Person Details

Birthday: 1906-10-14 06:22:08

Death: 1967-11-01 06:22:08

Aliases: Benita Humm , Mrs. Ronald Colman

Gender: Female

Place of birth: London, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 31

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Tarzan Escapes
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6

Tarzan Escapes

(1936) Rita Parker
Easy Virtue
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5

Easy Virtue

(1928) Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
Suzy
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6

Suzy

(1936) Madame Eyrelle
Gambling Ship
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5

Gambling Ship

(1933) Eleanor La Velle
Only Yesterday
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7

Only Yesterday

(1933) Phyllis Emerson
The Garden Murder Case
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6

The Garden Murder Case

(1936) Nurse Gladys Beeton
Jew Süss
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5

Jew Süss

(1934) Marie Auguste
Symphony in Two Flats
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Symphony in Two Flats

(1930) Lesley Fullerton

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1954 N/A
1952 Mrs. Bosanquent
1950 Benita Hume
1938 Myrna Daro
1937 Lady Kitty Winton
1936 Julia Layton
Rita Parker
Madame Eyrelle
Diana
Nurse Gladys Beeton
1935 Miss Cordelia Channing
Giuditta Pasta
Lady Phyllis Pilcott
1934 Marie Auguste
Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
1933 Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
Phyllis Emerson
Eleanor La Velle
Mrs. Isobel Service
Kate Nelson
Sybil Craven
Phil Stenning
1932 Janet King
Evelyn Standish
Audrey Paxton
Marda Blackett
Mary Lamb
Margaret Sones
Countess Ricardi
1931 Yvonne
Eve Martin
Marion Lee
1930 Lesley Fullerton
Betty Harlow
1929 Mary Shelton
Evelyn Seymour
Ursula Ardfern
1928 The Lady of the Lake
Averil Rochester
Jean McDonald
Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
Antonia Sanger
Dolores de Vargas
1925 Miss Moon
Year Character Movie/Tv

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