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

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

  • Secret Beyond the Door

    Secret Beyond the Door

  • The Mississippi Gambler

    The Mississippi Gambler

  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

  • Private Worlds

    Private Worlds

  • The Son of Monte Cristo

    The Son of Monte Cristo

  • The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window

  • I Met My Love Again

    I Met My Love Again

  • Suddenly, Love

    Suddenly, Love

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • Father's Little Dividend

    Father's Little Dividend

  • Nob Hill

    Nob Hill

  • The Divine Lady

    The Divine Lady

  • Bulldog Drummond

    Bulldog Drummond

  • The Texans

    The Texans

  • She Knew All the Answers

    She Knew All the Answers

  • Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

  • We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

  • Margin for Error

    Margin for Error

  • House of Dark Shadows

    House of Dark Shadows

  • Scarlet Street

    Scarlet Street

  • Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

    Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

  • Many a Slip

    Many a Slip

  • Highway Dragnet

    Highway Dragnet

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

  • The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

  • The Trial of Vivienne Ware

    The Trial of Vivienne Ware

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

  • Week Ends Only

    Week Ends Only

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • Hush Money

    Hush Money

  • