Billie Bennett
Acting
Born October 22, 1874, Evansville, Indiana, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Billie Bennett (October 23, 1874 – May 19, 1951) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 52 films between 1913 and 1930. She was born in Evansville, Indiana, and died in Los Angeles, California. Author E. J. Fleming writing in his 2004 book, The Fixers: Eddie Mannix, Howard Strickling and the MGM Publicity Machine, states that when she ceased making films at the end of the silent era, she ran a high class bordello in an exclusive part of the Los Angeles area. Bennett's girls were made up to look like movie stars of the period even undergoing surgical alterations to achieve the illusion. Much of the brothel was sponsored by MGM courting out of town clientele and foreign distributors and exhibitors from around the world.
Filmography
- 1930Night Work — Miss Brown
- 1930One Romantic Night — Princess Sympharosa
- 1929Fashions in Love — Jane
- 1928The Tragedy of Youth — Landlady
- 1927Marriage — Mrs. Pope
- 1927The Claw — Mrs. Harriatt
- 1927The Slaver — Mrs. Rivers
- 1926The Amateur Gentleman — Duchess of Camberhurst
- 1925Lady Windermere's Fan
- 1925The Fighting Smile
- 1925The Wyoming Wildcat — Blendy Betts
- 1924Crossed Trails — Alice Dawson
- 1921Crossing Trails — Mrs. Warren
- 1921The Parish Priest — Katherine Carrigan
- 1920The Courage of Marge O'Doone — Margaret O'Doone
- 1919Fighting Cressy — Mrs. Dabney
- 1918Bill's Opportunity — Bill's Wife
- 1918Her Rustic Romeo — The Widow
- 1917Mothers of Men — Undetermined Role
- 1916Cinders of Love — The Fire Chief's Wife
- 1916Hearts and Sparks — The Stenographer
- 1915A Lover's Lost Control — Customer
- 1915A Lucky Leap — The Store Owner's Wife
- 1915Ambrose's Fury — maid
- 1915Court House Crooks — Young Man's Mother (uncredited)
- 1915Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance — Fatty's Wife
- 1915Hash House Mashers — The Landlady
- 1915Love in Armor — The Sweetheart's Mother
- 1915Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers — Mrs. Finnegan
- 1915Only a Farmer's Daughter — The Mother
- 1915Only a Messenger Boy
- 1915Peanuts and Bullets — The Landlady
- 1915Their Social Splash — Wedding Guest (uncredited)
- 1914'Curses!' They Remarked — Blackheart Jr.'s Wife
- 1914Leading Lizzie Astray — Lizzie's Mother
- 1914Mabel's Busy Day — Woman
- 1914Mabel's New Job — Boarder
- 1914The Masquerader — Actress (uncredited)
- 1914The Plumber — The Maid
- 1914Their Fatal Bumping — Birdie's Mother
- 1914Their Ups and Downs — Fatty's Sweetheart
- 1914Tillie's Punctured Romance — Maid / Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1913Almost a Rescue — Maud Smith