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Bebe Daniels (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer. She began her career in Hollywood during the silent film era as a child actress, became a star in musicals such as ''42nd Street'', and later gained further fame on radio and television in Britain. In a long career, Bebe Daniels appeared in 230 films. ==Early life and career== Daniels was born Phyllis Virginia Daniels (Bebe was a childhood nickname) in Dallas, Texas. Her father was a theater manager and her mother a stage actress. The family moved to Los Angeles, California in her childhood and she began her acting career at the age of four in the first version of ''The Squaw Man''. That same year she also went on tour in a stage production of Shakespeare's ''Richard III''. The following year she participated in productions by Oliver Morosco and David Belasco. By the age of seven Daniels had her first starring role in film as the young heroine in ''A Common Enemy''. At the age of nine she starred as Dorothy Gale in the 1910 short film ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''. At the age of fourteen she starred opposite film comedian Harold Lloyd in a series of two-reel comedies starting with the 1915 film ''Giving Them Fits''. The two eventually developed a publicized romantic relationship and were known in Hollywood as "The Boy" and "The Girl."〔(The Girl and The Boy, "Bebe and Harold Were A Perfect Match On and Off The Screen" ) by Tim Lussier〕 In 1919, she decided to move to greater dramatic roles and accepted a contract offering from Cecil B. DeMille, who gave her secondary roles in such films as ''Male and Female'' (1919), ''Why Change Your Wife?'' (1920), and ''The Affairs of Anatol'' (1921). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bebe Daniels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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