Benita Hume
Born: 1906-10-14 in London, England, UK
Died: 1967-11-01
Known For: Acting
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 in Egerton, Kent, England from bone cancer at age 61.
Filmography
1954
1952
- Four Star Playhouse as Mrs. Bosanquent
1950
- The Jack Benny Program as Benita Hume
1938
- Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus as Myrna Daro
1937
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Lady Kitty Winton
1936
- Tarzan Escapes as Rita Parker
- The Garden Murder Case as Nurse Gladys Beeton
- Suzy as Madame Eyrelle
- Moonlight Murder as Diana
- Rainbow on the River as Julia Layton
1935
- The Gay Deception as Miss Channing
- 18 Minutes as Lady Phyllis Pilcott
- The Divine Spark as Giuditta Pasta
1934
- Jew Süss as Marie Auguste
- The Private Life of Don Juan as Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
1933
- Gambling Ship as Eleanor La Velle
- Clear All Wires! as Kate Nelson
- Only Yesterday as Phyllis Emerson
- Looking Forward as Mrs. Isobel Service
- The Little Damozel as Sybil Craven
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
- Discord as Phil Stenning
1932
- Diamond Cut Diamond as Marda Blackett
- Men of Steel as Audrey Paxton
- Women Who Play as Margaret Sones
- Service for Ladies as Countess Ricardi
- Lord Camber's Ladies as Janet King
- Help Yourself as Mary Lamb
- Sally Bishop as Evelyn Standish
1931
- A Honeymoon Adventure as Eve Martin
- The Happy Ending as Yvonne
- The Flying Fool as Marion Lee
1930
- The House of the Arrow as Betty Harlow
- Symphony in Two Flats as Lesley Fullerton
1929
- The Wrecker as Mary Shelton
- The Clue of the New Pin as Ursula Ardfern
- High Treason as Evelyn Seymour
1928
- Easy Virtue as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
- A Light Woman as Dolores de Vargas
- A South Sea Bubble as Averil Rochester
- The Lady of the Lake as The Lady of the Lake
- The Constant Nymph as Antonia Sanger
- Balaclava as Jean McDonald
1927
- Second to None as Ina
1925
- The Happy Ending as Miss Moon