Annette Benson

Annette Benson

Born: January 1, 1895
Died: January 1, 1965
in London, England, UK
From Wikipedia

Annette Benson (1895 - 1965) was British film actress. She was a leading lady of British silent films of the 1920s, appearing in Confetti with Jack Buchanan and Downhill with Ivor Novello. She also featured in several French and German productions in the mid-1920s. Her career tailed-off with the arrival of sound film and she made her last screen appearance in 1931.

Perhaps her best-known role is that of the film star Mae Feather in Anthony Asquith's Shooting Stars.

Movies for Annette Benson...

Deadlock
Title: Deadlock
Character: Madeleine d'Arblay
Released: September 4, 1931
Type: Movie
A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.
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Week-End Wives
Title: Week-End Wives
Character: Helene Monard
Released: May 14, 1929
Type: Movie
A lawyer spends the weekend with a married actress at the same hotel as his wife and her lover. This British silent film exists in an abridged 2-reel (32-min) format.
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Confetti
Title: Confetti
Released: October 15, 1928
Type: Movie
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The Ringer
Title: The Ringer
Character: Cora Ann Milton
Released: August 29, 1928
Type: Movie
'Scotland Yard hunt for a dangerous criminal who has returned to Britain after many years away.' (BFI)
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A South Sea Bubble
Title: A South Sea Bubble
Character: Lydia la Rue
Released: August 3, 1928
Type: Movie
'Girl reporter and insane fiancé join pirate's descendant in treasure hunt.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Shooting Stars
Title: Shooting Stars
Character: Mae Feather
Released: February 6, 1928
Type: Movie
The husband and wife acting team of Mae Feather and Julian Gordon is torn apart when he discovers she is having an affair with the screen comedian Andy Wilks.
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Downhill
Title: Downhill
Character: Mabel
Released: October 24, 1927
Type: Movie
Roddy, first son of the rich Berwick family, is expelled from school when he takes the blame for his friend Tim's charge. His family sends him away and all of his friends leave him alone. Through many life choices that don't work out in his favor, Roddy begins to find his life slowly spiraling out of his control.
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The Cradle of God
Title: The Cradle of God
Released: June 4, 1926
Type: Movie
A young intellectual, J. Powers, loses his faith in God after the untimely death of his wife. He devotes his great talents to writing a shockingly blasphemous book, debunking all religion, and then embarks on a trip to Jerusalem. Far from reconciling him to God, the sight of all the different sects worshipping in that ancient city only serves to embitter him and deepen his unbelief. One day, wandering in the country, he loses his way and stops to ask directions at a small house. The inhabitants are a poor but devout family whose daughter, Ruth, revives his broken heart. At the risk of losing her, he confesses to her his loss of faith, and she gently declares that meditation on the Gospels will heal him. He sorrowfully tells her that he wishes he could believe as she does, but it is impossible.
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Before the Battle
Title: Before the Battle
Released: May 1, 1925
Type: Movie
When the commander of a cruiser ,which sank in a confrontation,is tried for negligence, will the wife speak up in his defense? Unknown to him, she was trapped in the cabin below with her former lover, a subordinate officer.
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The Money Habit
Title: The Money Habit
Character: Diana Hastings
Released: January 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A manager's mistress cons a financier into buying a dud oil claim.
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The Man From Home
Title: The Man From Home
Character: Faustina Ribière
Released: April 30, 1922
Type: Movie
A fairly conventional romance of an American heiress, loved by boy back home, bedazzled by a glamorous prince in beautiful Italian surroundings.
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Three Live Ghosts
Title: Three Live Ghosts
Character: Mrs Woofers
Released: January 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Adapted from a popular Broadway play and concerns three veterans who return to London from the War only to discover that they have been officially listed as dead.