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Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

Acting February 27, 1910 (80 years old) December 7, 1990 Palisades, New Jersey, USA

Biography

Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actress. Besides acting on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 motion pictures from the era of silent movies well into the sound era. She is possibly best-remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's movies such as The Woman in the Window (1944) and Scarlet Street (1945). Bennett had three distinct phases to her long and successful career, first as a winsome blonde ingenue, then as a sensuous brunette femme fatale (with looks that movie magazines often compared to those of Hedy Lamarr), and finally as a warmhearted wife/mother figure. In 1951, Bennett's screen career was marred by scandal after her third husband, film producer Walter Wanger, shot and injured her agent Jennings Lang. Wanger suspected that Lang and Bennett were having an affair, a charge which she adamantly denied. In the 1960s, she achieved success for her portrayal of Elizabeth Collins Stoddard on TV's Dark Shadows, for which she received an Emmy nomination. For her final movie role, as Madame Blanc in Suspiria (1977), she received a Saturn Award nomination. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies 94

Suspiria 7.5

Suspiria

as Madame Blanc

1977
Scarlet Street 7.6

Scarlet Street

as Katherine 'Kitty' March

1945
The Woman in the Window 7.4

The Woman in the Window

as Alice Reed

1944
We're No Angels 7.2

We're No Angels

as Amelie Ducotel

1955
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

as Self

1933
Father of the Bride 7.0

Father of the Bride

as Ellie Banks

1950
House of Dark Shadows 6.6

House of Dark Shadows

as Elizabeth Stoddard Collins

1970
Father's Little Dividend 6.5

Father's Little Dividend

as Ellie Banks

1951
Secret Beyond the Door 6.5

Secret Beyond the Door

as Celia Lamphere

1947
Little Women 6.8

Little Women

as Amy

1933
Man Hunt 6.9

Man Hunt

as Jerry Stokes

1941
There's Always Tomorrow 7.2

There's Always Tomorrow

as Marion Groves

1956
The Man in the Iron Mask 7.0

The Man in the Iron Mask

as Princess Maria Theresa

1939
Power 8.0

Power

as A Dame

1928
Green Hell 4.6

Green Hell

as Stephanie Richardson

1940
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 5.5

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

as Wendy Van Klettering

1937
Hollow Triumph 6.6

Hollow Triumph

as Evelyn Hahn

1948
The Woman on the Beach 6.1

The Woman on the Beach

as Peggy Butler

1947
Me and My Gal 6.4

Me and My Gal

as Helen Riley

1932
Girl Trouble 7.5

Girl Trouble

as June Delaney

1942
The Son of Monte Cristo 6.2

The Son of Monte Cristo

as Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg

1940
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 6.5

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)

1987
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 8.0

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

as Self (archive footage)

