Billie Bennett

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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.

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Maid / Party Guest (uncredited)

One Romantic Night

Princess Sympharosa

Mabel's Busy Day

Woman

The Amateur Gentleman

Duchess of Camberhurst

Night Work

Miss Brown

Her Rustic Romeo

The Widow

Only a Messenger Boy

Ambrose's Fury

maid

The Plumber

The Maid

The Masquerader

Actress (uncredited)

Hearts and Sparks

The Stenographer

Court House Crooks

Young Man's Mother (uncredited)

The Wyoming Wildcat

Blendy Betts

A Lover's Lost Control

Customer

Their Social Splash

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Leading Lizzie Astray

Lizzie's Mother

Love in Armor

The Sweetheart's Mother

Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers

Mrs. Finnegan

'Curses!' They Remarked

Blackheart Jr.'s Wife

Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance

Fatty's Wife

The Claw

Mrs. Harriatt

The Courage of Marge O'Doone

Margaret O'Doone

Mothers of Men

Undetermined Role

Crossed Trails

Alice Dawson

The Tragedy of Youth

Landlady

The Fighting Smile

Only a Farmer's Daughter

The Mother

Crossing Trails

Mrs. Warren

Hash House Mashers

The Landlady

Almost a Rescue

Maud Smith

Their Fatal Bumping

Birdie's Mother

Fashions in Love

Jane

Peanuts and Bullets