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
- Rainbow on the River as Julia Layton
- Suzy as Madame Eyrelle
- Moonlight Murder as Diana
1935
- The Gay Deception as Miss Channing
- The Divine Spark as Giuditta Pasta
- 18 Minutes as Lady Phyllis Pilcott
1934
- The Private Life of Don Juan as Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
- Jew Süss as Marie Auguste
1933
- Only Yesterday as Phyllis Emerson
- Clear All Wires! as Kate Nelson
- The Little Damozel as Sybil Craven
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
- Gambling Ship as Eleanor La Velle
- Looking Forward as Mrs. Isobel Service
- Discord as Phil Stenning
1932
- Lord Camber's Ladies as Janet King
- Diamond Cut Diamond as Marda Blackett
- Sally Bishop as Evelyn Standish
- Women Who Play as Margaret Sones
- Service for Ladies as Countess Ricardi
- Men of Steel as Audrey Paxton
- Help Yourself as Mary Lamb
1931
- The Flying Fool as Marion Lee
- A Honeymoon Adventure as Eve Martin
- The Happy Ending as Yvonne
1930
- The House of the Arrow as Betty Harlow
- Symphony in Two Flats as Lesley Fullerton
1929
- The Clue of the New Pin as Ursula Ardfern
- High Treason as Evelyn Seymour
- The Wrecker as Mary Shelton
1928
- Easy Virtue as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
- The Lady of the Lake as The Lady of the Lake
- The Constant Nymph as Antonia Sanger
- A South Sea Bubble as Averil Rochester
- Balaclava as Jean McDonald
- A Light Woman as Dolores de Vargas
1927
- Second to None as Ina
1925
- The Happy Ending as Miss Moon