1988
Two in a Crowd 8.0

Two in a Crowd

as Julia Wayne

1936
The Reckless Moment 6.8

The Reckless Moment

as Lucia Harper

1949
The Macomber Affair 6.8

The Macomber Affair

as Margaret Macomber

1947
Disraeli 5.2

Disraeli

as Lady Clarissa Pevensey

1929
The Pursuit of Happiness 5.8

The Pursuit of Happiness

as Prudence Kirkland

1934
Moby Dick 5.6

Moby Dick

as Faith

1930
Wild Girl 6.2

Wild Girl

as Salomy Jane

1932
She Couldn't Take It 5.3

She Couldn't Take It

as Carol Van Dyke

1935
I Met My Love Again 6.0

I Met My Love Again

as Julie Weir

1938
Careless Lady 5.8

Careless Lady

as Sally Brown

1932
The Eyes of Charles Sand 6.2

The Eyes of Charles Sand

as Alexandria Sand

1972
The House Across the Bay 5.6

The House Across the Bay

as Brenda Bentley

1940
She Knew All the Answers 6.6

She Knew All the Answers

as Gloria Winters

1941
Desire in the Dust 4.4

Desire in the Dust

as Mrs. Marquand

1960
Confirm or Deny 4.8

Confirm or Deny

as Jennifer Carson

1941
For Heaven's Sake 7.0

For Heaven's Sake

as Lydia Bolton

1950
Hollywood Party 6.8

Hollywood Party

as Herself

1937
This House Possessed 5.9

This House Possessed

as Rag Lady

1981
The Housekeeper's Daughter 4.7

The Housekeeper's Daughter

as Hilda

1939
The Trial of Vivienne Ware 9.0

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

as Vivienne Ware

1932
The Wife Takes a Flyer 5.5

The Wife Takes a Flyer

as Anita Woverman

1942
13 Hours by Air 5.2

13 Hours by Air

as Felice Rollins

1936
Colonel Effingham's Raid 6.0

Colonel Effingham's Raid

as Ella Sue Dozier

1946
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn 8.3

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

as Self

1986
Hush Money 10.0

Hush Money

as Joan Gordon

1931
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo 6.8

The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

as Helen Berkeley

1935
Divorce Wars: A Love Story 7.5

Divorce Wars: A Love Story

as Adele Burgess

1982
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) 6.0

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

as Self

1936
Wild Geese Calling 6.5

Wild Geese Calling

as Sally Murdock

1941
Big Brown Eyes 6.2

Big Brown Eyes

as Eve Fallon

1936
Maybe It's Love 5.2

Maybe It's Love

as Nan

1930
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse 9.5

Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)

2009
She Wanted a Millionaire 10.0

She Wanted a Millionaire

as Jane Miller

1932
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head 6.0

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

as Adele Verin

1934
Private Worlds 6.4

Private Worlds

as Sally MacGregor

1935
Casting Shadows

Casting Shadows

as Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

1987
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 6.0

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

as Self

1942
Twin Beds 3.8

Twin Beds

as Julie Abbott

1942
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood 9.4

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)

2009
Puttin' on the Ritz 6.2

Puttin' on the Ritz

as Dolores Fenton

1930
Two for Tonight 7.7

Two for Tonight

as Bobbie Lockwood

1935
The Fashion Side of Hollywood 6.5

The Fashion Side of Hollywood

as Self - Lucy (archive footage)

1935
The Guy Who Came Back 6.2

The Guy Who Came Back

as Kathy Joplin

1951
Mississippi 6.9

Mississippi

as Lucy

1935
Gidget Gets Married 6.3

Gidget Gets Married

as Claire Ramsey

1972
Navy Wife 7.0

Navy Wife

as Peg Blain

1956
Nob Hill 6.2

Nob Hill

as Harriet Carruthers

1945
The Texans 6.6

The Texans

as Ivy Preston

1938
The Man I Married 6.3

The Man I Married

as Carol Hoffman

1940
Trade Winds 6.4

Trade Winds

as Kay Kerrigan

1938
Highway Dragnet 5.7

Highway Dragnet

as Mrs. Cummings

1954
Margin for Error 6.3

Margin for Error

as Sophia Baumer

1943
Bulldog Drummond 6.5

Bulldog Drummond

as Phyllis

1929
Artists and Models Abroad 4.8

Artists and Models Abroad

as Patricia Harper

1938
The Valley of Decision

The Valley of Decision

as Unborn soul

1916
Wedding Present 6.2

Wedding Present

as Monica 'Rusty' Fleming

1936
The Divine Lady 5.3

The Divine Lady

as Extra (uncredited)

1928
Suspiria 25th Anniversary 7.0

Suspiria 25th Anniversary

as Self

2001
Scotland Yard 7.0

Scotland Yard

as Xandra, Lady Lasher

1930
Suddenly, Love 8.3

Suddenly, Love

as Mrs. Graham

1978
Doctors' Wives 6.0

Doctors' Wives

as Nina Wyndram Penning

1931
Show Folks 7.0

Show Folks

as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

1928
Week Ends Only 10.0

Week Ends Only

as Venetia Carr

1932
Screen Actors 6.2

Screen Actors

as Self (uncredited)

1950
The Thundering Wave

The Thundering Wave

as Vickie Maxwell

1957
Many a Slip 10.0

Many a Slip

as Pat Coster

1931
The Eternal City 7.5

The Eternal City

as Page (uncredited)

1923
Crazy That Way 10.0

Crazy That Way

as Ann Jordan

1930
Three Live Ghosts 6.0

Three Live Ghosts

as Rose Gordon

1929
The Mississippi Gambler 9.0

The Mississippi Gambler

as Lucy Blackburn

1929
Arizona to Broadway 7.5

Arizona to Broadway

as Lynn Martin

1933

TV Shows 12

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