LoveUnguarded WomenSinners in HeavenMonsieur Beaucaire
HollywoodThe World's ApplauseThe Glimpses of the MoonHis Children's ChildrenThe Exciters
A Trip to ParamountownNancy from NowhereA Game ChickenSinged WingsNice People
Ducks and DrakesThe Affairs of Anatol - Promo ReelThe Affairs of AnatolThe Speed GirlTwo Weeks with Pay
Oh, Lady, LadyWhy Change Your Wife?The Fourteenth ManThe Dancin' FoolSick Abed
Ask FatherSi, SenorSpring FeverSoft MoneyBefore Breakfast
Two ScrambledKicked OutSwing Your PartnersHear 'Em RaveShe Loves Me Not
Birds of a FeatherClubs Are TrumpLonesome Luke's Wild WomenBlissLuke's Trolley Troubles
Luke's Lost LambLuke's Movie MuddleLuke's Shattered SleepLuke and the MermaidsLuke Locates the Loot
Bughouse BellhopsLonesome Luke, Social GangsterGreat While It LastedPeculiar Patients' PranksGiving Them Fits
Anne of the Golden Heart
Full Filmography
246 titles- Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema (2007) as Self (archive footage)
- 42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage (2006) as Self (archive footage)
- Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy (1962) as (archive footage)
- This Is Your Life (1955) as Self
- Life with the Lyons (1955)
- The Lyons in Paris (1955) as Bebe
- The Lyons in Paris (1955) Writer
- Life with the Lyons (1954) as Bebe Lyon
- Life with the Lyons (1954) Writer
- This Is Your Life (1952) as Self
- Hi Gang! (1941) as The Liberty Girl
- The Return of Carol Deane (1938) as Carol Deane
- Music Is Magic (1935) as Diane De Valle
- Registered Nurse (1934) as Sylvia 'Ben' Benton
- A Southern Maid (1934) as Juanita / Dolores
- 42nd Street (1933) as Dorothy Brock
- Cocktail Hour (1933) as Cynthia
- Counsellor at Law (1933) as Regina 'Rexy' Gordon
- The Song You Gave Me (1933) as Mitzi Hansen
- Silver Dollar (1932) as Lily Owens Martin
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (1932) as Self
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-3 (1932) as Self
- The Stolen Jools (1931) as Mrs. Ben Lyon
- The Maltese Falcon (1931) as Ruth Wonderly
- Honor of the Family (1931) as Laura
- My Past (1931) as Doree Macy
- Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8) (1931) as Self
- Reaching for the Moon (1930) as Vivien Benton
- Alias French Gertie (1930) as Gertie Jones
- Lawful Larceny (1930) as Marion Dorsey
- Dixiana (1930) as Dixiana Caldwell
- Love Comes Along (1930) as Peggy
- Rio Rita (1929) as Rita Ferguson
- What a Night! (1928) as Dorothy Winston
- Hot News (1928) as Pat Clancy
- Feel My Pulse (1928) as Barbara Manning
- Take Me Home (1928) as Peggy Lane
- The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928) as Kathleen O'Hara
- Senorita (1927) as Señorita Francesca Hernandez
- Swim Girl, Swim (1927) as Alice Smith
- Life in Hollywood No. 7 (1927) as Herself
- She's a Sheik (1927) as Zaida
- A Kiss in a Taxi (1927) as Ginette
- The Palm Beach Girl (1926) as Emily Bennett
- Miss Brewster's Millions (1926) as Polly Brewster
- The Campus Flirt (1926) as Patricia Mansfield
- Volcano (1926) as Zabette de Chavalons
- Stranded in Paris (1926) as Julie McFadden
- Miss Bluebeard (1925) as Colette Girard
- The Splendid Crime (1925) as Jenny
- Lovers in Quarantine (1925) as Diana
- The Manicure Girl (1925) as Maria Maretti - Manicurist
- The Crowded Hour (1925) as Peggy Laurence
- Wild, Wild Susan (1925) as Susan Van Dusen
- Hello, 'Frisco (1924) as Bebe Daniels
- Argentine Love (1924) as Consuelo Garcia
- Unguarded Women (1924) as Breta Banning
- Sinners in Heaven (1924) as Barbara Stockley
- Monsieur Beaucaire (1924) as Princess Henriette
- The Heritage of the Desert (1924) as Mescal
- Daring Youth (1924) as Alita Allen
- Dangerous Money (1924) as Adele Clark
- Hollywood (1923) as Bebe Daniels
- The World's Applause (1923) as Corinne d'Alys
- The Glimpses of the Moon (1923) as Susan Branch
- His Children's Children (1923) as Diane
- The Exciters (1923) as Ronnie Rand
- A Trip to Paramountown (1922) as Self
- Nancy from Nowhere (1922) as Nancy
