Enid Bennett
Enid Bennett is known for The Big Store (1941), Robin Hood (1922), Waterloo Bridge (1931).
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.
Questions about Enid Bennett
How many Enid Bennett films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 10 films with Enid Bennett, from 1916 to 1941.
What was the first Enid Bennett film?
The first Enid Bennett film in the catalogue is Robin Hood, from 1922.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Full filmography
46 films — 10 in the catalogue
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6.3 The Big Store
1941 · Clerk (uncredited)
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6.6 Strike Up the Band
1940 · Mrs. Morgan
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7.0 Meet Dr. Christian
1939 · Anne Hewitt
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6.7 Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939 · Greta Stenborg
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5.0 Sooky
1931 · Helen Skinner
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6.9 Waterloo Bridge
1931 · Mary Cronin Wetherby
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6.1 Skippy
1931 · Ellen Skinner
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5.0 The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
1927 · Betsy Ross
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10.0 The Wrong Mr. Wright
1927 · Henrietta
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6.2 The Red Lily
1924 · Marise La Noue
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6.8 The Sea Hawk
1924 · Lady Rosamund Godolphin
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10.0 The Courtship of Miles Standish
1923 · Priscilla Mullens
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7.0 The Bad Man
1923 · Mrs. Morgan Pell
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8.0 Strangers of the Night
1923 · Poppy Faire
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9.0 Your Friend and Mine
1923 · Patricia Stanton
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8.0
Scandalous Tongues
1922 · Nell Bradley
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6.4 Robin Hood
1922 · Lady Marian Fitzwalter
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8.0 The Bootlegger's Daughter
1922 · Nell Bradley
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5.0 Silk Hosiery
1920 · Marjorie Bowen
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4.0
Her Husband's Friend
1920 · Judith Westover
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Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
1920 · self
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6.0 A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920 · Herself
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6.4 The False Road
1920 · Betty Palmer
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4.1 The Woman in the Suitcase
1920 · Mary Moreland
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10.0 The Haunted Bedroom
1919 · Betsy Thorne
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7.0 What Every Woman Learns
1919 · Amy Fortesque
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8.0 Stepping Out
1919 · Mrs. Robert Hillary
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8.0 The Virtuous Thief
1919 · Shirley Armitage
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10.0 The Law of Men
1919 · Laura Dayne
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10.0 Partners Three
1919 · Agnes Cuyler
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Happy Though Married
1919 · Millicent Lee
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Fuss and Feathers
1918 · Susie Baldwin
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When Do We Eat?
1918 · Nora
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The Marriage Ring
1918 · Anne Mertons
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10.0
Coals of Fire
1918 · Nell Bradley
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The Vamp
1918 · Nancy Lyons
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7.0 A Desert Wooing
1918 · Avice Bereton
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The Biggest Show on Earth
1918 · Roxie Kemp
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7.0 The Keys of the Righteous
1918 · Mary Manning
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The Mother Instinct
1917 · Eleanor Coutierre
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9.0 The Girl, Glory
1917 · Glory Wharton
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5.0 Happiness
1917 · Doris Wingate
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7.0 The Little Brother
1917 · Jerry Ross
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Princess of the Dark
1917 · Fay Herron
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5.5 The Aryan
1916 · Undetermined Secondary Role
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10.0
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
no date · Fanny
People data: TMDb.
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