revue in 1939. Its success led to a career as an entertainer, giving her creations in theatres in five continents between 1940 and 1969.

Life and career

Early years

Born in Montpelier Square, Knightsbridge, London, Grenfell was the daughter of an American socialite, Nora Langhorne, one of five daughters of Chiswell Langhorne, (an American railway millionaire), and of the architect Paul Phipps,

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