- A Game Chicken (1922) as Inez Hastings
- Singed Wings (1922) as Bonita della Guerda
- Nice People (1922) as Theodora (Teddy) Gloucester
- Pink Gods (1922) as Lorraine Temple
- North of the Rio Grande (1922) as Val Hannon
- Ducks and Drakes (1921) as Teddy Simpson
- The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel (1921) as As herself
- The Affairs of Anatol (1921) as Satan Synne
- The Speed Girl (1921) as Betty Lee
- Two Weeks with Pay (1921) as Pansy O'Donnell / Marie La Tour
- One Wild Week (1921) as Pauline Hathaway
- The March Hare (1921) as Lisbeth Ann Palmer
- Oh, Lady, Lady (1920) as Mary Barber
- Why Change Your Wife? (1920) as Sally Clark
- The Fourteenth Man (1920) as Marjory Seaton
- The Dancin' Fool (1920) as Junie Budd
- Sick Abed (1920) as Nurse Durant
- You Never Can Tell (1920) as Rowena Patricia Jones
- She Couldn't Help It (1920) as Young Nance
- Ask Father (1919) as Switchboard operator
- Si, Senor (1919)
- Spring Fever (1919) as The Girl
- Soft Money (1919)
- Before Breakfast (1919)
- Just Neighbors (1919) as The Bride
- Going! Going! Gone! (1919)
- Pay Your Dues (1919)
- Swat the Crook (1919)
- Ring Up the Curtain (1919) as The Leading Lady
- Captain Kidd's Kids (1919) as The Girl
- Bumping Into Broadway (1919) as The Girl
- Pistols for Breakfast (1919)
- Young Mr. Jazz (1919) as The Girl
- His Only Father (1919)
- On the Fire (1919)
- I'm on My Way (1919) as The Girl
- Off the Trolley (1919) as Trolley collector
- The Dutiful Dub (1919)
- Back to the Woods (1919) as Jeanne, Belle o' the Woods
- Male and Female (1919) as The King's favorite
- Just Dropped In (1919)
- A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919)
- Never Touched Me! (1919) as Love Interest / “Princess Sapphire”
- Crack Your Heels (1919)
- The Marathon (1919) as The Rich Girl
- Look Out Below (1919) as The Girl
- Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) as Nell
- A Sammy in Siberia (1919) as Olga - the Russian Girl
- Count the Votes (1919)
- Chop Suey & Co. (1919)
- Love's Young Scream (1919)
- Count Your Change (1919) as Miss Flighty
- Wanted - $5,000 (1919)
- Don't Shove (1919) as Bebe
- He Leads, Others Follow (1919)
- Next Aisle Over (1919) as Vera De Luxe
- Heap Big Chief (1919)
- Be My Wife (1919)
- At the Old Stage Door (1919)
- The Rajah (1919)
- Everywoman (1919) as Vice
- Two Scrambled (1918)
- Kicked Out (1918)
- Swing Your Partners (1918)
- Hear 'Em Rave (1918)
- She Loves Me Not (1918)
- Hello Teacher (1918)
- Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (1918)
- Sic 'Em, Towser (1918)
- Nothing But Trouble (1918)
- Follow the Crowd (1918)
- Bride and Gloom (1918) as Bride
- Here Come the Girls (1918)
- On the Jump (1918) as The Favorite
- Take a Chance (1918) as The Hired Girl
- That's Him (1918)
- Pipe the Whiskers (1918)
- Bees in His Bonnet (1918)
- Somewhere in Turkey (1918) as A Girl in Danger
- Two-Gun Gussie (1918) as The Girl
- Look Pleasant, Please (1918) as Harold's Sweetheart
- Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918) as Miss Goulash
- Fireman Save My Child (1918) as Girl
- The City Slicker (1918) as The Girl
- The Non-Stop Kid (1918) as Miss Wiggle
- It's a Wild Life (1918) as The Girl
- Why Pick on Me? (1918)
- Hey There (1918) as The Leading Lady
- A Gasoline Wedding (1918) as The Girl
- Beat It (1918)
- Let's Go (1918)
- An Ozark Romance (1918)
- Hit Him Again (1918)
- The Tip (1918)
- The Lamb (1918)
- Birds of a Feather (1917)
- Clubs Are Trump (1917) as Betty
- Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917)
- Bliss (1917) as The Girl
- Luke's Trolley Troubles (1917)
- Luke's Lost Liberty (1917)
- Lonesome Luke, Plumber (1917)
- Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917)
- Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon (1917)
- Lonesome Luke, Lawyer (1917)
- The Flirt (1917) as Girl
- All Aboard (1917) as The Girl
- Move On (1917)
- Over the Fence (1917) as Ginger's Girl
- Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
