Benita Hume

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

44

Gender

Female

Birthday

1906-10-14

Deathday

1967-11-01 (61 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Also Known As

  • Benita Humm
  • Mrs. Ronald Colman

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

Tarzan Escapes
6.3%

Tarzan Escapes

Nov 6, 1936

Easy Virtue
5.2%

Easy Virtue

Apr 1, 1928

Suzy
5.8%

Suzy

Jul 20, 1936

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
6.0%

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

Feb 19, 1937

The Jack Benny Program
7.7%

The Jack Benny Program

Oct 28, 1950

The Garden Murder Case
5.5%

The Garden Murder Case

Feb 21, 1936

Gambling Ship
5.2%

Gambling Ship

Jun 23, 1933

High Treason
5.8%

High Treason

Mar 25, 1929

FSP
6.1%

Four Star Playhouse

Sep 25, 1952

The Gay Deception
6.4%

The Gay Deception

Sep 13, 1935

Jew Süss
5.0%

Jew Süss

Oct 13, 1934

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Acting

1954
The Halls of Ivy
1952
Four Star Playhouse as Mrs. Bosanquent
1950
The Jack Benny Program as Benita Hume
1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus as Myrna Daro
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as Lady Kitty Winton
1936
Rainbow on the River as Julia Layton
1936
Tarzan Escapes as Rita Parker
1936
Suzy as Madame Eyrelle
1936
Moonlight Murder as Diana
1936
The Garden Murder Case as Nurse Gladys Beeton
1935
The Gay Deception as Miss Channing
1935
The Divine Spark as Giuditta Pasta
1935
18 Minutes as Lady Phyllis Pilcott
1934
Jew Süss as Marie Auguste
1934
The Private Life of Don Juan as Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris? as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
1933
Only Yesterday as Phyllis Emerson
1933
Gambling Ship as Eleanor La Velle
1933
Looking Forward as Mrs. Isobel Service
1933
Clear All Wires! as Kate Nelson
1933
Discord as Phil Stenning
1933
The Little Damozel as Sybil Craven
1932
Lord Camber's Ladies as Janet King
1932
Sally Bishop as Evelyn Standish
1932
Men of Steel as Audrey Paxton
1932
Diamond Cut Diamond as Marda Blackett
1932
Help Yourself as Mary Lamb
1932
Women Who Play as Margaret Sones
1932
Service for Ladies as Countess Ricardi
1931
The Happy Ending as Yvonne
1931
A Honeymoon Adventure as Eve Martin
1931
The Flying Fool as Marion Lee
1930
Symphony in Two Flats as Lesley Fullerton
1930
The House of the Arrow as Betty Harlow
1929
The Wrecker as Mary Shelton
1929
High Treason as Evelyn Seymour
1929
The Clue of the New Pin as Ursula Ardfern
1928
The Lady of the Lake as The Lady of the Lake
1928
A South Sea Bubble as Averil Rochester
1928
Balaclava as Jean McDonald
1928
Easy Virtue as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
1928
The Constant Nymph as Antonia Sanger
1928
A Light Woman as Dolores de Vargas
1925
The Happy Ending as Miss Moon
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