Billie Bennett
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
The Masquerader
as Actress (uncredited) 1914
Mabel's Busy Day
as Woman 1914
Night Work
as Miss Brown 1930
Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance
as Fatty's Wife 1915
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers
as Mrs. Finnegan 1915
Leading Lizzie Astray
as Lizzie's Mother 1914
One Romantic Night
as Princess Sympharosa 1930
Ambrose's Fury
as maid 1915
The Tragedy of Youth
as Landlady 1928
A Lover's Lost Control
as Customer 1915
Love in Armor
as The Sweetheart's Mother 1915
Their Social Splash
as Wedding Guest (uncredited) 1915
Court House Crooks
as Young Man's Mother (uncredited) 1915
Hash House Mashers
as The Landlady 1915
The Plumber
as The Maid 1914
Peanuts and Bullets
as The Landlady 1915