- By the Sad Sea Waves (1917) as The Doll
- Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917)
- Lonesome Luke's Lovely Rifle (1917)
- Bashful (1917) as The Girl
- Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917) as Moll
- We Never Sleep (1917)
- Pinched (1917)
- Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917) as The Girl
- From Laramie to London (1917)
- Step Lively (1917)
- Rainbow Island (1917)
- The Big Idea (1917) as The Girl
- Drama's Dreadful Deal (1917) as Guest appearance (rumored)
- Luke's Busy Day (1917)
- Lonesome Luke, Mechanic (1917)
- Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire (1917)
- Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917)
- Luke's Lost Lamb (1916)
- Luke's Movie Muddle (1916) as Woman in the Theater
- Luke's Shattered Sleep (1916) as Flophouse Maid
- Luke and the Mermaids (1916)
- Luke Locates the Loot (1916)
- Luke's Fireworks Fizzle (1916)
- Luke's Fatal Flivver (1916)
- Luke Laughs Last (1916)
- Luke, Rank Impersonator (1916)
- Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary (1916)
- Luke Rides Roughshod (1916)
- Luke, the Chauffeur (1916)
- Luke, the Gladiator (1916)
- Luke and the Rural Roughnecks (1916)
- Luke, Patient Provider (1916)
- Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916)
- Luke's Washful Waiting (1916) as The Girl
- Luke's Newsie Knockout (1916)
- Luke and the Bang-Tails (1916)
- Luke Foils the Villain (1916) as Maizie Nut
- Lonesome Luke, Circus King (1916)
- Luke's Double (1916)
- Luke's Preparedness Preparations (1916)
- Luke Lugs Luggage (1916)
- Luke Joins the Navy (1916)
- Luke's Speedy Club Life (1916) as The Girl
- Luke Pipes the Pippins (1916)
- Luke Does the Midway (1916)
- Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916)
- Luke's Society Mixup (1916)
- Them Was the Happy Days! (1916)
- Luke's Late Lunchers (1916)
- Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury (1916)
- Luke and the Bomb Throwers (1916)
- Bughouse Bellhops (1915)
- Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster (1915)
- Great While It Lasted (1915)
- Peculiar Patients' Pranks (1915)
- Giving Them Fits (1915) as Co-Worker
- A Foozle at the Tee Party (1915)
- Tinkering with Trouble (1915)
- Fresh from the Farm (1915) as Secondary Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- Ragtime Snap Shots (1915)
- Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks (1915)
- Anne of the Golden Heart (1914) as Lucy Blake - the Daughter
- The Savage (1913)
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) as Dorothy Gale
- The Courtship of Miles Standish (1910)
- A Common Enemy (1910)
- Justinian and Theodora (1910)
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Bebe Daniels best known for?
Bebe Daniels is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including This Is Your Life (1955), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel (1921), New Reincarnation (2002).
When and where was Bebe Daniels born?
Bebe Daniels was born on January 14, 1901 in Dallas, Texas, USA. They passed away on March 16, 1971.
How many credits does Bebe Daniels have?
Bebe Daniels has accumulated over 246 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1920 to 2007.
What is Bebe Daniels's background in cinema and television?
Bebe Daniels was an American actress born in Dallas, Texas on January 14, 1901. Also known as Phyllis Virgin and Bebe Virginia Daniels, she was primarily known as an actress of the silent film era. Her career spanned numerous film and television credits, and she was associated with films such as 42nd Street, On a mrako...
Bebe Daniels by the numbers
246credits
243films
3TV series
1910–2007active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- This Is Your Life (1955) as Self — aged about 54
- This Is Your Life (1952) as Self — aged about 51
- The Affairs of Anatol - Promo Reel (1921) as As herself — aged about 20
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