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