Benita Hume
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 9.647 |
| Birthday | 1906-10-14 |
| Place of Birth | London, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Benita Humm, Mrs. Ronald Colman, |
1936
Tarzan Escapes
6.3/96
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1934
The Private Life of Don Juan
6.2/16
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1928
A Light Woman
0/0
Concerns a young woman who embarks on a series of love affairs. Originally around 100 minutes, only a 23 minute, 9.5mm cut-down version is known to su...
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A Light Woman
1936
Suzy
5.8/23
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
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Suzy
1933
Gambling Ship
5.2/8
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1935
The Gay Deception
6.4/7
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seem...
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The Gay Deception
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
6/18
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
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1925
The Happy Ending
0/0
A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.
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1936
The Garden Murder Case
5.5/12
Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things take a turn when he gathers evidence against Major Fenwi...
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The Garden Murder Case
1929
High Treason
5.8/8
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States. A bloody border incident puts both sides on high...
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High Treason
1928
A South Sea Bubble
0/0
'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)
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A South Sea Bubble
1933
Clear All Wires!
6.5/2
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1928
The Lady of the Lake
0/0
In 15th century Scotland, a woman of an outlaw clan tries to rescue both her father and her lover when they're captured by the king's men.
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The Lady of the Lake
1934
Jew Süss
5/6
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1936
Moonlight Murder
5/4
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
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Moonlight Murder
1929
The Wrecker
6.2/5
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The Wrecker
1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
4.3/3
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1931
A Honeymoon Adventure
4.5/4
An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by foreign agents whilst honeymooning in Scotland.
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A Honeymoon Adventure
1932
Service for Ladies
6.8/3
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince t...
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Service for Ladies
1933
Only Yesterday
6.8/5
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1933
Looking Forward
6.2/4
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.
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1932
Help Yourself
0/0
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1932
Lord Camber's Ladies
6/1
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Lord Camber's Ladies
1936
Rainbow on the River
9/1
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
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Rainbow on the River
1933
Discord
0/0
A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.
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Discord
1928
Balaclava
0/0
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Balaclava
1933
The Little Damozel
0/0
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The Little Damozel
1928
The Constant Nymph
0/0
Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daughters penniless. The young composer Lewis Dodd, a lo...
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The Constant Nymph
1935
The Divine Spark
0/0
British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone.
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The Divine Spark
1928
Easy Virtue
5.1/72
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Easy Virtue
1930
The House of the Arrow
0/0
In France, an inspector solves the poisoning of his rich aunt.
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1930
Symphony in Two Flats
0/0
A young composer goes blind, and shortly afterward enters his most recent work in a competition. He believes he's won, but doesn't know that his wife...
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Symphony in Two Flats
1931
The Flying Fool
0/0
Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentleman's Clubs is in fact a secret agent hot on the trail of Michael Marlowe whom he su...
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The Flying Fool
1932
Diamond Cut Diamond
0/0
One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.
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Diamond Cut Diamond
1931
The Happy Ending
0/0
A father who deserted his family some years before returns home only to find that his wife has told his children and neighbours that he died as a hero...
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The Happy Ending
1932
Men of Steel
0/0
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1932
Women Who Play
0/0
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1932
Sally Bishop
0/0
A British romantic drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter
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Sally Bishop
1929
The Clue of the New Pin
0/0
A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room.
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The Clue of the New Pin
1935
18 Minutes
10/1
A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall submit without question to his will - is applied wi...
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18 Minutes
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?
0/0
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Barely surviving a Midwest train wreck, she becomes a...
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