Eileen Bennett (born 8 July 1920) is a British retired film actress who was active in the late 1930s and early 1940s. She was born in London, United Kingdom. She attended the

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ...

and started out as a model. She made her screen debut in the 1939 film The Outsider in an uncredited role. She played Eve in the thriller

Trunk Crime ''Trunk Crime'' is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Manning Whiley, Barbara Everest and Michael Drake. It was made at Elstree Studios as a quota quickie The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 ('' 17 & 18 Geo. V ...

later that year. She was described as "Britain's new screen star" in 1942. She had significant roles in the

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'' Much Too Shy'' (1942) and '' Thursday's Child'' (1943).

Personal life

Bennett married Thomas Hammond West, Jr. during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

. The couple had two sons together; David Hammond and film actor

Nicholas Hammond Nicholas Hammond (born May 15, 1950) is an American-born Australian actor and writer who is best known for his roles as Friedrich von Trapp in the film ''The Sound of Music'' and as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the 1970s television series ''The A ...

Filmography

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* 1920 births Living people British film actresses {{UK-actor-stub