Acting
Beatrice Lillie
Born May 29, 1894 · Ontario, Canada
Died January 20, 1989 · aged 94
Beatrice Lillie, dubbed "the funniest woman in the world", was a Canadian born British parodist, comedic actress/performer, and singer of the stage and screen. She worked extensively in both Great Britain and the United States.
Known For
Around the World in 80 Days · 1956Around the World in 80 Days
★ 6.71956
MovieAdventureComedy
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
The Show of Shows · 1929The Show of Shows
★ 6.61929
MovieMusic
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the first time in a gaudy, grandiose music-comedy-novelty revue that also included Talkie stars, Broadway luminaries and of course, Rin-Tin-Tin. Frank Fay hosts a jamboree that, among its 70+ stars, features bicyclers, boxing champ Georges Carpentier, chorines in terpsichore kickery, sister acts, Myrna Loy in two-strip Technicolor as an exotic Far East beauty, John Barrymore in a Shakespearean soliloquy (adding an on-screen voice to his legendary profile for the first time) and Winnie Lightner famously warbling the joys of Singing in the Bathtub. Watch, rinse, repeat!
Thoroughly Modern Millie · 1967Thoroughly Modern Millie
★ 6.81967
MovieComedyMusic
Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"
Exit Smiling · 1926Exit Smiling
★ 7.91926
MovieComedy
The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Flaming Women) female lead.
On Approval · 1944On Approval
★ 7.11944
MovieComedyRomance
Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.
Are You There? · 1930Are You There?
★ 7.01930
MovieActionComedy
Beatrice Lillie shines in disguise as a private detective.
Doctor Rhythm · 1938Doctor Rhythm
★ 7.51938
MovieComedyMusic
Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.