Chili Bouchier

Chili Bouchier
Chili Bouchier.
Born	Dorothy Irene Boucher 12 September 1909(1909-09-12) London, England
Died	9 September 1999(1999-09-09) (aged 89) Marylebone, London, England
Other names	Dorothy Bouchier
Years active	1927–1960

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

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.

Selected filmography

• Shooting Stars (1927)
• You Know What Sailors Are (1928)
• The Silver King (1929)
• Enter the Queen (1930)
• Warned Off (1930)
• Carnival (1931)
• Ebb Tide (1932)
• The King's Cup (1933)
• Summer Lightning (1933)
• It's a Cop (1934)
• To Be a Lady (1934)
• Honours Easy (1935)
• The Mad Hatters (1935)
• Get Off My Foot (1935)
• Faithful (1936)
• Southern Roses (1936)
• Where's Sally? (1936)
• Mayfair Melody (1937)
• The Singing Cop (1938)
• The Dark Stairway (1938)
• Mr. Satan (1938)
• The Return of Carol Deane (1938)
• Everything Happens to Me (1938)
• My Wife's Family (1941)
• Facing the Music (1941)
• Murder in Reverse (1945)
• The Laughing Lady (1946)
• Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
• The Case of Charles Peace (1949)
• Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)
• Blueprint for Danger (1952)
• The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
• The Boy and the Bridge (1959)
• Dead Lucky (1960)

External links

• Chili Bouchier at the Internet Movie Database
• The archives of Chili Bouchier are held at The Women's Library at London Metropolitan University, ref 7CHB
• Obituary in The Independent