Benita Hume
Biography
Benita Hume was an English actress of the stage and screen. Her career spanned from 1925 to 1955, during which she appeared in more than forty films. She began on the stage, with credits in Arnold Bennett's London Life in 1924 and John Van Druten's Chance Acquaintance in 1927. In the 1950s she starred in both the radio and television versions of The Halls of Ivy, which aired on NBC Radio from 1950 to 1952 and on CBS Television from 1954 to 1955. She also appeared occasionally on The Jack Benny Show on radio, as one of Benny's long-suffering next-door neighbors, a role she revived once on his television show. She died in 1967.
61years old at death
- Born London
- Died Egerton
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- Also credited as Benita Humm
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 3 years1934 to 1937
Every film, newest first
- 1937The Last of Mrs. CheyneyIMDb rating 6.4
- 1936SuzyIMDb rating 6.4
- 1936Tarzan EscapesIMDb rating 6.5
- 1934The Private Life of Don JuanIMDb rating 6.3
Genres
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Worked with
Benita Hume shares two films with Melville Cooper, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Melville Cooper's page
Cary Grant's page
Joan Crawford's page
Harry Cording's page
Nigel Bruce's page
George Davis's page
John FarrowDirector, 1 film, 1936
All films by John Farrow
Richard ThorpeDirector, 1 film, 1936
All films by Richard Thorpe
Richard BoleslawskiDirector, 1 film, 1937
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