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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 14, 1893
Died
May 14, 1969
Place of Birth
York, Western Australia, Australia
Also Known As
- Enid Eulalie Bennett
Enid Bennett
0.4 Popularity
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. 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
6.2
Clerk (uncredited)
The Big Store
1941
6.4
Mrs. Morgan
Strike Up the Band
1940
0.0
Anne Hewitt
Meet Dr. Christian
1939
6.6
Greta Stenborg
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939
1.0
Helen Skinner
Sooky
1931
6.9
Mary Cronin Wetherby
Waterloo Bridge
1931
6.0
Ellen Skinner
Skippy
1931
3.0
Betsy Ross
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
1927
0.0
Henrietta
The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927
6.1
Marise La Noue
The Red Lily
1924
Credits
The Big Store
as Clerk (uncredited)
1941
6.2
Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. Morgan
1940
6.4
Meet Dr. Christian
as Anne Hewitt
1939
0.0
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Greta Stenborg
1939
6.6
Sooky
as Helen Skinner
1931
1.0
Waterloo Bridge
as Mary Cronin Wetherby
1931
6.9
Skippy
as Ellen Skinner
1931
6.0
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
as Betsy Ross
1927
3.0
The Wrong Mr. Wright
as Henrietta
1927
0.0
The Red Lily
as Marise La Noue
1924
6.1
The Sea Hawk
as Lady Rosamund Godolphin
1924
6.5
The Courtship of Miles Standish
as Priscilla Mullens
1923
0.0
The Bad Man
as Mrs. Morgan Pell
1923
0.0
Strangers of the Night
as Poppy Faire
1923
0.0
Your Friend and Mine
as Patricia Stanton
1923
0.0
🎬
Scandalous Tongues
as Nell Bradley
1922
0.0
Robin Hood
as Lady Marian Fitzwalter
1922
6.4
🎬
The Bootlegger's Daughter
as Nell Bradley
1922
0.0
🎬
Her Husband's Friend
as Judith Westover
1920
1.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
as self
1920
0.0
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
as Herself
1920
6.0
The False Road
as Betty Palmer
1920
5.8
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mary Moreland
1920
3.1
The Haunted Bedroom
as Betsy Thorne
1919
0.0
What Every Woman Learns
as Amy Fortesque
1919
0.0
Stepping Out
as Mrs. Robert Hillary
1919
0.0
Partners Three
as Agnes Cuyler
1919
0.0
Happy Though Married
as Millicent Lee
1919
0.0
🎬
When Do We Eat?
as Nora
1918
0.0
The Marriage Ring
as Anne Mertons
1918
0.0
🎬
Coals of Fire
as Nell Bradley
1918
0.0
The Vamp
as Nancy Lyons
1918
0.0
A Desert Wooing
as Avice Bereton
1918
0.0
The Girl, Glory
as Glory Wharton
1917
0.0
Happiness
as Doris Wingate
1917
5.0
The Little Brother
as Jerry Ross
1917
0.0
🎬
Princess of the Dark
as Fay Herron
1917
0.0
The Aryan
as Undetermined Secondary Role
1916
5.5
🎬
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
as Fanny
N/A
0.0