Enid Bennett

Known for ActingBorn 1893-07-14Died 1969-05-14York, 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 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.Read more

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The Wrong Mr. Wright

The Courtship of Miles Standish

The Haunted Bedroom

Partners Three

The Law of Men

Coals of Fire

Your Friend and Mine

Silk Hosiery

The Girl, Glory

Strangers of the Night

Scandalous Tongues

The Bootlegger's Daughter

Stepping Out

The Virtuous Thief

Meet Dr. Christian

The Bad Man

Waterloo Bridge

What Every Woman Learns

A Desert Wooing

The Keys of the Righteous

The Little Brother

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The Sea Hawk

Strike Up the Band

Robin Hood

The Big Store

The False Road

Skippy

The Red Lily

A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios

The Aryan

Sooky

The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross

Happiness

The Woman in the Suitcase

Her Husband's Friend

Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)

Happy Though Married

The Marriage Ring

The Vamp

When Do We Eat?

The Biggest Show on Earth

Fuss and Feathers

Princess of the Dark

The Mother Instinct

Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford