Enid Bennett
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1893-07-14
- Died
- 1969-05-14
- Place of birth
- York, Western Australia, Australia
- Also known as
- Enid Eulalie Bennett
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.
Known For
Movies (46)
Partners Three
1919
as Agnes Cuyler
The Big Store
1941
as Clerk (uncredited)
Strike Up the Band
1940
as Mrs. Morgan
The Sea Hawk
1924
as Lady Rosamund Godolphin
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939
as Greta Stenborg
The Aryan
1916
as Undetermined Secondary Role
Robin Hood
1922
as Lady Marian Fitzwalter
Waterloo Bridge
1931
as Mary Cronin Wetherby
Happiness
1917
as Doris Wingate
Skippy
1931
as Ellen Skinner
The Vamp
1918
as Nancy Lyons
The Red Lily
1924
as Marise La Noue
Sooky
1931
as Helen Skinner
Meet Dr. Christian
1939
as Anne Hewitt
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920
as Herself
The Haunted Bedroom
1919
as Betsy Thorne
When Do We Eat?
1918
as Nora
Coals of Fire
1918
as Nell Bradley
Silk Hosiery
1920
as Marjorie Bowen
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
as Henrietta
The Keys of the Righteous
1918
as Mary Manning
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
as Fanny
What Every Woman Learns
1919
as Amy Fortesque
Her Husband's Friend
1920
as Judith Westover
Scandalous Tongues
1922
as Nell Bradley
The Little Brother
1917
as Jerry Ross
The Marriage Ring
1918
as Anne Mertons
Happy Though Married
1919
as Millicent Lee
Fuss and Feathers
1918
as Susie Baldwin
The Virtuous Thief
1919
as Shirley Armitage
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
1927
as Betsy Ross
The Girl, Glory
1917
as Glory Wharton
The Biggest Show on Earth
1918
as Roxie Kemp
The Mother Instinct
1917
as Eleanor Coutierre
The Bad Man
1923
as Mrs. Morgan Pell
Strangers of the Night
1923
as Poppy Faire
The Courtship of Miles Standish
1923
as Priscilla Mullens
The Woman in the Suitcase
1920
as Mary Moreland
The False Road
1920
as Betty Palmer
Stepping Out
1919
as Mrs. Robert Hillary
A Desert Wooing
1918
as Avice Bereton
The Law of Men
1919
as Laura Dayne
Princess of the Dark
1917
as Fay Herron
Your Friend and Mine
1923
as Patricia Stanton
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
1920
as self
The Bootlegger's Daughter
1922
as Nell Bradley
About Enid Bennett
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-th… With 46 credits spanning from 1916 to 1941, Enid Bennett has appeared in 46 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Partners Three (1919) — as Agnes Cuyler
- The Big Store (1941) — as Clerk (uncredited)
- Strike Up the Band (1940) — as Mrs. Morgan
- The Sea Hawk (1924) — as Lady Rosamund Godolphin
- Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939) — as Greta Stenborg
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