Cast & creator
Benita Hume
Best known for Four Star Playhouse, The Jack Benny Program, The Halls of Ivy
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.
Also known as: Benita Humm, Mrs. Ronald Colman
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television credits
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1925–1954 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (45)
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Four Star Playhouse
Mrs. Bosanquent
1952
The Jack Benny Program
Benita Hume
1950The Halls of Ivy
1954
Tarzan Escapes
Rita Parker
1936
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
Lady Kitty Winton
1937
The Private Life of Don Juan
Dona Dolores, a Lady of Mystery
1934
The Gay Deception
Miss Channing
1935
The Garden Murder Case
Nurse Gladys Beeton
1936
Only Yesterday
Phyllis Emerson
1933
Easy Virtue
Telephone Receptionist (uncredited)
1928
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
Myrna Daro
1938
Clear All Wires!
Kate Nelson
1933
The Lady of the Lake
The Lady of the Lake
1928
The House of the Arrow
Betty Harlow
1930Lord Camber's Ladies
Janet King
1932The Clue of the New Pin
Ursula Ardfern
1929
Jew Süss
Marie Auguste
1934
Rainbow on the River
Julia Layton
1936
The Constant Nymph
Antonia Sanger
1928
Suzy
Madame Eyrelle
1936The Little Damozel
Sybil Craven
1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Margaret Ann 'Peggy' Vane
1933
Moonlight Murder
Diana
1936
Symphony in Two Flats
Lesley Fullerton
1930
Gambling Ship
Eleanor La Velle
1933
Looking Forward
Mrs. Isobel Service
1933A South Sea Bubble
Averil Rochester
1928
The Flying Fool
Marion Lee
1931
Diamond Cut Diamond
Marda Blackett
1932Sally Bishop
Evelyn Standish
1932
Women Who Play
Margaret Sones
1932
High Treason
Evelyn Seymour
1929
Balaclava
Jean McDonald
1928The Happy Ending
Miss Moon
1925Discord
Phil Stenning
1933
Service for Ladies
Countess Ricardi
1932
A Honeymoon Adventure
Eve Martin
1931
Men of Steel
Audrey Paxton
1932Help Yourself
Mary Lamb
1932
A Light Woman
Dolores de Vargas
1928The Divine Spark
Giuditta Pasta
1935
18 Minutes
Lady Phyllis Pilcott
1935
The Wrecker
Mary Shelton
1929
The Happy Ending
Yvonne
1931Second to None
Ina
1927