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