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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday February 17 1990- Page Book review Lady Peel was a funny woman By VINCENT EGAN When died at age about a year ago an older genera tion mourned and smiled at the memory of her comedic talents A younger generation shrugged not knowing who she was Lady Peel to give her her for mal designation had been one of the most popular stars of the Englishspeaking entertainment world and whats more born and raised a Canadian And in the classic manner of so many great comedians she lived an offstage life that brought her pain and tragedy in large measure Beatrice The Funniest Woman in the World by Bruce McGrawHill Ryerson pages is an anecdote- filled story of her life written lov ingly by a man who served as her stage manager and friend for more than 30 years Beatrice Gladys was born May 29 at in Torontos west end Laffey starts off shakily writing on his very first page that this was In a neighborhood that is actually five km away to the east Her father John Lillie was a homespun immigrant from Ireland by way or India where he had served in the ranks of the imperial army Her mother the former Lucy Ann Shaw was on the other hand a- proud and selfassured lady an accomplished pianist and trained singer Mrs was determined that Muriel the first of the couples two children would become a profes sional pianist and almost as an afterthought that younger daughter Beatrice would sing pro fessionally COMIC GIFT Although Bea was blessed with a fine singing voice she soon proved to have an unusual talent for im personation and comedy as well inherited she always maintained from her father John Lillie a loving parent although largely ignored by his wife and growing daughters scraped together enough money to allow the three females to leave him and travel to seek greater showbusiness opportunities than Toronto could offer in In one of those ironies of life it was on the day preceding the out break of war in August which plunged the world into four years of darkness that 20yearold Bea signed a contract that was to send her to the top ranks of the entertainment world Her discoverer was- the renowned impresario Andre Chariot He placed Bea Lillie in a succession of ever bigger roles in London stage productions In one show Chariot assigned a youthful Gertrude Lawrence to be Beas understudy They became SAME DAY TAX RETURNS 101 St Georgetown 8772217 MAID SERVICE WHOS BEST SHOW COAST TO For FREE Estimates call 8732165 lifelong friends and through Ger trude also formed a long standing and mutually rewarding association with Noel Coward then on the brink of a LADY PEEL Soon after the First World War Lillie received a visitor backstage Robert Peel tall dark the scion of an aristocratic family but impecunious felt that she could trust him he was fascinated by the theatrical scene and her mother was thrilled that might eventually acquire a title Without necessarily being in love with each other Bea and Bobby were married in January 1S20 The marriage was almost a com plete failure although it resulted in the birth of Robert Bobbie Peel the sixth and future baronet in December 1920 Bea Lillies stage career on the other hand was marked by one success after another throughout the period between the wars in London and later in New York and Hollywood Fate wasnt always benign however Her father died in her husband in of peritonitis and her only son in 1942 killed at sea serving aboard a Royal Navy destroyer She was devastated writes Laffey and never for the rest of her life recovered from the loss of her son As she had done in the First World War Bea frequently and gladly entertained the armed forces during the second world conflict LONG CAREER Bea Lillie continued to star on stage screen and TV and in nightclubs for decades Her last movie was Thoroughly Modern Millie made in 1967 By then her memory had almost completely failed and countless takes were needed for each of her scenes The author says Bea received generous and understan ding support from the two stars of that film Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore A relatively unimportant per former named John Philip Huck attached himself to Lady Peel in the late 1940s trying with con siderable success to control her life and to keep her friends away from her At the age of she died in England on Jan 1989 and dropped dead the following day Vincent Egan is a Toronto- based reviewer and travel writer APPLE WINDSHIELD REPAIRS Handla All Inauranca Claims RSPs are popular item in January and February ITS YOUR MONEY Paul J Rockel Retirement Savings Plan is great Every financial writer will tell you the same thing Its the first way you should put your sav ings to work Its also a great in centive to save What makes them so great Well there are dozens of reasons but the first one is that it is tax- deductible Another is that they all gain in value while in the plan without incurring any tax until you start taking the monies out Another reason is that you can use different kinds of 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