Belle Bennett
Belle Bennett
From Wikipedia Belle Bennett (April 22, 1891 – November 4, 1932) was a stage and screen actress who started her professional career in vaudeville. She was born in Milaca, Minnesota. Bennett was working as a film actress by 1913, and was cast in numerous one-reel shorts by small East Coast film companies. She appeared in minor motion pictures like the western film A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch (Mutual, 1914). She starred in several full-length films by the Triangle Film Corporation, including The Lonely Woman (1918). She also appeared in the Moving Picture Corporation's film Flesh and Spirit (1922). She made the move to Hollywood before Samuel Goldwyn selected her from among seventy-three actresses for the leading role in Stella Dallas (1925). While filming the movie, her son, sixteen-year-old William Howard Macy, died. Macy had posed as Bennett's brother for some time because of her fear that her employers might find out her true age. She was actually thirty-four rather than twenty-four, which she had claimed to be. After playing the mother role in Stella Dallas, Bennett was typecast for the remainder of her film career. She later appeared in Mother Machree (1928), The Battle of the Sexes (1928), The Iron Mask (1929), Courage (1930), Recaptured Love (1930), and The Big Shot (1931). Bennett was married three times. Jack Oaker, a sailor at the San Pedro, California submarine base, was married to her when she worked with the Triangle Film Corporation, in 1918. Her second husband was William Macy of La Crosse, Wisconsin. She later married film director Fred Windermere. In September 1932 she experienced a relapse of cancer, which she had been suffering from for two and a half years. She died that November at the age of 41. Late in her life Bennett came to believe in the power of prayer. A practitioner of Christian Science influenced her. She is interred in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood. Bennett has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Known For Acting
Most Rating 4.84
Birthday 1891-04-22
Place of Birth Coon Rapids, Iowa, USA
Also Known As Ara Belle Bennett,
The Way of All Flesh
1927

The Way of All Flesh

The Iron Mask
1929

The Iron Mask

Their Own Desire
1929

Their Own Desire

The Battle of the Sexes
1928

The Battle of the Sexes

Stella Dallas
1925

Stella Dallas

Mother Machree
1927

Mother Machree

Recaptured Love
1930

Recaptured Love

The Big Shot
1931

The Big Shot

Courage
1930

Courage

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
1924

In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter

The Power of Silence
1928

The Power of Silence

Ashes of Hope
1917

Ashes of Hope

His Supreme Moment
1925

His Supreme Moment

Hello, 'Frisco
1924

Hello, 'Frisco

The Charmer
1917

The Charmer

Fires of Rebellion
1917

Fires of Rebellion

The Reckless Lady
1926

The Reckless Lady

Mother
1927

Mother

The Lily
1926

The Lily

Bond of Fear
1917

Bond of Fear

The Devil's Skipper
1928

The Devil's Skipper

Molly and Me
1929

Molly and Me

My Lady's Past
1929

My Lady's Past

Flesh and Spirit
1922

Flesh and Spirit

The Sporting Age
1928

The Sporting Age

Wild Geese
1927

Wild Geese

The Deserter
1916

The Deserter

The Devil Dodger
1917

The Devil Dodger

East Lynne
1925

East Lynne

Your Best Friend
1922

Your Best Friend

Playing with Souls
1925

Playing with Souls

Sweedie, the Janitor
1916

Sweedie, the Janitor

A Capable Lady Cook
1916

A Capable Lady Cook

The Reckoning Day
1918

The Reckoning Day

The Unexpected
1914

The Unexpected

Mignon
1915

Mignon

The Fourth Commandment
1927

The Fourth Commandment