Benita Hume

Benita Hume

Acting
Born Oct 14, 1906
From London, England, UK
Died Nov 01, 1967

​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

Filmography — Acting

Easy Virtue
5.3
1928

Easy Virtue

Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)

Tarzan Escapes
6.3
1936

Tarzan Escapes

Rita Parker

The Private Life of Don Juan
5.9
1934

The Private Life of Don Juan

Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery

Looking Forward
6.2
1933

Looking Forward

Mrs. Isobel Service

Suzy
5.7
1936

Suzy

Madame Eyrelle

The Gay Deception
6.4
1935

The Gay Deception

Miss Channing

Only Yesterday
6.8
1933

Only Yesterday

Phyllis Emerson

The Garden Murder Case
5.5
1936

The Garden Murder Case

Nurse Gladys Beeton

The Wrecker
6.2
1929

The Wrecker

Mary Shelton

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
5.8
1937

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Lady Kitty Winton

Gambling Ship
5.7
1933

Gambling Ship

Eleanor La Velle

Clear All Wires!
6.5
1933

Clear All Wires!

Kate Nelson

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
4.8
1938

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Myrna Daro

Jew Süss
5.0
1934

Jew Süss

Marie Auguste

Rainbow on the River
8.0
1936

Rainbow on the River

Julia Layton

1935

The Divine Spark

Giuditta Pasta

Women Who Play
1932

Women Who Play

Margaret Sones

Moonlight Murder
4.2
1936

Moonlight Murder

Diana

6.0
1932

Lord Camber's Ladies

Janet King

Balaclava
1928

Balaclava

Jean McDonald

The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933

The Worst Woman in Paris?

Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane

1933

Discord

Phil Stenning

1932

Sally Bishop

Evelyn Standish

The Happy Ending
1931

The Happy Ending

Yvonne

High Treason
5.8
1929

High Treason

Evelyn Seymour

1932

Help Yourself

Mary Lamb

Service for Ladies
6.8
1932

Service for Ladies

Countess Ricardi

18 Minutes
10.0
1935

18 Minutes

Lady Phyllis Pilcott

Symphony in Two Flats
1930

Symphony in Two Flats

Lesley Fullerton

1933

The Little Damozel

Sybil Craven

The Lady of the Lake
1928

The Lady of the Lake

The Lady of the Lake

Men of Steel
1932

Men of Steel

Audrey Paxton

1929

The Clue of the New Pin

Ursula Ardfern

The Constant Nymph
1928

The Constant Nymph

Antonia Sanger

The Flying Fool
1931

The Flying Fool

Marion Lee

1925

The Happy Ending

Miss Moon

1928

A South Sea Bubble

Averil Rochester

The House of the Arrow
1930

The House of the Arrow

Betty Harlow

A Light Woman
1928

A Light Woman

Dolores de Vargas

1927

Second to None

Ina

Diamond Cut Diamond
1932

Diamond Cut Diamond

Marda Blackett

A Honeymoon Adventure
4.5
1931

A Honeymoon Adventure

Eve Martin