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Enid Bennett(1893-1969)

  • Actress
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Enid Bennett
Australian-born Enid Bennett (her sisters, Catherine Bennett and Marjorie Bennett, were also actresses) started her career on stage in Sydney. She became a well-regarded stage actress there, and eventually made her way to New York to conquer Broadway. Broadway, however, wasn't particularly interested in being conquered by Miss Bennett, and it took her several months to find any work at all. Finally, her "English" (actually Australian) accent got her a job in "Cock of the Walk". She was seen there by film producer Thomas H. Ince, who signed her to a contract and brought her to Hollywood. She married twice, both of her husbands being top Hollywood directors: Fred Niblo and Sidney Franklin. Her last film was Päivä tavaratalossa (1941) with The Marx Brothers, in which she had an uncredited bit part as a clerk, and she retired from the movie business soon afterward. She died of a heart attack in Malibu, CA, in 1969.
BornJuly 15, 1893
DiedMay 14, 1969(75)
BornJuly 15, 1893
DiedMay 14, 1969(75)
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Enid Bennett in Strangers of the Night (1923)
Enid Bennett and Walt Whitman in The Girl, Glory (1917)
Enid Bennett, John Gilbert, and Gayne Whitman in Princess of the Dark (1917)
Ramon Novarro and Enid Bennett in The Red Lily (1924)
Bette Davis, Enid Bennett, Mae Clarke, Frederick Kerr, and Douglass Montgomery in Waterloo Bridge (1931)
Enid Bennett in The Woman in the Suitcase (1920)
Enid Bennett in The Vamp (1918)
Enid Bennett and Rowland V. Lee in Her Husband's Friend (1920)
Enid Bennett and Fred Niblo in Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1916)
Enid Bennett and Charles Ray in The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923)
Douglas Fairbanks and Enid Bennett in Robin Hood (1922)
Bessie Barriscale, Enid Bennett, Dorothy Dalton, William Desmond, Louise Glaum, William S. Hart, Charles Ray, and Clara Williams

Known for:

The Red Lily (1924)
The Red Lily
7.2
  • Marise La Noue
  • 1924
Fuss and Feathers (1918)
Fuss and Feathers
  • Susie Baldwin
  • 1918
A Woman's Heart
  • Eve Allen Waring
  • 1926
Enid Bennett in Stepping Out (1919)
Stepping Out
  • Mrs.Robert Hillary
  • 1919

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Actress

  • Groucho Marx, Douglass Dumbrille, Margaret Dumont, Virginia Grey, Tony Martin, Chico Marx, and Harpo Marx in Päivä tavaratalossa (1941)
    Päivä tavaratalossa
    6.5
    • Clerk in Ladies' Hats (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, and Paul Whiteman in Me jazzikuninkaat (1940)
    Me jazzikuninkaat
    6.8
    • Mrs. Morgan
    • 1940
  • Jean Hersholt in Meet Doctor Christian (1939)
    Meet Doctor Christian
    5.9
    • Anne Hewitt
    • 1939
  • Ingrid Bergman and Leslie Howard in Intermezzo (1939)
    Intermezzo
    6.6
    • Greta Stenborg - His Wife
    • 1939
  • Sooky (1931)
    Sooky
    5.0
    • Mrs. Skinner
    • 1931
  • Mae Clarke and Douglass Montgomery in Waterloo Bridge (1931)
    Waterloo Bridge
    7.4
    • Mrs. Wetherby
    • 1931
  • Jackie Cooper in Skippy (1931)
    Skippy
    6.3
    • Mrs. Skinner
    • 1931
  • Good Medicine (1929)
    Good Medicine
    Short
    • 1929
  • Enid Bennett, Francis X. Bushman, and Johnnie Walker in The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross (1927)
    The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
    5.7
    Short
    • Betsy Ross
    • 1927
  • The Wrong Mr. Wright (1927)
    The Wrong Mr. Wright
    • Henrietta
    • 1927
  • A Woman's Heart
    • Eve Allen Waring
    • 1926
  • The Red Lily (1924)
    The Red Lily
    7.2
    • Marise La Noue
    • 1924
  • Wallace Beery and Milton Sills in The Sea Hawk (1924)
    The Sea Hawk
    7.1
    • Lady Rosamund Godolphin
    • 1924
  • Harrison Ford in A Fool's Awakening (1924)
    A Fool's Awakening
    • Olivia Gale
    • 1924
  • Enid Bennett and Charles Ray in The Courtship of Myles Standish (1923)
    The Courtship of Myles Standish
    6.3
    • Priscilla Mullens
    • 1923

Personal details

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  • Height
    • 1.60 m
  • Born
    • July 15, 1893
    • York, Western Australia, Australia
  • Died
    • May 14, 1969
    • Malibu, California, USA(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Sidney FranklinJune 20, 1963 - May 14, 1969 (her death)
  • Relatives
      Catherine Bennett(Sibling)
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    Sister of actress Marjorie Bennett

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