Bebe Daniels Trivia
In the over 200 films she made, Bebe Daniels performed all of her stunts.
She attended Sacred Heart Convent School in Los Angeles.
Cecil B. DeMille discovered her dancing at a restaurant and took her to Paramount Studios where she made ten times her old salary.
Among the twenty who comprised Paramount's "inner cabinet," Bebe Daniels was the only woman.
President Harry Truman awarded her the Medal of Freedom for her patriotism.
Her grandmother, Eva De La Plaza Griffin, was the daughter of a Governor of Columbia.
She was engaged to racing champion Charles "Fastest Human" Paddock in 1926 but called it off.
She first met future husband Ben Lyons in 1925 but she didn't like him and it wasn't until 1928 that the two would meet again at a Hollywood bridge party.
Her husband, Ben Lyon was the casting director at 20th Century Fox who signed and renamed Marilyn Monroe.
After her death, Bebe Daniel's collection of memorabilia was donated by Ben to the British Film Institute's archives. They possess three large scrapbooks containing news clippings from her early silent film days.
Her son Richard became a photographer for the British Film Institute.
"Bebe, Be Mine" was a popular song in the 20s and whenever Bebe would go to a cabaret, the orchestra leader would usually recognize her and start playing it.
Some of her favorite hobbies included swimming, horse riding, and driving fast cars fast.
Perhaps that's why Bebe Daniels spent ten days in jails for speeding?
Rio Rita (1929) was her first talkie. A big hit for RKO and a better revenge at Paramount who had just let her go.
Bebe Daniels, Betty Grable, Carole Lombard, Lana Turner, Mae Murray, Myrna Loy, Olivia De Havilland,
Vivien Leigh, William Powell
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