Benita Hume
Benita Hume | |
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 from The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) | |
| Born | (1906-10-14)14 October 1906 London, England |
| Died | 1 November 1967(1967-11-01) (aged 60)[1] Egerton, Lancashire, England |
| Resting place | Lathrop Hill Cemetery, Bolton, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1925–1956 |
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| Children | 1 |
Benita Hume (14 October 1907 – 1 November 1967)[1] was an English theatre and film actress. She appeared in 44 films between, from the silent film era to sound film from 1925 and 1955.
Contents
1 Life and career
2 Death
3 Partial filmography
4 References
5 External links
Life and career
She was married to film actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet. She starred with Colman in both versions of the situation comedy The Halls of Ivy, an NBC Radio programme (1950–1952) and a CBS Television show (1954–1955). She also made occasional guest appearances with her husband on The Jack Benny Show on radio, where the Colmans were portrayed as Benny's long-suffering next-door neighbours, a role they reprised once on his television show. After Ronald Colman's death, she married actor George Sanders in 1959 and they remained together until her death in 1967.
Death
Sanders originally was signed to play Sheridan Whiteside in the musical Sherry!, but when Hume became terminally ill with cancer, he withdrew from the project.[2] Hume died in weaks farm, Surrey from bone cancer, aged 60.
Partial filmography
The Happy Ending (1925) - Miss Moon
Second to None (1927) - Ina
The Constant Nymph (1928) - Antonia Sanger
Easy Virtue (1928) - Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
Balaclava (1928) - Jean McDonald
A South Sea Bubble (1928) - Averil Rochester
A Light Woman (1928) - Dolores de Vargas
The Lady of the Lake (1928) - The Lady of the Lake
High Treason (1929) - Evelyn Seymour
The Clue of the New Pin (1929) - Ursula Ardfern
The Wrecker (1929) - Mary Shelton
The House of the Arrow (1930) - Betty Harlow
Symphony in Two Flats (1930) - Lesley Fullerton (UK version)
The Flying Fool (1931) - Marion Lee
A Honeymoon Adventure (1931) - Eve Martin
The Happy Ending (1931) - Yvonne
Service for Ladies (1932) - Countess Ricardi
Women Who Play (1932) - Margaret Sones
Help Yourself (1932) - Mary Lamb
Diamond Cut Diamond (1932) - Marda Blackett
Men of Steel (1932) - Audrey Paxton
Sally Bishop (1932) - Evelyn Standish
Lord Camber's Ladies (1932) - Janet King
Discord (1933) - Phil Stenning
The Little Damozel (1933) - Sybil Craven
Clear All Wires! (1933) - Kate
Looking Forward (1933) - Mrs. Isobel Service
Gambling Ship (1933) - Eleanor La Velle
Only Yesterday (1933) - Phyllis Emerson
The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933) - Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) - Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
Jew Suss (1934) - Marie Auguste
18 Minutes (1935) - Lady Phyllis Pilcott
The Divine Spark (1935) - Giuditta Pasta
The Gay Deception (1935) - Miss Channing
The Garden Murder Case (1936) - Nurse Beeton
Moonlight Murder (1936) - Diana
Suzy (1936) - Diane Eyrelle
Tarzan Escapes (1936) - Rita Parker
Rainbow on the River (1936) - Julia Layton
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) - Kitty Wynton
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938) - Myrna Daro
References
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^ James Lipton. Inside Inside (2007), Dutton,
ISBN 0-525-95035-4, p. 155
External links
Benita Hume at Find a Grave
Benita Hume on IMDb
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