Enid Bennett: Difference between revisions

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{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}

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| name = Enid Bennett

In later life, sister [[Marjorie Bennett]] explained that, somewhat against her will, she had been encouraged by the family to join Bennett to keep her company in the U.S.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1817&dat=19770824&id=PQgdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9p0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6666,5188541&hl=en ''The Tuscaloosa News'', "Cheerful little old lady long active as an actress." Aug 24, 1977] Accessed 28 December 2015.</ref> By the mid-1920s, her mother Nellie, both her sisters, and her surviving brother were living in the U.S.<ref>Lieut Francis Reginald Bennett was killed in action at Ypres in 1917. Nellie Gillespie's correspondence with the Australian Army shows she resided at 805 Crescent Drive Beverly Hills in early 1923. See his service record online at [http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/NameSearchForm.aspx National Archives of Australia] Accessed 28 December 2015</ref> In 1934, her brother Alexander married actress [[Frances Lee]]. The wedding was attended by some of [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]]'s biggest names, including [[Gloria Swanson]] and [[Greta Garbo]].

 

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 December 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 Pittsburgh Press'' November 1948 "Fred Niblo Dies" 12 November 1948] Accessed 28 December 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]]|access-date=28 August 2019}}</ref>

 

On 14 May 1969, Bennett died at her home in [[Malibu, California]], aged 75.