Enid Bennett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1893
- Died
- May 14, 1969 (aged 75)
- Birthplace
- York, Western Australia, Australia
Biography
From Wikipedia Born in York, Western Australia, Enid Bennett started her film acting career in 1916, first starring in Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, with two other films that same year. She married American director Sidney Franklin early in her career, but they were divorced shortly thereafter. In 1917, she starred in five films, the most important of which was The Little Brother opposite William Garwood. That film brought her to the attention of studios and led to an increasing number of acting roles. From 1918 to 1921, she starred in twenty-three films, becoming well known and recognizable as an actress. In 1918 she married director Fred Niblo, who later directed the second film version of Ben Hur. In 1922, she starred in only three films, but one of those became her most famous role, the female lead of "Maid Marian" in Robin Hood with Douglas Fairbanks. From 1923 to 1928, she starred in only ten films, as her career had slowed to a crawl. She was a mother by that time, as she and Niblo eventually had three children together. In 1929, her brother Alexander Bennett married actress Frances Lee. The wedding was attended by some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Gloria Swanson and Greta Garbo. That year Bennett starred in only one film, Good Medicine, opposite Edward Everett Horton. Bennett's sisters Marjorie (1896-1982) and Catherine (1901–1978) were also Hollywood film actresses. She made a semi-successful transition to sound films, but saw fewer roles come her way. From 1931 to 1941 she had roles in only seven films, the last of which was uncredited. She retired after 1941, eventually residing with her family in Malibu, California, where she died in 1969 from a heart attack, aged 75.
Known For
Filmography
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Movie · as Fanny
The Big Store
Movie · as Clerk (uncredited)
Strike Up the Band
Movie · as Mrs. Morgan
Meet Dr. Christian
Movie · as Anne Hewitt
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Movie · as Greta Stenborg
Skippy
Movie · as Ellen Skinner
Waterloo Bridge
Movie · as Mary Cronin Wetherby
Sooky
Movie · as Helen Skinner
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
Movie · as Betsy Ross
The Wrong Mr. Wright
Movie · as Henrietta
The Sea Hawk
Movie · as Lady Rosamund Godolphin
The Red Lily
Movie · as Marise La Noue
Strangers of the Night
Movie · as Poppy Faire
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Movie · as Priscilla Mullens
Your Friend and Mine
Movie · as Patricia Stanton
The Bad Man
Movie · as Mrs. Morgan Pell
Scandalous Tongues
Movie · as Nell Bradley
The Bootlegger's Daughter
Movie · as Nell Bradley
Robin Hood
Movie · as Lady Marian Fitzwalter
The Woman in the Suitcase
Movie · as Mary Moreland
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
Movie · as Herself
The False Road
Movie · as Betty Palmer
Her Husband's Friend
Movie · as Judith Westover
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
Movie · as self
Silk Hosiery
Movie · as Marjorie Bowen
The Haunted Bedroom
Movie · as Betsy Thorne
Partners Three
Movie · as Agnes Cuyler
Happy Though Married
Movie · as Millicent Lee
What Every Woman Learns
Movie · as Amy Fortesque
Stepping Out
Movie · as Mrs. Robert Hillary
The Virtuous Thief
Movie · as Shirley Armitage
The Law of Men
Movie · as Laura Dayne
A Desert Wooing
Movie · as Avice Bereton
The Marriage Ring
Movie · as Anne Mertons
The Vamp
Movie · as Nancy Lyons
Coals of Fire
Movie · as Nell Bradley
When Do We Eat?
Movie · as Nora
The Biggest Show on Earth
Movie · as Roxie Kemp
The Keys of the Righteous
Movie · as Mary Manning
Fuss and Feathers
Movie · as Susie Baldwin
Happiness
Movie · as Doris Wingate
Princess of the Dark
Movie · as Fay Herron
The Little Brother
Movie · as Jerry Ross
The Girl, Glory
Movie · as Glory Wharton
The Mother Instinct
Movie · as Eleanor Coutierre
The Aryan
Movie · as Undetermined Secondary Role