Acting · London, England, UK · Born October 14, 1906
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.
The Halls of Ivy
1954
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Mrs. Bosanquent
TVThe Jack Benny Program
1950
as Benita Hume
MoviePeck's Bad Boy with the Circus
1938
as Myrna Daro
MovieThe Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937
as Lady Kitty Winton
MovieRainbow on the River
1936
as Julia Layton
MovieTarzan Escapes
1936
as Rita Parker
MovieSuzy
1936
as Madame Eyrelle
MovieMoonlight Murder
1936
as Diana
MovieThe Garden Murder Case
1936
as Nurse Gladys Beeton
MovieThe Gay Deception
1935
as Miss Channing
The Divine Spark
1935
as Giuditta Pasta
Movie18 Minutes
1935
as Lady Phyllis Pilcott
MovieJew Süss
1934
as Marie Auguste
MovieThe Private Life of Don Juan
1934
as Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
MovieThe Worst Woman in Paris?
1933
as Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
MovieOnly Yesterday
1933
as Phyllis Emerson
MovieGambling Ship
1933
as Eleanor La Velle
MovieLooking Forward
1933
as Mrs. Isobel Service
MovieClear All Wires!
1933
as Kate Nelson
Discord
1933
as Phil Stenning
The Little Damozel
1933
as Sybil Craven
Lord Camber's Ladies
1932
as Janet King
Sally Bishop
1932
as Evelyn Standish
MovieMen of Steel
1932
as Audrey Paxton
MovieDiamond Cut Diamond
1932
as Marda Blackett
Help Yourself
1932
as Mary Lamb
MovieWomen Who Play
1932
as Margaret Sones
MovieService for Ladies
1932
as Countess Ricardi
MovieThe Happy Ending
1931
as Yvonne
MovieA Honeymoon Adventure
1931
as Eve Martin
MovieThe Flying Fool
1931
as Marion Lee
MovieSymphony in Two Flats
1930
as Lesley Fullerton
MovieThe House of the Arrow
1930
as Betty Harlow
MovieThe Wrecker
1929
as Mary Shelton
MovieHigh Treason
1929
as Evelyn Seymour
The Clue of the New Pin
1929
as Ursula Ardfern
MovieThe Lady of the Lake
1928
as The Lady of the Lake
A South Sea Bubble
1928
as Averil Rochester
MovieBalaclava
1928
as Jean McDonald
MovieEasy Virtue
1928
as Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
MovieThe Constant Nymph
1928
as Antonia Sanger
MovieA Light Woman
1928
as Dolores de Vargas
Second to None
1927
as Ina
The Happy Ending
1925
as Miss Moon
