- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 14, 1893
- Place of Birth
- York, Western Australia, Australia
- Died
- May 14, 1969
Enid Bennett
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…
Filmography
movieThe Big Store
1941 · Clerk (uncredited)
movieStrike Up the Band
1940 · Mrs. Morgan
movieMeet Dr. Christian
1939 · Anne Hewitt
movieIntermezzo: A Love Story
1939 · Greta Stenborg
movieSooky
1931 · Helen Skinner
movieWaterloo Bridge
1931 · Mary Cronin Wetherby
movieSkippy
1931 · Ellen Skinner
movieThe Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
1927 · Betsy Ross
movieThe Wrong Mr. Wright
1927 · Henrietta
movieThe Red Lily
1924 · Marise La Noue
movieThe Sea Hawk
1924 · Lady Rosamund Godolphin
movieThe Courtship of Miles Standish
1923 · Priscilla Mullens
movieThe Bad Man
1923 · Mrs. Morgan Pell
movieStrangers of the Night
1923 · Poppy Faire
movieYour Friend and Mine
1923 · Patricia Stanton
Scandalous Tongues
movieScandalous Tongues
1922 · Nell Bradley
movieRobin Hood
1922 · Lady Marian Fitzwalter
movieThe Bootlegger's Daughter
1922 · Nell Bradley
movieSilk Hosiery
1920 · Marjorie Bowen
Her Husband's Friend
movieHer Husband's Friend
1920 · Judith Westover
movieScreen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
1920 · self
movieA Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
1920 · Herself
movieThe False Road
1920 · Betty Palmer
movieThe Woman in the Suitcase
1920 · Mary Moreland
movieThe Haunted Bedroom
1919 · Betsy Thorne
movieWhat Every Woman Learns
1919 · Amy Fortesque
movieStepping Out
1919 · Mrs. Robert Hillary
movieThe Virtuous Thief
1919 · Shirley Armitage
movieThe Law of Men
1919 · Laura Dayne
moviePartners Three
1919 · Agnes Cuyler
movieHappy Though Married
1919 · Millicent Lee
movieFuss and Feathers
1918 · Susie Baldwin
movieWhen Do We Eat?
1918 · Nora
movieThe Marriage Ring
1918 · Anne Mertons
Coals of Fire
movieCoals of Fire
1918 · Nell Bradley
movieThe Vamp
1918 · Nancy Lyons
movieA Desert Wooing
1918 · Avice Bereton
movieThe Biggest Show on Earth
1918 · Roxie Kemp
movieThe Keys of the Righteous
1918 · Mary Manning
The Mother Instinct
movieThe Mother Instinct
1917 · Eleanor Coutierre
movieThe Girl, Glory
1917 · Glory Wharton
movieHappiness
1917 · Doris Wingate
movieThe Little Brother
1917 · Jerry Ross
Princess of the Dark
moviePrincess of the Dark
1917 · Fay Herron
movieThe Aryan
1916 · Undetermined Secondary Role
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
movieGet-Rich-Quick Wallingford
— · Fanny