Binnie Hale

Infobox actress
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birthname = Beatrice Mary Hale-Monro
birthdate = birth date|1899|05|22
location = Liverpool, England, UK
deathdate = death date and age|1984|01|10|1899|05|22
deathplace = Hastings, England, USA
occupation = actress, musician
spouse = Jack Raine (?-?) (divorced) 1 Child

Binnie Hale (22 May, 1899–10 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".

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)

Theatre

* "The Punch Review" - (1955) - Duke of York's Theatre, London with Alfie Bass
*"Peggy Ryan and Ray McDonald" - (1950) - Empire Theatre Newcastle
* "Out of this World" - (1948) - London Palladium - with Frankie Howerd and Nat Jackley
*"Four, Five, Six" - (1948) - with Bobby Howes
*"Flying Colours" - (1943) - Lyric Theatre, London
*"Jack and the Beanstalk" - (1935) - Pantomime, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
*"Yes Madam?" - (1934) - London Hippodrome - show opened September 27 - with Bobby Howes
*"Give Me A Ring" - (1933) - London Hippodrome
*"Bow Bells" - (1932) - London Hippodrome - with Andre Randall, Nelson Keys and Harriet Hoctor.
*"Mr. Cinders" - (1928) - London Hippodrome - with Bobby Howes, Ruth Maitland, Arthur Chesney
*"No, No, Nanette" - (1925) - Palace Theatre, London
*"Follow The Crowd" - (1915)

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)

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.

References

External links

*imdb name | id=0354858|name=Binnie Hale
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays?forename=Binnie&surname=HALE&job=Actor&pid=13642&image_view=Yes&x=19&y=17 Binnie Hale information at the Theatre Collection, University of Bristol]