Name	Beatrice Lillie (Constance Sylvia Gladys Munston)
Other Name(s)	Lady Peel Bea
Height	5' 4"  (163 cm)
Build	Slim
Date of Birth	May 29, 1894
Birthplace	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Star Sign	Gemini
Died	January 20, 1989 (Aged 95)
Location of Death	Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Cause of Death	Alzheimer`s Disease
Nationality	Canadian
Ethnicity	White
Occupation	Actress
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Beatrice Lillie was having her hair coiffed at Elizabeth Arden when the wife of the founder of the Armour meat-packing company entered, noticed her, and complained loudly that she didn`t realize there would be chorus girls present or she would not have come. Soon thereafter, as Lillie was leaving and saying goodbye to the manageress in the waiting room, she said, `You may tell the butcher`s wife that Lady Peel has finished.`

In 1948, at age 54, she met singer/actor John Philip Huck, 28 years her junior. Despite their huge age difference, he became her manager and her companion for the rest of her life. Huck died of a heart attack the day after Bea passed away. They were buried side by side near her mother and sister in a small cemetery near Peel Fold.

Bea married Robert Peel in 1920, the extravagant heir of Lord Peel. When her father-in-law died in the mid-20s, she and Robert became Lord and Lady Peel. When husband Robert died of peritonitis in 1934, he left behind huge debts which forced Bea to continue working non-stop for years to come.

Made her final stage appearance as Madame Arcati in `High Spirits` the musical version of Blithe Spirit. It was during the show that she began experiencing symptoms of Alzheimers Disease.

She won a Tony in 1953: `An Evening With Beatrice Lillie`

Beatrice Lillie returned to England in April, 1944,by happenstance, on the same airplane that took Ernest Hemingway back to report on yet another war. Gertrude Lawrence was on the same plane.

For her contributions to film, Beatrice Lillie has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6404 Hollywood Blvd.

Once dubbed "the funniest woman in the world.

She learned about the death of son before she was due to go onstage she refused to postpone the performance and said she would "she would cry tomorrow."

Her son was killed during military service with the naval action. He was onboard the HMS Tenedos in Colombo Harbour, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), in 1942.

See also Trivia Index (B) :: Quotes Index (B) :: Connections Index (B)

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• Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence

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