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{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{for|the Jamaican politician|Enid Bennett (politician)}}▼
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{{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]]|1918|1948|end=died}} * }}
| 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 December 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 December 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==
[[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. 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 (1916 film)|Officer 666]]. Enid Bennett appeared in both. Three reels of [[Officer 666 (1916 film)|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>[http://ibdb.com/Production/View/8251 Internet Broadway Database] Accessed 30/12/15</ref> Roles of increasing importance in films followed soon after. One of her most important early films was ''[[The Little Brother]]'' in 1917, where she appeared opposite [[William Garwood]]. This brought her to the attention of studios, in particular [[Thomas H. Ince]], who signed her up with the [[Triangle Film Corporation]]. From 1918 to 1921, she starred in 23 films, becoming well established as an actress and attracting great publicity and consistently positive reviews. In 1922, she starred in three films, one of which became her most famous role, the female lead of [[Maid Marian]] in ''[[Robin Hood (1922 film)|Robin Hood]]'' with [[Douglas Fairbanks]]. Interviewed in the 1960s by Kevin Brownlow, Bennett said, "I had a wonderful time playing Maid Marian. Of course, the part was not too demanding, I just walked through it in a queenly manner. [Fairbanks] was wonderful, inspiring."<ref>Kevin Brownlow (1968) ''The Parade's Gone By.'' P.254, University of California Press. {{ISBN|0-520-03068-0}}</ref>
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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 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 [[
[[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==
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*''[[Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1916 film)|Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford]]'' (1916) - Fanny
*''[[Officer 666 (1916 film)|Officer 666]]'' (1916) - Helen Burton
*''[[The Aryan]]'' (1916) - Minor Role
* ''[[Princess of the Dark]]'' (1917) - Fay Herron
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*''[[Happy Though Married]]'' (1919) - Millicent Lee
*''[[Partners Three]]'' (1919) - Agnes Cuyler
*''[[The Law of Men (1919 film)|The Law of Men]]'' (1919, lost film) - Laura Dayne
*''[[The Haunted Bedroom]]'' (1919, lost film) - Betsy Thorne
*''[[The Virtuous Thief]]'' (1919, lost film) - Shirley Armitage
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