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Enid Bennett
York, Western Australia, Australia
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…
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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.
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1941
The Big Store
Movie Clerk (uncredited)
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1940
Strike Up the Band
Movie Mrs. Morgan
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1939
Meet Dr. Christian
Movie Anne Hewitt
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1939
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Movie Greta Stenborg
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1931
Sooky
Movie Helen Skinner
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1931
Waterloo Bridge
Movie Mary Cronin Wetherby
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1931
Skippy
Movie Ellen Skinner
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1927
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
Movie Betsy Ross
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1927
The Wrong Mr. Wright
Movie Henrietta
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1924
The Red Lily
Movie Marise La Noue
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1924
The Sea Hawk
Movie Lady Rosamund Godolphin
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1923
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Movie Priscilla Mullens
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1923
The Bad Man
Movie Mrs. Morgan Pell
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1923
Strangers of the Night
Movie Poppy Faire
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1923
Your Friend and Mine
Movie Patricia Stanton
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1922
Scandalous Tongues
Movie Nell Bradley
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1922
Robin Hood
Movie Lady Marian Fitzwalter
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1922
The Bootlegger's Daughter
Movie Nell Bradley
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1920
Silk Hosiery
Movie Marjorie Bowen
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1920
Her Husband's Friend
Movie Judith Westover
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1920
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
Movie self
- 1920
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1920
The False Road
Movie Betty Palmer
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1920
The Woman in the Suitcase
Movie Mary Moreland
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1919
The Haunted Bedroom
Movie Betsy Thorne
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1919
What Every Woman Learns
Movie Amy Fortesque
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1919
Stepping Out
Movie Mrs. Robert Hillary
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1919
The Virtuous Thief
Movie Shirley Armitage
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1919
The Law of Men
Movie Laura Dayne
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1919
Partners Three
Movie Agnes Cuyler
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1919
Happy Though Married
Movie Millicent Lee
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1918
Fuss and Feathers
Movie Susie Baldwin
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1918
When Do We Eat?
Movie Nora
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1918
The Marriage Ring
Movie Anne Mertons
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1918
Coals of Fire
Movie Nell Bradley
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1918
The Vamp
Movie Nancy Lyons
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1918
A Desert Wooing
Movie Avice Bereton
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1918
The Biggest Show on Earth
Movie Roxie Kemp
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1918
The Keys of the Righteous
Movie Mary Manning
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1917
The Mother Instinct
Movie Eleanor Coutierre
