Leila Bennett

Leila Bennett

Born: November 16, 1892
Died: January 5, 1965
in Newark, New Jersey, USA
Leila Bennett (November 17, 1892 – January 5, 1965) was an American film actress who primarily appeared in supporting roles as either slapstick sidekicks, mousy maids, and scatterbrains.

Movies for Leila Bennett...

Fury
Title: Fury
Character: Edna Hooper
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
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Mark of the Vampire
Title: Mark of the Vampire
Character: Maria
Released: April 26, 1935
Type: Movie
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora, or perhaps his daughter, but receive little help from the law. Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with the investigation.
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One New York Night
Title: One New York Night
Character: Betty
Released: March 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone operator who takes a liking to him, and also Countess Louise Browssiloff, who innocently had left some personal belongings in the murdered man's room and is most anxious to recover the incriminating evidence, Foxhall solves the murder mystery.
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Wagon Wheels
Title: Wagon Wheels
Character: Hetty Masters
Released: September 15, 1934
Type: Movie
A wagon train heads west from Independence, Mo., along the Oregon Trail, led by proud cowboy Clint Belmet. On board are feisty young widow Nancy Wellington and her toddler, Sonny, as well as the older Abby Masters, who begins a romance with scout Jim Burch. Along the way, the wagon train battles Indians led by Kenneth Murdock, a trapper who doesn't welcome competition for Oregon's lucrative fur trade. Wagon Wheels is a 1934 remake of 1931's Fighting Caravans, using stock footage from the original.
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Dames
Title: Dames
Character: Laura
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
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Housewife
Title: Housewife
Character: Jenny
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of business, he finally gets a client. Former girlfriend Patricia Berkeley writes a very successful commercial for the client and neats up their old romance. Wife and girlfriend struggle over Bill.
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Strictly Dynamite
Title: Strictly Dynamite
Character: Miss Mary Hoffman
Released: May 11, 1934
Type: Movie
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
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Unknown Blonde
Title: Unknown Blonde
Character: The Maid
Released: April 23, 1934
Type: Movie
An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds that he's framing his own daughter.
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Once to Every Woman
Title: Once to Every Woman
Character: Sally
Released: March 24, 1934
Type: Movie
An able nurse clashes with a new doctor at her hospital.
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Easy to Love
Title: Easy to Love
Character: Hotel Maid (uncredited)
Released: January 13, 1934
Type: Movie
Carol feels, for whatever reason, that her husband, John, has grown indifferent to her, and is on a quest to find out why, suspecting another woman. She sees the family physician, Dr. Swope, first and then hires a private detective. Her own sleuthing is more effective and she devises a plan; having long been pursued by Eric, she apparently accedes and accompanies him to an apartment and, per her plan, enter the wrong one. There, they find Carol's best friend, Charlotte, and John hiding in a closet. The latter, showing more nerve than good sense, goes into a rage and berates Carol for her apparent philandering. The battle continues at home, where their daughter Janet informs them that because of them, she and Paul have given up on the idea of marriage, but are going away together, anyway. Carol and John trail them to a hotel and find them in twin beds, whereupon John, armed with a fire-ax, summons a justice of the peace and demands a fire-ax version of a shotgun wedding.
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Sunset Pass
Title: Sunset Pass
Character: Hetty Miller
Released: May 26, 1933
Type: Movie
A US marshal goes undercover to bust up a bunch of rustlers.
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A Study in Scarlet
Title: A Study in Scarlet
Character: Daffy Dolly
Released: May 14, 1933
Type: Movie
In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceased members and divides them among the remaining members. Society members start dropping like flies. Sherlock Holmes is approached by member James Murphy's widow, who is miffed at being left penniless by her husband. When Captain Pyke is shot, Holmes keys in on his mysterious Chinese widow as well as the shady Merrydew. Other members keep dying: Malcom Dearing first, then Mr. Baker. There is also an attempt on the life of young Eileen Forrester, who became a reluctant society member upon the death of her father. Holmes' uncanny observations and insights are put to the test.
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Terror Aboard
Title: Terror Aboard
Character: Lena Klein
Released: April 14, 1933
Type: Movie
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
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No Other Woman
Title: No Other Woman
Character: Susie
Released: January 6, 1933
Type: Movie
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
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Tiger Shark
Title: Tiger Shark
Character: Muggsey
Released: September 24, 1932
Type: Movie
A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
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Doctor X
Title: Doctor X
Character: Mamie
Released: August 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
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The First Year
Title: The First Year
Character: Hattie
Released: July 30, 1932
Type: Movie
Grace Livingston is leading a happy life in her small town, with her mother and father, being courted by two men, the steady but predictable Tommy Tucker and the more ambitious, flashy, and worldly Dick Loring, who seems closer to Grace in his desire for travel and adventure.
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The Purchase Price
Title: The Purchase Price
Character: Emily
Released: July 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
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Emma
Title: Emma
Character: Matilda
Released: January 2, 1932
Type: Movie
When Fred Smith's wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple's three children, cares also for the family's new addition. Fred becomes rich and successful, then he and Emma marry. When Fred dies, his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.
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Taxi!
Title: Taxi!
Character: Ruby
Released: December 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.
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Gentleman's Fate
Title: Gentleman's Fate
Character: Lunch Counter Attendant
Released: March 7, 1931
Type: Movie
A bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.