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{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}▼
{{for|the Jamaican politician|Enid Bennett (politician)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Enid Bennett
| image = Enid Bennett
| caption = Bennett in
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|07|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[York, Western Australia|York]], [[Western Australia]], Australia
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1969|05|14|1893|07|15|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Malibu, California]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Fred Niblo]] * {{marriage|[[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]] }}
| yearsactive = 1916–1941
| relatives = [[Marjorie Bennett]] (sister)
| children = 3
}}
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==Early life==
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
==Career==
[[File:Enid Bennett
[[File:Fredniblo.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Bennett with husband [[Fred Niblo]] in 1926]]
In the early part of 1915, theatre agents [[J.
Her first appearance in the U.S. was in Henry Arthur Jones' play ''Cock o' the Walk'' at [[George M. Cohan
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.
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
==Personal life and death==
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
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 [[Jules 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>
[[File:Enid Bennett in They're Off ad from Motion Picture News (Jul-Aug 1917) (IA motionpicturenew161unse) (page 1249 crop).jpg|thumb|Enid Bennett in They're Off ad from ''[[Motion Picture News]]'', 1917]]
On 14 May 1969, Bennett died at her home in
==Partial filmography==
[[File:Fuss and Feathers.jpg|thumb|''Fuss and Feathers'' (1918)]]
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*''[[Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1916 film)|Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford]]'' (1916) - Fanny
*''Princess in the Dark'' (1917)▼
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*''[[Naughty, Naughty! (1918 film)|Naughty, Naughty!]]'' (1918) - Roberta Miller
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*''[[The Vamp (film)|The Vamp]]'' (1918) - Nancy Lyons
*''They're Off'' (1918) - Rita Hackett
*''[[The False Road]]'' (1920)▼
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*''[[Partners Three]]'' (1919) - Agnes Cuyler
*''[[The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923 film)|The Courtship of Miles Standish]]'' (1923) *unknown/presumably lost▼
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*''[[Stepping Out (1919 film)|Stepping Out]]'' (1919) - Mrs.Robert Hillary
*''[[The Wrong Mr. Wright]]'' (1927)▼
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▲*''[[The False Road]]'' (1920) - Betty Palmer
*''[[Waterloo Bridge (1931 film)|Waterloo Bridge]]'' (1931)▼
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*''[[Silk Hosiery]]'' (1920) - Marjorie Bowen
* ''[[Keeping Up with Lizzie]]'' (1921) - Lizzie Henshaw
*''[[The Bootlegger's Daughter]]'' (1922) - Nell Bradley
*''[[Robin Hood (1922 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (1922) - Lady Marian Fitzwalter
*''Scandalous Tongues'' (1922)
*''[[Your Friend and Mine]]'' (1923) - Patricia Stanton
*''[[Strangers of the Night]]'' (1923, lost film) - Poppy Faire
*''[[The Bad Man (1923 film)|The Bad Man]]'' (1923) - Mrs. Morgan Pell
▲*''[[The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923 film)|The Courtship of Miles Standish]]'' (1923
*''[[A Fool's Awakening]]'' (1924) - Olivia Gale
*''[[The Sea Hawk (1924 film)|The Sea Hawk]]'' (1924) - Lady Rosamund Godolphin
*''[[The Red Lily]]'' (1924) - Marise La Noue
*''[[A Woman's Heart (film)|A Woman's Heart]]'' (1926) - Eve Allen Waring
▲*''[[The Wrong Mr. Wright]]'' (1927) - Henrietta
*''[[Skippy (film)|Skippy]]'' (1931) - Mrs. Ellen Skinner
▲*''[[Waterloo Bridge (1931 film)|Waterloo Bridge]]'' (1931) - Mrs. Wetherby
*''[[Sooky]]'' (1931) - Mrs. Skinner
*''[[Intermezzo (1939 film)|Intermezzo]]'' (1939) - Greta
*''[[Meet Dr. Christian]]'' (1939) - Anne Hewitt
*''[[Strike Up the Band (film)|Strike Up the Band]]'' (1940) - Mrs. Morgan
*''[[The Big Store]]'' (1941) - Clerk (uncredited) (final film role)
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==References==
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[[Category:Australian silent film actresses]]
[[Category:People from York, Western Australia]]
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[[Category:20th-century Australian actresses]]
[[Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)]]
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