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- DIED. Beatrice Lillie, 94, theater and film comedian touted as
- the "funniest woman in the world''; at her home in Henley-on-
- Thames, England. Brandishing her long cigarette holder, Lillie
- delivered masterly double entendres and verbal sallies. She won a
- Tony Award in 1953 for her one-woman show An Evening with Beatrice
- Lillie and acclaim for her roles in such films as Exit Smiling
- (1927) and Around the World in 80 Days (1956).