- Her second cousin, Dr. Lee De Forest, "the father of sound", frequented the set of Rio Rita (1929) while she rehearsed. He was instrumental in improving the sound quality of the early talkies and significantly helped her career through his technical expertise.
- Reportedly, Bebe was Al Capone's favorite actress. When Bebe and Ben were visiting a hotel, their hotel room was burgled and thousands in jewels were stolen. When Capone heard of this, he sent out a warning to 'whomever' had stolen Bebe's property, that they had 24 hours to return the items. The items were returned.
- Her movie The Speed Girl (1921) was made to capitalize on her ten-day jail sentence for multiple speeding tickets. The movie's poster shows her walking out of a jail cell.
- She had two children, a daughter Barbara and an adopted son, Richard Lyon. She became a singer for British Columbia records and he became London's top disc jockey and later with his mother operated an interior decorating and antique studio.
- Cousin of Calvert DeForest and DeForest Kelley.
- Had Spanish ancestry through her maternal grandmother, Eva Guadalupe García de la Plaza y Gil de Tejada Griffin (1850-1943), who was born in Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Mrs. Griffin was descended from the Spanish conquerors of New Granada and from Josephine de Beauharnais, Napoleon's first wife and empress.
- Various sources indicate she is related to Mickey Daniels of "Our Gang". They are not related. Bebe's father's full name was Melville Daniel MacNeal, and she was an only child.
- She passed away eight days after Harold Lloyd's death, her frequent co-star in many films during her early career. Following her death, her remains were cremated at London's Golders Green Crematorium and her ashes returned to the United States; she was interred at the Chapel Columbarium at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
- Her "vamp" role in Cecil B. DeMille's Why Change Your Wife? (1920) brought her enormous popularity and respect as a dramatic actress.
- Screenland magazine reported in January 1922, that Daniels and Viola Dana were more popular in Japan than Mary Pickford and Mary Miles Minter.
- Daughter of actress Phyllis Daniels.
- She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1716 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- Harold Lloyd was her first date.
- Her first name, Bebe (pronounced "be-be" by people who knew her), is the Spanish word for "baby".
- Bebe entered films as a child actress appearing in productions of the Ince Kalen and Imp Companies for whom her mother was casting director. In 1915 she joined Hal Roach and appeared in over 200 one and two reel comedies playing opposite Harold Lloyd then in 1919 she came to the attention of Cecil B De Mille and acted under his direction in her first feature length film Male and Female. A contract with Paramount followed.
- On April 18, 1921, the first day of Daniels' 10-day jail sentence for speeding, Justice Cox, the judge who had sentenced her, brought her a bouquet of roses.
- When entertaining the troops during the war she insisted on being close to the front lines and one time walked through the trenches and was going to cross into the Italian lines until an officer realised and escorted her back.
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