Benita Hume

Benita Hume
from The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
Born	14 October 1906(1906-10-14) London, England
Died	1 November 1967(1967-11-01) (aged 61) Egerton, Kent, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1925–1955

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; 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. She died in Egerton, Kent, England from bone cancer at age 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)

External links

• Benita Hume at the Internet Movie Database