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{{short description|Australian actress}}
{{for|the Jamaican politician|Enid Bennett (politician)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}
{{for|the Jamaican politician|Enid Bennett (politician)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Enid Bennett
| image = Enid Bennett Tradingin 1918 (SAYRE 5041) Card(cropped).jpg
| caption = Bennett in 19171918
| 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}}<br
* />{{marriage|[[Sidney Franklin (director)|Sidney Franklin]]|1963}}
}}
| yearsactive = 1916&ndash;1941
| relatives = [[Marjorie Bennett]] (sister)
| children = 3
}}
 
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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 [[Jule C.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 Malibu, California, aged 75.
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[[Category:Australian silent film actresses]]
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[[Category:PeopleActresses from Greater Los Angeles]]
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[[Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)]]
[[Category:Actresses from Western Australia]]
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