Eileen Bennett

Biography

Eileen Jessie Mary Bennett was a British actress who rose to prominence in the early 1940s, starring in notable films like "Thursday's Child" and "Much Too Shy." She made her screen debut in 1939 and became known as "Britain's new screen star" by 1942. A devoted mother, Bennett married Thomas West Hammond Jr. during World War II, with whom she had two sons, including actor Nicholas Hammond.