Benita Hume

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.

Known For

Four Star Playhouse

The Jack Benny Program

Tarzan Escapes

Easy Virtue

Gambling Ship

Only Yesterday

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

The Gay Deception

All Movies (42)

• Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus1938 · as Myrna Daro
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney1937 · as Lady Kitty Winton
• Rainbow on the River1936 · as Julia Layton
• Tarzan Escapes1936 · as Rita Parker
• Suzy1936 · as Madame Eyrelle
• Moonlight Murder1936 · as Diana
• The Garden Murder Case1936 · as Nurse Gladys Beeton
• The Gay Deception1935 · as Miss Channing
• The Divine Spark1935 · as Giuditta Pasta
• 18 Minutes1935 · as Lady Phyllis Pilcott
• Jew Süss1934 · as Marie Auguste
• The Private Life of Don Juan1934 · as Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
• The Worst Woman in Paris?1933 · as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
• Only Yesterday1933 · as Phyllis Emerson
• Gambling Ship1933 · as Eleanor La Velle
• Looking Forward1933 · as Mrs. Isobel Service
• Clear All Wires!1933 · as Kate Nelson
• Discord1933 · as Phil Stenning
• The Little Damozel1933 · as Sybil Craven
• Lord Camber's Ladies1932 · as Janet King
• Sally Bishop1932 · as Evelyn Standish
• Men of Steel1932 · as Audrey Paxton
• Diamond Cut Diamond1932 · as Marda Blackett
• Help Yourself1932 · as Mary Lamb
• Women Who Play1932 · as Margaret Sones
• Service for Ladies1932 · as Countess Ricardi
• The Happy Ending1931 · as Yvonne
• A Honeymoon Adventure1931 · as Eve Martin
• The Flying Fool1931 · as Marion Lee
• Symphony in Two Flats1930 · as Lesley Fullerton
• The House of the Arrow1930 · as Betty Harlow
• The Wrecker1929 · as Mary Shelton
• High Treason1929 · as Evelyn Seymour
• The Clue of the New Pin1929 · as Ursula Ardfern
• The Lady of the Lake1928 · as The Lady of the Lake
• A South Sea Bubble1928 · as Averil Rochester
• Balaclava1928 · as Jean McDonald
• Easy Virtue1928 · as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
• The Constant Nymph1928 · as Antonia Sanger
• A Light Woman1928 · as Dolores de Vargas
• Second to None1927 · as Ina
• The Happy Ending1925 · as Miss Moon

All TV Shows (3)

• The Halls of Ivy1954
• Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Mrs. Bosanquent
• The Jack Benny Program1950 · as Benita Hume