Benita Hume
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1906-10-14
Day of Death
1967-11-01 (61 years old)
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 in Egerton, Kent, England from bone cancer at age 61.
Acting
(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
(1936)
Suzy
as Madame Eyrelle
(1936)
The Garden Murder Case
as Nurse Gladys Beeton
(1936)
Moonlight Murder
as Diana
(1936)
Rainbow on the River
as Julia Layton
(1935)
The Gay Deception
as Miss Channing
(1935)
18 Minutes
as Lady Phyllis Pilcott
(1935)
The Divine Spark
as Giuditta Pasta
(1934)
Jew Süss
as Marie Auguste
(1934)
The Private Life of Don Juan
as Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Phyllis Emerson
(1933)
Clear All Wires!
as Kate Nelson
(1933)
Gambling Ship
as Eleanor La Velle
(1933)
Looking Forward
as Mrs. Isobel Service
(1933)
Discord
as Phil Stenning
(1933)
The Worst Woman in Paris?
as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
(1933)
The Little Damozel
as Sybil Craven
(1932)
Diamond Cut Diamond
as Marda Blackett
(1932)
Help Yourself
as Mary Lamb
(1932)
Men of Steel
as Audrey Paxton
(1932)
Women Who Play
as Margaret Sones
(1932)
Sally Bishop
as Evelyn Standish
(1932)
Lord Camber's Ladies
as Janet King
(1932)
Service for Ladies
as Countess Ricardi
(1931)
The Happy Ending
as Yvonne
(1931)
A Honeymoon Adventure
as Eve Martin
(1931)
The Flying Fool
as Marion Lee
(1930)
Symphony in Two Flats
as Lesley Fullerton
(1930)
The House of the Arrow
as Betty Harlow
(1929)
High Treason
as Evelyn Seymour
(1929)
The Wrecker
as Mary Shelton
(1929)
The Clue of the New Pin
as Ursula Ardfern
(1928)
Easy Virtue
as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
(1928)
The Constant Nymph
as Antonia Sanger
(1928)
The Lady of the Lake
as The Lady of the Lake
(1928)
Balaclava
as Jean McDonald
(1928)
A Light Woman
as Dolores de Vargas
(1928)
A South Sea Bubble
as Averil Rochester
(1925)
The Happy Ending
as Miss Moon