Benita Hume
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The sister of MGM screenwriter Cyril Hume, British actress Benita Hume began her London stage career at the age of 17. Two years later, she made her first film, The Happy Ending (1925). Among her earliest screen credits was 1926's Easy Virtue, written by Noel Coward and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. In Hollywood from 1932, Hume was at her best in sophisticated roles, notably as the title character in Worst Woman in Paris? (1933). She retired from films in 1938 to devote more time to her husband, actor Ronald Colman. Colman and Hume were frequent guests of radio's Jack Benny Program, playing Benny's long-suffering next-door neighbors; they also co-starred in the erudite radio situation comedy The Halls of Ivy, which ran from 1950 to 1952 and which became a TV series in 1954. After Colman's death in 1958, Benita Hume married an old friend, actor George Sanders; it was a happy union for both, one that lasted until Hume's own death in 1967. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviFilmography:
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Benita Hume
| Benita Hume | |
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 from The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) |
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| Born | 14 October 1906 London, England |
| Died | 1 November 1967 (aged 61) Egerton, Kent, England |
| Resting place | Lathrop Hill Cemetery, Bolton |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1925-1955 |
| Spouse | Ronald Colman (m.1938-1958; his death) George Sanders (m.1959-1967; her death) |
Benita Hume (14 October 1906 – 1 November 1967) was an English film actress. She appeared in 44 films between 1925 and 1955.
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Life and career
She was married to actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet. 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.
Death
She died in Egerton, Kent, England from bone cancer at the age of 61.
Filmography
- The Happy Ending (1925)
- Second to None (1927)
- The Constant Nymph (1928)
- Easy Virtue (1928)
- High Treason (1928)
- The Lady of the Lake (1928)
- A Light Woman (1928)
- A South Sea Bubble (1928)
- Balaclava (1928)
- The Clue of the New Pin (1929)
- The Wrecker (1929)
- Symphony in Two Flats (1930)
- The House of the Arrow (1930)
- The Happy Ending (1931)
- A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)
- The Flying Fool (1931)
- Service for Ladies (1932)
- Help Yourself (1932)
- Women Who Play (1932)
- Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)
- Sally Bishop (1932)
- Lord Camber's Ladies (1932)
- Men of Steel (1932)
- Discord (1933)
- The Little Damozel (1933)
- Clear All Wires! (1933)
- Gambling Ship (1933)
- Looking Forward (1933)
- Only Yesterday (1933)
- The Worst Woman in Paris? (1933)
- The Private Life of Don Juan (1934)
- Jew Suss (1934)
- 18 Minutes (1935)
- The Divine Spark (1935)
- The Gay Deception (1935)
- Suzy (1936)
- The Garden Murder Case (1936)
- Tarzan Escapes (1936)
- Moonlight Murder (1936)
- Rainbow on the River (1936)
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
- Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)
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