Annette Benson

Annette Benson
Annette Benson in Confetti (1927)
Born	1895 (1895) London, United Kingdom
Died	1965 (aged 69–70) Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1921–1931 (film)

Annette Benson (1895–1965) was a 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.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1921	Love at the Wheel	Helen Warwick
	The Temporary Lady	Mary Lamb
	Squibs	Ivy Hopkins
1922	Three Live Ghosts	Mrs. Woofers
	The Nonentity	Beryl Danvers
	The Man from Home	Faustina Ribière
	Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep	Ivy Hopkins
1923	Afterglow	Mira Massingham
	The Harbour Lights	Lina Nelson
1924	Lovers in Araby	Nadine Meville
	The Money Habit	Diana Hastings
1925	A Daughter of Israel	Guitele
	Cock of the Roost	Olga
	Before the Battle	Alice de Corlaix
1926	The Cradle of God	Ruth
1927	Downhill	Mabel
	Confetti	Dolores
1928	Madonna of the Sleeping Cars
	Shooting Stars	Mae Feather
	A South Sea Bubble	Lydia la Rue
	Change of Heart	Griselda Turner
	Sir or Madam	Lady Day
	The Ringer	Cora Ann Milton
	The Inseparables	Adrienne
1929	Weekend Wives	Helene Monard
1931	Deadlock	Madeleine d'Arblay
	Almost a Divorce

References

1. Ryall p.33

Bibliography

• Ryall, Tom. Anthony Asquith. Oxford University Press, 2013.

External links

• Annette Benson at IMDb