Enid Bennett

Birthday: July 15th, 1893 Date of Death: May 14th, 1969

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Born in York, Western Australia, 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.