Benita Hume | |
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 from The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) | |
| Born | 14 October 1907 London, England |
| Died | 1 November 1967 (aged 60) Egerton, Kent, England |
| Resting place | Kent County Crematorium, Charing, Kent, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1925–1956 |
| Spouses | Eric Siepmann (m. 1926;div. 1931) |
| Children | 1 |
Benita Hume (14 October 1907 – 1 November 1967) [1] was an English theatre and film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films from 1925 to 1955.
She was married to film actor Ronald Colman from 1938 to his death in 1958; they were the parents of a daughter, Juliet. She starred with Colman in both versions of the situation comedy The Halls of Ivy , an NBC Radio programme (1950–1952) and a CBS Television show (1954–1955). She also made occasional guest appearances with her husband on The Jack Benny Show on radio, and the Colmans were portrayed as Benny's long-suffering next-door neighbours, roles they reprised once on his television show.
After Colman's death, she married actor George Sanders in 1959, and they remained together until her death in 1967. Sanders originally was signed to play Sheridan Whiteside in the musical Sherry! , but when Hume became terminally ill with cancer, he withdrew from the project. [2] Hume died in Kent from bone cancer at age 60.
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