
Person
Annette Benson
Acting · 1895–1965 · London, England, UK
Biography
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.
Known for

Shooting Stars
Mae Feather

Before the Battle
Alice de Corlaix

Downhill
Mabel
The Money Habit
Diana Hastings

Three Live Ghosts
Mrs Woofers

The Man From Home
Faustina Ribière

The Cradle of God
1926

The Harbour Lights
Lina Nelson
Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep
Ivy Hopkins
Week-End Wives
Helene Monard
Filmography
- 1931DeadlockMadeleine d'Arblay
- 1929Week-End WivesHelene Monard
- 1928Confetti
- 1928The RingerCora Ann Milton
- 1928A South Sea BubbleLydia la Rue
- 1928Shooting StarsMae Feather
- 1927DownhillMabel
- 1926The Cradle of God
- 1925Before the BattleAlice de Corlaix
- 1924The Money HabitDiana Hastings
- 1923The Harbour LightsLina Nelson
- 1922Squibs Wins the Calcutta SweepIvy Hopkins
- 1922The Man From HomeFaustina Ribière
- 1922Three Live GhostsMrs Woofers
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