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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Big Store
Character:Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:20/06/1941
Strike Up the Band
Character:Mrs. Morgan
Release Date:27/09/1940
Meet Dr. Christian
Character:Anne Hewitt
Release Date:17/11/1939
Intermezzo: A Love Story
Character:Greta Stenborg
Release Date:06/10/1939
Sooky
Character:Helen Skinner
Release Date:26/12/1931
Waterloo Bridge
Character:Mary Cronin Wetherby
Release Date:01/09/1931
Skippy
Character:Ellen Skinner
Release Date:25/04/1931
The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross
Character:Betsy Ross
Release Date:01/10/1927
The Wrong Mr. Wright
Character:Henrietta
Release Date:27/02/1927
The Red Lily
Character:Marise La Noue
Release Date:08/09/1924
The Sea Hawk
Character:Lady Rosamund Godolphin
Release Date:14/06/1924
The Courtship of Miles Standish
Character:Priscilla Mullens
Release Date:30/12/1923
The Bad Man
Character:Mrs. Morgan Pell
Release Date:08/10/1923
Strangers of the Night
Character:Poppy Faire
Release Date:10/09/1923
Your Friend and Mine
Character:Patricia Stanton
Release Date:05/03/1923
Scandalous Tongues
Character:Nell Bradley
Release Date:22/10/1922
Robin Hood
Character:Lady Marian Fitzwalter
Release Date:18/10/1922
The Bootlegger's Daughter
Character:Nell Bradley
Release Date:06/10/1922
Silk Hosiery
Character:Marjorie Bowen
Release Date:26/12/1920
Her Husband's Friend
Character:Judith Westover
Release Date:14/11/1920
Screen Snapshots (Series 1, No. 7)
Character:self
Release Date:24/08/1920
A Trip Through the World's Greatest Motion Picture Studios
Character:Herself
Release Date:15/08/1920
The False Road
Character:Betty Palmer
Release Date:18/04/1920
The Woman in the Suitcase
Character:Mary Moreland
Release Date:11/01/1920
The Haunted Bedroom
Character:Betsy Thorne
Release Date:05/12/1919
What Every Woman Learns
Character:Amy Fortesque
Release Date:09/11/1919
Stepping Out
Character:Mrs. Robert Hillary
Release Date:21/09/1919
The Virtuous Thief
Character:Shirley Armitage
Release Date:10/08/1919
The Law of Men
Character:Laura Dayne
Release Date:27/04/1919
Partners Three
Character:Agnes Cuyler
Release Date:22/03/1919
Happy Though Married
Character:Millicent Lee
Release Date:23/02/1919
When Do We Eat?
Character:Nora
Release Date:13/10/1918
The Marriage Ring
Character:Anne Mertons
Release Date:26/08/1918
Coals of Fire
Character:Nell Bradley
Release Date:26/08/1918
The Vamp
Character:Nancy Lyons
Release Date:14/07/1918
A Desert Wooing
Character:Avice Bereton
Release Date:23/06/1918
The Biggest Show on Earth
Character:Roxie Kemp
Release Date:28/04/1918
The Keys of the Righteous
Character:Mary Manning
Release Date:18/02/1918
The Girl, Glory
Character:Glory Wharton
Release Date:09/06/1917
Happiness
Character:Doris Wingate
Release Date:13/05/1917
The Little Brother
Character:Jerry Ross
Release Date:11/03/1917
Princess of the Dark
Character:Fay Herron
Release Date:18/02/1917
The Aryan
Character:Undetermined Secondary Role
Release Date:09/04/1916
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