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
- Moonlight Murder as Diana
- Tarzan Escapes as Rita Parker
- Suzy as Madame Eyrelle
- The Garden Murder Case as Nurse Gladys Beeton
- 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
- Looking Forward as Mrs. Isobel Service
- Only Yesterday as Phyllis Emerson
- Gambling Ship as Eleanor La Velle
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
- The Little Damozel as Sybil Craven
- Clear All Wires! as Kate Nelson
- Discord as Phil Stenning
1932
- Sally Bishop as Evelyn Standish
- Diamond Cut Diamond as Marda Blackett
- Men of Steel as Audrey Paxton
- Lord Camber's Ladies as Janet King
- Help Yourself as Mary Lamb
- Service for Ladies as Countess Ricardi
- Women Who Play as Margaret Sones
1931
- A Honeymoon Adventure as Eve Martin
- The Flying Fool as Marion Lee
- The Happy Ending as Yvonne
1930
- Symphony in Two Flats as Lesley Fullerton
- The House of the Arrow as Betty Harlow
1929
- High Treason as Evelyn Seymour
- The Wrecker as Mary Shelton
- The Clue of the New Pin as Ursula Ardfern
1928
- Easy Virtue as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
- Balaclava as Jean McDonald
- The Constant Nymph as Antonia Sanger
- The Lady of the Lake as The Lady of the Lake
- A Light Woman as Dolores de Vargas
- A South Sea Bubble as Averil Rochester
1927
- Second to None as Ina
1925
- The Happy Ending as Miss Moon