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Joan Bennett

Acting
Known For

80 Years Old

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.

Born

Palisades, New Jersey, USA on 27th February 1910

Died

7th December 1990

All Credits

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Image
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Dark Shadows Image
Dark Shadows
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
The Mike Douglas Show Image
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour Image
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Your Show of Shows Image
Your Show of Shows
Climax! Image
Climax!
Honora
DuPont Show of the Month Image
DuPont Show of the Month
Grace Graves
What's My Line? Image
What's My Line?
Self
Burke's Law Image
Burke's Law
Denise Mitchell
No Image
Too Young to Go Steady
Mary Blake
Suspiria Image
Suspiria
Madame Blanc
General Electric Theater Image
General Electric Theater
Bettina Blane
Father's Little Dividend Image
Father's Little Dividend
Ellie Banks
Father of the Bride Image
Father of the Bride
Ellie Banks
We're No Angels Image
We're No Angels
Amelie Ducotel
The Woman in the Window Image
The Woman in the Window
Alice Reed
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Image
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Scarlet Street Image
Scarlet Street
Katherine 'Kitty' March
Secret Beyond the Door Image
Secret Beyond the Door
Celia Lamphere
The Man in the Iron Mask Image
The Man in the Iron Mask
Princess Maria Theresa
Colonel Effingham's Raid Image
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Ella Sue Dozier
Man Hunt Image
Man Hunt
Jerry Stokes
Hollow Triumph Image
Hollow Triumph
Evelyn Hahn
Armadillo Image
Armadillo
Father
The Son of Monte Cristo Image
The Son of Monte Cristo
Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
Little Women Image
Little Women
Amy
The Woman on the Beach Image
The Woman on the Beach
Peggy Butler
Two for Tonight Image
Two for Tonight
Bobbie Lockwood
Mississippi Image
Mississippi
Lucy
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Image
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
House of Dark Shadows Image
House of Dark Shadows
Elizabeth Stoddard Collins
Hollywood: The Selznick Years Image
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
Highway Dragnet Image
Highway Dragnet
Mrs. Cummings
There's Always Tomorrow Image
There's Always Tomorrow
Marion Groves
The Reckless Moment Image
The Reckless Moment
Lucia Harper
Me and My Gal Image
Me and My Gal
Helen Riley
The Macomber Affair Image
The Macomber Affair
Margaret Macomber
Wild Girl Image
Wild Girl
Salomy Jane
She Knew All the Answers Image
She Knew All the Answers
Gloria Winters
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Image
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
Wild Geese Calling Image
Wild Geese Calling
Sally Murdock
I Met My Love Again Image
I Met My Love Again
Julie Weir
Wedding Present Image
Wedding Present
Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
The House Across the Bay Image
The House Across the Bay
Brenda Bentley
Divorce Wars: A Love Story Image
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Adele Burgess
Big Brown Eyes Image
Big Brown Eyes
Eve Fallon
The Housekeeper's Daughter Image
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Hilda
She Couldn't Take It Image
She Couldn't Take It
Carol Van Dyke
Two in a Crowd Image
Two in a Crowd
Julia Wayne
13 Hours by Air Image
13 Hours by Air
Felice Rollins
Green Hell Image
Green Hell
Stephanie Richardson
Vogues of 1938 Image
Vogues of 1938
Wendy Van Klettering
The Texans Image
The Texans
Ivy Preston
Doctors' Wives Image
Doctors' Wives
Nina Wyndram Penning
Trade Winds Image
Trade Winds
Kay Kerrigan
Disraeli Image
Disraeli
Lady Clarissa Pevensey
Moby Dick Image
Moby Dick
Faith
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse Image
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) Image
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head Image
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Adele Verin
Bulldog Drummond Image
Bulldog Drummond
Phyllis
Gidget Gets Married Image
Gidget Gets Married
Claire Ramsey
Suspiria 25th Anniversary Image
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
Artists and Models Abroad Image
Artists and Models Abroad
Patricia Harper
Suddenly, Love Image
Suddenly, Love
Mrs. Graham
The Guy Who Came Back Image
The Guy Who Came Back
Kathy Joplin
Margin for Error Image
Margin for Error
Sophia Baumer
The Divine Lady Image
The Divine Lady
Extra (uncredited)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 Image
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Herself
The Wife Takes a Flyer Image
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Anita Woverman
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Image
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Helen Berkeley
Careless Lady Image
Careless Lady
Sally Brown
She Wanted a Millionaire Image
She Wanted a Millionaire
Jane Miller
The Eyes of Charles Sand Image
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Alexandria Sand
Power Image
Power
A Dame
Crazy That Way Image
Crazy That Way
Ann Jordan
The Eternal City Image
The Eternal City
Page (uncredited)
The Man I Married Image
The Man I Married
Carol Hoffman
Hush Money Image
Hush Money
Joan Gordon
This House Possessed Image
This House Possessed
Rag Lady
Hollywood Party Image
Hollywood Party
Herself
Private Worlds Image
Private Worlds
Sally MacGregor
Girl Trouble Image
Girl Trouble
June Delaney
The Pursuit of Happiness Image
The Pursuit of Happiness
Prudence Kirkland
Twin Beds Image
Twin Beds
Julie Abbott
Puttin' on the Ritz Image
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dolores Fenton
Confirm or Deny Image
Confirm or Deny
Jennifer Carson
Maybe It's Love Image
Maybe It's Love
Nan
Show Folks Image
Show Folks
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood Image
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Desire in the Dust Image
Desire in the Dust
Mrs. Marquand
No Image
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
Scotland Yard Image
Scotland Yard
Xandra, Lady Lasher
Many a Slip Image
Many a Slip
Pat Coster
Nob Hill Image
Nob Hill
Harriet Carruthers
Three Live Ghosts Image
Three Live Ghosts
Rose Gordon
Arizona to Broadway Image
Arizona to Broadway
Lynn Martin
Week Ends Only Image
Week Ends Only
Venetia Carr
Navy Wife Image
Navy Wife
Peg Blain
For Heaven's Sake Image
For Heaven's Sake
Lydia Bolton
The Fashion Side of Hollywood Image
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self
The Mississippi Gambler Image
The Mississippi Gambler
Lucy Blackburn
The Trial of Vivienne Ware Image
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Vivienne Ware
Casting Shadows Image
Casting Shadows
Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
The Valley of Decision Image
The Valley of Decision
Unborn soul