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Barbara Lyon

Barbara Bebe Bernadette Lyon (September 9, 1931 – July 10, 1995) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] was a singer of popular music and an actress. Although she was born in the United States, her career...

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Barbara Bebe Bernadette Lyon (September 9, 1931 – July 10, 1995)[1][2] was a singer of popular music and an actress. Although she was born in the United States, her career was mostly based in the United Kingdom.

Life and career

Barbara Bebe Lyon was born in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles in 1931.[3] Her parents, Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels, were both Hollywood actors, beginning in silent films with careers extending into the 1930s. In the early part of World War II, Ben Lyon joined the Royal Air Force, and though the family returned later to the United States, they made Britain their adopted home. From 1950 to 1961 they had a radio programme on the BBC, Life With The Lyons. Ben, Bebe, Barbara, and Barbara's brother Richard all played themselves on this show (perhaps inspired by the success in the US of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, also featuring a real-life family), bringing the family before the British public.

In the 1950s, both Barbara and Richard began their own independent careers; Richard recorded one single, but primarily found his career to be as an actor, both in the UK and the US. With Barbara, the situation was reversed: she did some acting, but found more popularity as a singer, with two hits in the UK Singles Chart.[4] However, after those two hits she was unable to chart, and went into acting, both in the UK and U.S.

Lyon sang in her own TV series, Dreamtime With Barbara (1956).[5] She married Russell Turner, the show's producer, at St. James' Church in London[6] the following year. The couple divorced, and she married accountant Colin Birkett[1] in 1968. They had one son, and later divorced.

Death

Lyon died on July 10, 1995, of a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 63.[1]

Charting singles

  • "Stowaway" (1955) – Columbia – UK number 12
  • "Letter to a Soldier" (1956) – Columbia – UK number 27 [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Valiance, Tom (28 de julio de 1995). "En la guarida de los Lyons" . The Guardian . Inglaterra, Londres. pág.  11. Recuperado el 19 de noviembre de 2021 a través de Newspapers.com .
  2. ↑ LYON, BARBARA BEBE BERNADETTE 1931 Referencia GRO: DOR Q3/1995 en HOUNSLOW (2371C) Reg 29C Número de entrada 263
  3. ↑ Fecha de nacimiento: 9 de septiembre de 1931; Condado de nacimiento: Los Ángeles. Ancestry.com. Índice de nacimientos de California, 1905-1995 [base de datos en línea]. Provo, UT, EE. UU.: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
  4. 1 2 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19.ª ed.). Londres: Guinness World Records Limited. pág. 335. ISBN   978-1-904994-10-7.
  5. ↑, BBC Genome
  6. ↑ Epting, Charles L. (26 de agosto de 2016). Bebe Daniels: La buena y pequeña mala chica de Hollywood . McFarland. pág. 184. ISBN  978-1-4766-2532-4. Consultado el 19 de noviembre de 2021 .
  • Barbara Lyon en IMDb
  • Biografía/discografía (solo muestra sencillos de 45 rpm)
  • Discografía de Barbara Lyon en Discogs
  • Obituario publicado en The Independent (Londres)