Benita Hume

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-10-14 (61 years old)

Deathday

1967-11-01

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Benita Hume

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Benita Hume (14 October 1906 – 1 November 1967) was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955. She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958. She starred with Colman in both versions of the situation comedy The Halls of Ivy, an NBC Radio program (1949–1952) and a CBS Television show (1954–1955). She also made occasional guest appearances with her husband on The Jack Benny Show on radio, where the Colmans were portrayed as Benny's long-suffering next-door neighbors. She was also married to actor George Sanders from 1959 to her death in 1967. She died ...

Acting

1934

The Private Life of Don Juan

as Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery

1936

Tarzan Escapes

as Rita Parker

1928

A Light Woman

as Dolores de Vargas

1936

Suzy

as Madame Eyrelle

1933

Gambling Ship

as Eleanor La Velle

1935

The Gay Deception

as Miss Channing

1937

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Lady Kitty Winton

1925

The Happy Ending

as Miss Moon

1936

The Garden Murder Case

as Nurse Gladys Beeton

1929

High Treason

as Evelyn Seymour

1928

A South Sea Bubble

as Averil Rochester

1933

Clear All Wires!

as Kate Nelson

1928

The Lady of the Lake

as The Lady of the Lake

1934

Jew Süss

as Marie Auguste

1936

1929

The Wrecker

as Mary Shelton

1931

1932

Service for Ladies

as Countess Ricardi

1933

Only Yesterday

as Phyllis Emerson

1933

Looking Forward

as Mrs. Isobel Service

1932

Help Yourself

as Mary Lamb

1932

1936

Rainbow on the River

as Julia Layton

1933

Discord

as Phil Stenning

1928

Balaclava

as Jean McDonald

1933

The Little Damozel

as Sybil Craven

1928

The Constant Nymph

as Antonia Sanger

1935

The Divine Spark

as Giuditta Pasta

1928

Easy Virtue

as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)

1930

The House of the Arrow

as Betty Harlow

1930

Symphony in Two Flats

as Lesley Fullerton

1931

The Flying Fool

as Marion Lee

1932

Diamond Cut Diamond

as Marda Blackett

1931

1932

Men of Steel

as Audrey Paxton

1932

Women Who Play

as Margaret Sones

1932

Sally Bishop

as Evelyn Standish

1929

The Clue of the New Pin

as Ursula Ardfern

1935

18 Minutes

as Lady Phyllis Pilcott

1933

The Worst Woman in Paris?

as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane

1927

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