Chili Bouchier

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Chili Bouchier (September 12, 1909 – September 9, 1999) later known as Dorothy Bouchier was a British film actress who achieved success during the silent film era, and who made occasional film appearances with the advent of sound films, before progressing to theatre.

She made her first appearance as a child dancer at a charity performance. She became a typist on leaving school and later a mannequin. Her first appearance was as a bathing belle in Shooting Stars. Bouchier won a contest run by the Daily Mail in 1927 to become a film star. She combined her film career with a great deal of stage work in the U.K. From 1950 onwards most of her appearances were on stage in dramas, comedies and revues where she continued to work until well into her eighties.

She died three days short of her ninetieth birthday in Marylebone, London.

Chili Bouchier worked at Harrods when she was 15 years old.

In 1996, Chili Bouchier published her autobiography Shooting Star.

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