Enid Bennett

Personal Info

Birthday

July 14, 1893

Day of Death

1969-05-14

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

York, Western Australia, Australia

Also Known As

Enid Eulalie Bennett

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.

Known For

Robin Hood

Intermezzo: A Love Story

The Big Store

Strike Up the Band

The Sea Hawk

Waterloo Bridge

Sooky

The Courtship of Miles Standish

Filmography

1941
The Big Store
as Clerk (uncredited)
1940
Strike Up the Band
as Mrs. Morgan
1939
Meet Dr. Christian
as Anne Hewitt
Intermezzo: A Love Story
as Greta Stenborg
1931
Sooky
as Helen Skinner
Waterloo Bridge
as Mary Cronin Wetherby
Skippy
as Ellen Skinner
1927
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
as Betsy Ross
The Wrong Mr. Wright
as Henrietta
1924
The Red Lily
as Marise La Noue
The Sea Hawk
as Lady Rosamund Godolphin
1923
The Courtship of Miles Standish
as Priscilla Mullens
Strangers of the Night
as Poppy Faire
1922
Scandalous Tongues
as Nell Bradley
Robin Hood
as Lady Marian Fitzwalter
The Bootlegger's Daughter
as Nell Bradley
1920
Her Husband's Friend
as Judith Westover
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
as self
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
as Herself
The False Road
as Betty Palmer
The Woman in the Suitcase
as Mary Moreland
1919
The Haunted Bedroom
as Betsy Thorne
Partners Three
as Agnes Cuyler
Happy Though Married
as Millicent Lee
1918
When Do We Eat?
as Nora
Coals of Fire
as Nell Bradley
The Marriage Ring
as Anne Mertons
The Vamp
as Nancy Lyons
A Desert Wooing
as Avice Bereton
1917
The Girl, Glory
as Glory Wharton
Happiness
as Doris Wingate
The Little Brother
as Jerry Ross
Princess of the Dark
as Fay Herron
1916
The Aryan
as Undetermined Secondary Role