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LILIAS MUNRO 1917-2004
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Liam Byrne
Jul 19, 2004, 5:14:39 PM7/19/04
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LILIAS MUNRO former Bluebell Girl , Head of Make Up at BBC Television in the
North of England and Step mother of deceased Disney Movie Actress JANET
MUNRO, died at 2am this morning (19th July 2004) at the Victoria Hospital in
Blackpool Lancashire of Cancer.
Born Lilias (Lily) Smith in Wigan, Lancashire on 24th January 1917, Lilias
was spotted by Miss Bluebell on a visit to Blackpool in 1935 and brought to
Paris to dance as one of the famous Bluebell Girls.
She returned to England on the outbreak of World War 11 and married Scots
Comedian Alex Horsburgh (Munro) in Preston, Lancashire on 29th June 1946.
Alex had a daughter from his previous marriage to Phyllis Robershaw who died
in June 1943 from TB.
The daughter JANET was taken under her wing by Lilias who got her started in
Preston Rep in 1952 and subsequently brought her to London to pursue her
Acting Career in Television and Movies. JANET MUNRO (1934-1972) starred in
many well known movies of the period including "Darby O'Gill and the Little
People", (for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1959), Swiss Family
Robinson , "Tommy The Toreador" and " Day The Earth Caught Fire".
Lilias joined the BBC in 1956 as a Make Up Artist and worked on many of the
popular shows of the period including "The Good Old Days".
She retired in 1977 and later worked with a TV Station in New Zealand.
In later years she lived in Gatley, Cheshire and Blackpool and is survived
by her son Alex Munro Junior and Airline Executive who lives in Australia.
North of England and Step mother of deceased Disney Movie Actress JANET
MUNRO, died at 2am this morning (19th July 2004) at the Victoria Hospital in
Blackpool Lancashire of Cancer.
Born Lilias (Lily) Smith in Wigan, Lancashire on 24th January 1917, Lilias
was spotted by Miss Bluebell on a visit to Blackpool in 1935 and brought to
Paris to dance as one of the famous Bluebell Girls.
She returned to England on the outbreak of World War 11 and married Scots
Comedian Alex Horsburgh (Munro) in Preston, Lancashire on 29th June 1946.
Alex had a daughter from his previous marriage to Phyllis Robershaw who died
in June 1943 from TB.
The daughter JANET was taken under her wing by Lilias who got her started in
Preston Rep in 1952 and subsequently brought her to London to pursue her
Acting Career in Television and Movies. JANET MUNRO (1934-1972) starred in
many well known movies of the period including "Darby O'Gill and the Little
People", (for which she won a Golden Globe Award in 1959), Swiss Family
Robinson , "Tommy The Toreador" and " Day The Earth Caught Fire".
Lilias joined the BBC in 1956 as a Make Up Artist and worked on many of the
popular shows of the period including "The Good Old Days".
She retired in 1977 and later worked with a TV Station in New Zealand.
In later years she lived in Gatley, Cheshire and Blackpool and is survived
by her son Alex Munro Junior and Airline Executive who lives in Australia.
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