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Leila Bennett: Maid in Hollywood by Trav S.D.

Leila Bennett (1892-1965) playsed supporting roles in fewer than two dozen films in the early days of talkies, often as comical maids, but she was memorable in them, thus we shine a light on her today. The daughter of a Newark newspaper editor, Bennett made her theatrical bones acting with the Harry Blaney Stock Company. […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:12PM on November 17, 2021

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