Known For
Acting
Known Credits
46
Gender
Female
Birthday
July 14, 1893 (132 years old)
Place of Birth
York, Western Australia, Australia
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.
| 1941 | The Big Storeas Clerk (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | Strike Up the Bandas Mrs. Morgan | |
| 1939 | Meet Dr. Christianas Anne Hewitt | |
| 1939 | Intermezzo: A Love Storyas Greta Stenborg | |
| 1931 | Sookyas Helen Skinner | |
| 1931 | Waterloo Bridgeas Mary Cronin Wetherby | |
| 1931 | Skippyas Ellen Skinner | |
| 1927 | The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Rossas Betsy Ross | |
| 1927 | The Wrong Mr. Wrightas Henrietta | |
| 1924 | The Red Lilyas Marise La Noue | |
| 1924 | The Sea Hawkas Lady Rosamund Godolphin | |
| 1923 | The Courtship of Miles Standishas Priscilla Mullens | |
| 1923 | The Bad Manas Mrs. Morgan Pell | |
| 1923 | Strangers of the Nightas Poppy Faire | |
| 1923 | Your Friend and Mineas Patricia Stanton | |
| 1922 | Scandalous Tonguesas Nell Bradley | |
| 1922 | Robin Hoodas Lady Marian Fitzwalter | |
| 1922 | The Bootlegger's Daughteras Nell Bradley | |
| 1920 | Silk Hosieryas Marjorie Bowen | |
| 1920 | Her Husband's Friendas Judith Westover | |
| 1920 | Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)as self | |
| 1920 | A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studiosas Herself | |
| 1920 | The False Roadas Betty Palmer | |
| 1920 | The Woman in the Suitcaseas Mary Moreland | |
| 1919 | The Haunted Bedroomas Betsy Thorne | |
| 1919 | What Every Woman Learnsas Amy Fortesque | |
| 1919 | Stepping Outas Mrs. Robert Hillary | |
| 1919 | The Virtuous Thiefas Shirley Armitage | |
| 1919 | The Law of Menas Laura Dayne | |
| 1919 | Partners Threeas Agnes Cuyler | |
| 1919 | Happy Though Marriedas Millicent Lee | |
| 1918 | Fuss and Feathersas Susie Baldwin | |
| 1918 | When Do We Eat?as Nora | |
| 1918 | Coals of Fireas Nell Bradley | |
| 1918 | The Marriage Ringas Anne Mertons | |
| 1918 | The Vampas Nancy Lyons | |
| 1918 | A Desert Wooingas Avice Bereton | |
| 1918 | The Biggest Show on Earthas Roxie Kemp | |
| 1918 | The Keys of the Righteousas Mary Manning | |
| 1917 | The Mother Instinctas Eleanor Coutierre | |
| 1917 | The Girl, Gloryas Glory Wharton | |
| 1917 | Happinessas Doris Wingate | |
| 1917 | The Little Brotheras Jerry Ross | |
| 1917 | Princess of the Darkas Fay Herron | |
| 1916 | The Aryanas Undetermined Secondary Role | |
| Get-Rich-Quick Wallingfordas Fanny |