Benita Hume
Date of birth: 1906-10-14
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Benita Humm, Mrs. Ronald Colman
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.
Movie Credits
The Private Life of Don Juan
1934-01-01
What do women want? Don Juan is aging. He's arrived secretly in Seville after a 20 year absence. His
Tarzan Escapes
1936-11-06
White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arr
A Light Woman
1928-01-01
Concerns a young woman who embarks on a series of love affairs. Originally around 100 minutes, only
Suzy
1936-07-20
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Gambling Ship
1933-06-23
Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross
The Gay Deception
1935-09-13
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City,
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937-02-19
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
The Happy Ending
1925-01-02
A wastrel returns to blackmail his wife who has told her children that he died a hero.
High Treason
1929-03-25
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States
The Garden Murder Case
1936-02-21
Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance susp
A South Sea Bubble
1928-08-03
'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue
Clear All Wires!
1933-02-24
Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports
The Lady of the Lake
1928-12-08
In 15th century Scotland, a woman of an outlaw clan tries to rescue both her father and her lover wh
Jew Süss
1934-10-13
A historical satire critical of the rising tide of Anti-Semitism in Germany. Based on the novel by L
Moonlight Murder
1936-03-27
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer
The Wrecker
1929-07-16
The Wrecker is a British film that tells the story of a crook who organises train crashes to discred
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938-12-02
Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and befo
A Honeymoon Adventure
1931-09-21
An exciting tale of international crooks and stolen plans, in which an inventor is kidnapped by fore
Service for Ladies
1932-01-14
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Roberts
Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a
Looking Forward
1933-04-28
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fir
Help Yourself
1932-03-21
British comedy directed by John Daumery ...
Lord Camber's Ladies
1932-10-27
In this drama the owner of a flower shop falls in love with one of her patrons. Unfortunately, he is
Rainbow on the River
1936-12-18
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in
Discord
1933-01-01
A struggling composer has to be supported financially by his wealthier wife.
Balaclava
1928-06-06
A British army officer is cashiered, and re-enlists as Private to take part in the Crimean War. He s
The Little Damozel
1933-01-01
A captain pays one of his sailors to marry a woman who works in a nightclub.
The Constant Nymph
1928-02-20
Sanger, an eccentric expatriate composer, dies in his house in the Austrian Alps, leaving his daught
The Divine Spark
1935-06-01
British musical film directed by Carmine Gallone.
Easy Virtue
1928-04-01
Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She
The House of the Arrow
1930-03-24
In France, an inspector solves the poisoning of his rich aunt.
Symphony in Two Flats
1930-07-16
A young composer goes blind, and shortly afterward enters his most recent work in a competition. He
The Flying Fool
1931-08-01
Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentleman's Clubs is in fact a secret ag
Diamond Cut Diamond
1932-08-17
One of the guests tries to foil a gang of jewel-robbers during a country house weekend party.
The Happy Ending
1931-10-01
A father who deserted his family some years before returns home only to find that his wife has told
Men of Steel
1932-09-01
James Harg and his father work in a steelmaking plant which is incompetently run, with scant attenti
Women Who Play
1932-03-01
In order to deter his wife from having an affair a man hires an actress as part of an elaborate sche
Sally Bishop
1932-10-17
A British romantic drama film directed by T. Hayes Hunter
The Clue of the New Pin
1929-03-01
A wealthy recluse is murdered in an absolutely sealed room.
18 Minutes
1935-04-07
A lion-tamer's partly innate and partly acquired attitude to other living beings - that they shall s
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933-12-03
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Bare
Second to None
1927-08-22