Ethyle Cooke

Cooke starred in many popular films, such as A Small Town Girl, Stronger than Death, and The Fugitive.

They lived a long, happily married life and had two children, Dorothy and Leland Benham,[1] who were also prominent Thanhouser personalities, as they appeared in several films.

At the Thanhouser studios they wouldn't think of casting a Florence LaBadie feature without putting Ethyle Cook in it."

In the movie The Fugitive, Cooke's character commits a murder, while letting LaBadie's take the blame.

Another film where they worked closely together was The Fear of Poverty, in which LaBadie's character runs off with Cooke's fiance.

Ethyle with her husband Harry
Ethyle Cooke with husband Harry Benham and children Leland and Dorothy, circa 1912