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==Early life==
Enid Eulalie Bennett was born on 15 July 1893 in [[York, Western Australia|York]], the daughter of Nellie Mary Louise (''née'' Walker) and Frank Bennett. She had an older brother, Francis Reginald "Reg" Bennett (born 1891), and a younger sister, actress [[Marjorie Bennett]] (born 1896).<ref>
Bennett attended [[Lionel Logue]]'s acting and elocution classes in [[Perth]], and after receiving encouragement from a visiting actress in 1910, she joined a touring company.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article80075558 ''The Daily News'' (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) "Mainly About People," 10 August, 1910, P.3] Accessed 28/12/2015</ref><ref name = Deacon>[http://www.nla.gov.au/ojs/index.php/AJVS/article/viewFile/3128/3628 Desley Deacon, 2013. ''Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies.''"From Victorian Accomplishment to Modern Profession: Elocution Takes Judith Anderson, Sylvia Bremer and Dorothy Cumming to Hollywood, 1912-1918." National Library of Australia. Vol 18, No.1] Accessed 13/12/2015</ref> By 1912, Bennett had joined the [[Fred Niblo]]-Josephine Cohan touring company, performing comedies around Australia and understudying for Cohan herself, for which she received consistently positive reviews. Her family had moved to [[Sydney]] by this time. In 1917, Reg was killed during the [[Battle of Passchendaele]] while serving with the [[First Australian Imperial Force]].<ref>[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1647170 Roll of Honour - Francis Reginald Bennett, Australian War Memorial.]</ref>
==Career==
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In the early part of 1915, theatre agents [[J. C. Williamson]]'s decided to make short films of some of their popular plays, to forestall the release of imported American filmed versions. They used Niblo as director, and members of his troupe appeared in [[Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford]] and [[Officer 666]]. Enid Bennett appeared in both. Three reels of [[Officer 666]] survive today in the [[National Film and Sound Archive]]. Film historians Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper describe it as "a crude production doggedly faithful to the stage."<ref>Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper(1980) ''Australian Film 1900-1977,'' Oxford University Press, P.80 {{ISBN|0 19 554213 4}}</ref> Both films were released in Australia after Bennett left for the United States in June 1915, travelling with Niblo and Cohan.
Her first appearance in the U.S. was in Henry Arthur Jones' play ''Cock o' the Walk'' at [[George M. Cohan]]'s Theatre on Broadway in late 1915.<ref>
Following Josephine Cohan's death, Bennett married [[Fred Niblo]] in 1918. In 1924, she appeared opposite [[Ramon Novarro]] in Niblo's film ''[[Red Lily]]''. Between 1923 and 1928 her career had slowed and she appeared in leading roles in fewer films. She made a transition to sound, appearing in two 1931 [[Jackie Cooper]]-[[Robert Coogan]] films: ''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]'' (which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture) and its sequel ''[[Sooky]]''. Later at the end of the decade she appeared in a few minor roles, the last being the [[Marx Brothers]] 1941 film ''[[The Big Store]]''. Niblo had retired in 1933, and it appears Bennett did also.
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In 1918, Bennett married [[Fred Niblo]]. In 1922, she and Niblo had their first child, a daughter named Loris. A son, Peter, was born later that year, and another daughter, Judith, was born in 1928.<ref>[http://www.silentsaregolden.com/articles/frednibloarticle.html ''Remembering My Father, Fred Niblo.'' Peter Niblo, 2006] Accessed 28/12/2015</ref> Niblo died in 1948.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19481112&id=NHgbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ME0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3817,4889873&hl=en ''The Pittsburg Press'' November 1948 "Fred Niblo Dies" 12 November 1948] Accessed 28/12/2015</ref> In 1963, she married American film director [[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]]. In later life, she resided in [[Malibu, California]].
Niblo and Bennett commissioned architect [[Wallace Neff]] to design their house on Angelo Drive, which they named [[Misty Mountain]]. It was completed in 1926 and sold by the couple to [[Jule C. Stein]] in 1940 after a decline in their fortunes.<ref name=VarietyMar15>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/dirt/real-estalker/rupert-murdoch-sells-bevhills-estate-to-son-james-1201448811/|title=Rupert Murdoch Sells BevHills Estate to Son James|date=20 March 2015|author=Mark David|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=28 August 2019}}</ref>
==Death==
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