The Big Store
1941 · Movie
as Clerk (uncredited)
Enid Bennett
1893-07-14
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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 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.
Filmography
Strike Up the Band
1940 · Movie
as Mrs. Morgan
Meet Dr. Christian
1939 · Movie
as Anne Hewitt
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939 · Movie
as Greta Stenborg
Skippy
1931 · Movie
as Ellen Skinner
Waterloo Bridge
1931 · Movie
as Mary Cronin Wetherby
Sooky
1931 · Movie
as Helen Skinner
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
1927 · Movie
as Betsy Ross
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927 · Movie
as Henrietta
The Sea Hawk
1924 · Movie
as Lady Rosamund Godolphin
The Red Lily
1924 · Movie
as Marise La Noue
Strangers of the Night
1923 · Movie
as Poppy Faire
The Courtship of Miles Standish
1923 · Movie
as Priscilla Mullens
Your Friend and Mine
1923 · Movie
as Patricia Stanton
The Bad Man
1923 · Movie
as Mrs. Morgan Pell
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Scandalous Tongues
1922 · Movie
as Nell Bradley
The Bootlegger's Daughter
1922 · Movie
as Nell Bradley
Robin Hood
1922 · Movie
as Lady Marian Fitzwalter
The Woman in the Suitcase
1920 · Movie
as Mary Moreland
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920 · Movie
as Herself
The False Road
1920 · Movie
as Betty Palmer
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Her Husband's Friend
1920 · Movie
as Judith Westover
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
1920 · Movie
as self
Silk Hosiery
1920 · Movie
as Marjorie Bowen
The Haunted Bedroom
1919 · Movie
as Betsy Thorne
Partners Three
1919 · Movie
as Agnes Cuyler
Happy Though Married
1919 · Movie
as Millicent Lee
What Every Woman Learns
1919 · Movie
as Amy Fortesque
Stepping Out
1919 · Movie
as Mrs. Robert Hillary
The Virtuous Thief
1919 · Movie
as Shirley Armitage
The Law of Men
1919 · Movie
as Laura Dayne
A Desert Wooing
1918 · Movie
as Avice Bereton
The Marriage Ring
1918 · Movie
as Anne Mertons
The Vamp
1918 · Movie
as Nancy Lyons
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Coals of Fire
1918 · Movie
as Nell Bradley
When Do We Eat?
1918 · Movie
as Nora
The Biggest Show on Earth
1918 · Movie
as Roxie Kemp
The Keys of the Righteous
1918 · Movie
as Mary Manning
Fuss and Feathers
1918 · Movie
as Susie Baldwin
Happiness
1917 · Movie
as Doris Wingate
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Princess of the Dark
1917 · Movie
as Fay Herron
The Little Brother
1917 · Movie
as Jerry Ross
The Girl, Glory
1917 · Movie
as Glory Wharton
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The Mother Instinct
1917 · Movie
as Eleanor Coutierre
The Aryan
1916 · Movie
as Undetermined Secondary Role
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Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
· Movie
as Fanny
