Ethyle Cook Benham — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1914) 🇺🇸

Ethyle Cook Benham not only admits that she is married, when asked, but takes delight in having the fact known.

She says it saves her the trouble of reading and answering letters from love-sick youths. She is the wife of the Thanhouser leading man, “Handsome Harry” Benham and mother of Leland and Dorothy Benham who often appear in “kid” parts.

Before entering pictures Mrs. Benham was a professional dancer on the legitimate stage. It was there that Harry met her during his first appearance before the footlights, and after their marriage they played in several companies together.

She is a perfect blonde, has regular features, and a pink-and-white complexion. Even more attractive is her charming personality and cheerful disposition. If anyone has ever seen Ethyle Cook Benham angry around the studio he or she has kept it a secret.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, September 1914