Joan Bennett

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Female

Birthday

1910-02-27

Day of death

1990-12-07 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Palisades, New Jersey, USA

Joan Bennett

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

    The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

  • Suddenly, Love

    Suddenly, Love

  • The Trial of Vivienne Ware

    The Trial of Vivienne Ware

  • Screen Actors

    Screen Actors

  • Highway Dragnet

    Highway Dragnet

  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Hush Money

    Hush Money

  • Scotland Yard

    Scotland Yard

  • Scarlet Street

    Scarlet Street

  • Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi

  • Navy Wife

    Navy Wife

  • Power

    Power

  • Bulldog Drummond

    Bulldog Drummond

  • Hollow Triumph

    Hollow Triumph

  • DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • Disraeli

    Disraeli

  • The Texans

    The Texans

  • The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window

  • The Son of Monte Cristo

    The Son of Monte Cristo

  • Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

  • Green Hell

    Green Hell

  • Divorce Wars: A Love Story

    Divorce Wars: A Love Story

  • We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

  • Father's Little Dividend

    Father's Little Dividend

  • Wedding Present

    Wedding Present

  • The Macomber Affair

    The Macomber Affair

  • Trade Winds

    Trade Winds

  • Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

  • Casting Shadows

    Casting Shadows

  • The House Across the Bay

    The House Across the Bay

  • House of Dark Shadows

    House of Dark Shadows

  • Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

  • I Met My Love Again

    I Met My Love Again

  • The Mississippi Gambler

    The Mississippi Gambler

  • Show Folks

    Show Folks

  • The Reckless Moment

    The Reckless Moment

  • Secret Beyond the Door

    Secret Beyond the Door

  • Me and My Gal

    Me and My Gal

  • Two for Tonight

    Two for Tonight

  • She Wanted a Millionaire

    She Wanted a Millionaire

  • 13 Hours by Air

    13 Hours by Air

  • The Divine Lady

    The Divine Lady

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

  • Suspiria 25th Anniversary

    Suspiria 25th Anniversary

  • Many a Slip

    Many a Slip

  • Margin for Error

    Margin for Error

  • The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

  • The Man I Married

    The Man I Married

  • Desire in the Dust

    Desire in the Dust

  • Big Brown Eyes

    Big Brown Eyes

  • This House Possessed

    This House Possessed

  • Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

    Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

  • Careless Lady

    Careless Lady

  • The Housekeeper's Daughter

    The Housekeeper's Daughter

  • Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

  • There's Always Tomorrow

    There's Always Tomorrow

  • The Woman on the Beach

    The Woman on the Beach

  • Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

  • She Knew All the Answers

    She Knew All the Answers

  • Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live Ghosts

  • The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

  • Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • The Guy Who Came Back

    The Guy Who Came Back

  • The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

  • Wild Geese Calling

    Wild Geese Calling

  • Week Ends Only

    Week Ends Only

  • Confirm or Deny

    Confirm or Deny

  • Two in a Crowd

    Two in a Crowd

  • The Wife Takes a Flyer

    The Wife Takes a Flyer

  • Colonel Effingham's Raid

    Colonel Effingham's Raid

  • For Heaven's Sake

    For Heaven's Sake

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

    Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

  • The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

    The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

  • Nob Hill

    Nob Hill

  • Armadillo

    Armadillo

  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

  • Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

  • Girl Trouble

    Girl Trouble

  • Private Worlds

    Private Worlds

  • Vogues of 1938

    Vogues of 1938

  • Puttin' on the Ritz

    Puttin' on the Ritz

  • Too Young to Go Steady

    Too Young to Go Steady

  • The Eyes of Charles Sand

    The Eyes of Charles Sand

  • Artists and Models Abroad

    Artists and Models Abroad

  • Arizona to Broadway

    Arizona to Broadway

  • Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

  • She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't Take It

  • Crazy That Way

    Crazy That Way

  • The Valley of Decision

    The Valley of Decision