Binnie Hale

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Binnie Hale
Born Beatrice Mary Hale-Monro
May 22, 1899(1899-05-22)
Liverpool, England, UK
Died January 10, 1984 (aged 84)
Hastings, England, USA
Occupation actress, musician
Spouse(s) Jack Raine (?-?) (divorced) 1 Child

Binnie Hale (22 May 189910 January 1984) was an English actress and musician. Both her father, Robert Hale and brother, Sonnie Hale were actors. She married West End actor Jack Raine, with whom she had one daughter.

Among films and stage productions, she appeared in No, No, Nanette in 1925 at the Palace Theatre, London. Her recording of the song "Spread A Little Happiness" from the 1928 musical Mr. Cinders is possibly her best remembered work, and the rock musician Sting took a cover version of the song to number 16 in the UK Singles Chart 54 years later for the movie Brimstone and Treacle.

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[edit] Film

  • Magyar Melody (1939) (TV) .... Roszi Belvary
  • Love from a Stranger (1937) aka A Night of Terror (USA) .... Kate Meadows
  • Take a Chance (1937) .... Wilhelmina Ryde
  • The Phantom Light (1935) .... Alice Bright
  • Hyde Park Corner (1935) .... Sophie
  • This Is the Life (1933) .... Sarah Tuttle
  • On with the Dance (1927)

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[edit] Discography

  • Spread A Little Happiness (date unknown) - solo album
  • The Debonnaire (date unknown) - with Jack Buchanan, Elsie Randolph
  • Yes Madam? - (1934) - with Bobby Howes
  • No, No, Nanette - (1925)

[edit] Other recordings

Binnie Hale made many recordings between 1925 and 1941, the majority for the Columbia label in London. For full details, see Brian Rust, with Rex Bunnett, London Musical Shows on Record 1897-1976, General Gramophone Plublications Ltd, Harrow, Middlesex, 1977, pp. 462-64.

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