Benita Hume

Born: 1906-10-14

​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.


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Tarzan Escapes

as Rita Parker
Released: 1936-11-06

White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He...

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Easy Virtue

as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
Released: 1928-03-05

Larita Filton is named as correspondent in a scandalous divorce case. She escapes to France to...

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Only Yesterday

as Phyllis Emerson
Released: 1933-11-01

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide....

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Clear All Wires!

as Kate Nelson
Released: 1933-02-24

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he...

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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

as Lady Kitty Winton
Released: 1937-02-19

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

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The Gay Deception

as Miss Cordelia Channing
Released: 1935-09-13

A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York...

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Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

as Myrna Daro
Released: 1938-12-02

Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and...

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Moonlight Murder

as Diana
Released: 1936-03-27

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera...

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Suzy

as Madame Eyrelle
Released: 1936-07-20

A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.

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The Garden Murder Case

as Nurse Gladys Beeton
Released: 1936-02-21

Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things...

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Service for Ladies

as Countess Ricardi
Released: 1932-01-14

Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia...

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The Constant Nymph

as Antonia Sanger
Released: 1928-02-20

Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his...

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18 Minutes

as Lady Phyllis Pilcott
Released: 1935-04-07

A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they...

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Looking Forward

as Mrs. Isobel Service
Released: 1933-04-28

Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to...

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The Private Life of Don Juan

as Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
Released: 1934-01-01

What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence....

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High Treason

as Evelyn Seymour
Released: 1929-03-25

The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic...

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The Worst Woman in Paris?

as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
Released: 1933-12-03

Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US....

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The Happy Ending

as Yvonne
Released: 1931-10-01

A father who deserted his family some years before returns home only to find that his wife has...

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The Wrecker

as Mary Shelton
Released: 1929-07-16

The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to...

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Gambling Ship

as Eleanor La Velle
Released: 1933-06-23

Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels...

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Jew Süss

as Marie Auguste
Released: 1934-10-13

A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel...

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A Honeymoon Adventure

as Eve Martin
Released: 1931-09-21

An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by...

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The House of the Arrow

as Betty Harlow
Released: 1930-03-24

In France, an inspector solves the poisoning of his rich aunt.

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Symphony in Two Flats

as Lesley Fullerton
Released: 1930-07-16

A young composer goes blind, and shortly afterward enters his most recent work in a competition....

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Lord Camber's Ladies

as Janet King
Released: 1932-10-27

In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately,...

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The Lady of the Lake

as The Lady of the Lake
Released: 1928-12-08

In 15th century Scotland, a woman of an outlaw clan tries to rescue both her father and her...

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Balaclava

as Jean McDonald
Released: 1928-06-06

A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War....

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Rainbow on the River

as Julia Layton
Released: 1936-12-18

A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't...

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The Flying Fool

as Marion Lee
Released: 1931-08-01

Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentleman's Clubs is in fact a...

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Diamond Cut Diamond

as Marda Blackett
Released: 1932-08-17

One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.

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The Jack Benny Program

as Benita Hume
First aired: 1950-10-28

Laugh along with funnyman Jack Benny as he brings his underplayed humor to TV along with regular...

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