Binnie Hale

[1][2][3] Hale was one of the most successful stars in London in the 1920s and 1930s, known for her vivacity, and able to sing leading roles in operetta as well as musicals and revue.

[3][4] In 1924, she married the English actor Jack Raine,[5][6] with whom she had appeared in The Dippers, by Ben Travers in 1922 and in The Odd Spot.

Next, she starred in the title role of Nippy (1930); in Bow Bells, together with her father (1932); and The Dubarry as Jeanne (1932 UK tour).

(1934, with Howes, who later starred in the film version), Anne in Rise and Shine (1936), and Cochran's Coronation revue Home and Beauty (1937).

[4] In the 1940s, and through most of the 1950s, she played as the principal boy in pantomimes and appeared in and variety shows, musicals such as Up and Doing (1940) and Flying Colours (1941), and revues such as One, Two, Three!

In her last West End role, she played the Duchess and Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland at the Winter Garden Theatre (1959).

[1] She died from bronchopneumonia on 10 January 1984, at the age of 84, at St Helen's Hospital in Hastings, East Sussex.