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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.
Birth Name
Emily B. Haynie
Born
Friday, 23 October 1874
Died
Saturday, 19 May 1951
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Night Work | Miss Brown | 1930 |
One Romantic Night | Princess Symphorosa / Princess Sympharosa | 1930 |
Fashions in Love | Jane | 1929 |
My Lady's Past | Gossip | 1929 |
The Tragedy of Youth | Landlady | 1928 |
The Slaver | Mrs. Rivers | 1927 |
The Claw | Mrs. Harriatt | 1927 |
The Amateur Gentleman | Duchess of Camberhurst | 1926 |
Ranson's Folly | Mrs. Truesdale | 1926 |
Memory Lane | 1926 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Night Work | Miss Brown | 1930 |
One Romantic Night | Princess Symphorosa / Princess Sympharosa | 1930 |
Fashions in Love | Jane | 1929 |
My Lady's Past | Gossip | 1929 |
The Tragedy of Youth | Landlady | 1928 |
The Slaver | Mrs. Rivers | 1927 |
The Claw | Mrs. Harriatt | 1927 |
The Amateur Gentleman | Duchess of Camberhurst | 1926 |
Ranson's Folly | Mrs. Truesdale | 1926 |
Memory Lane | 1926 | |
Lady Windermere's Fan | Lady Plymdale | 1925 |
The New Butler | Aunty Jones | 1925 |
The Fighting Smile | 1925 | |
Wanted by the Law | Mrs. Loraine | 1924 |
The Martyr Sex | His Wife | 1924 |
The Eternal Three | Mrs. Tucker's Friend | 1923 |
Robin Hood | Lady Marian's Serving Woman | 1922 |
Crossing Trails | Mrs. Warren | 1921 |
The Parish Priest | Katherine Carrigan | 1921 |
The Courage of Marge O'Doone | Margaret O'Doone | 1920 |
The Girl from Outside | Mamie | 1919 |
Mothers of Men | Undetermined Role | 1917 |
Cinders of Love | The Fire Chief's Wife | 1916 |
A Lover's Lost Control | Customer | 1915 |
When Ambrose Dared Walrus | Mother in Apron | 1915 |
Court House Crooks | Young Man's Mother | 1915 |
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers | Mrs. Finnegan | 1915 |
Their Social Splash | Wedding Guest | 1915 |
Ambrose's Fury | Ambrose's Maid | 1915 |
Fatty's Chance Acquaintance | Fatty's Wife | 1915 |
Peanuts and Bullets | The Landlady | 1915 |
Mabel, Fatty and the Law | Flirty Prisoner | 1915 |
Hash House Mashers | The Landlady | 1915 |
Tillie's Punctured Romance | Maid / Party Guest | 1914 |
The Plumber | The Maid | 1914 |
Leading Lizzie Astray | Lizzie's Mother | 1914 |
'Curses!' They Remarked | Blackheart Jr.'s Wife | 1914 |
Lover's Luck | Villager | 1914 |
The Masquerader | Actress | 1914 |
Mabel's Busy Day | Woman / Spectator | 1914 |
Almost a Rescue | Maud Smith | 1913 |