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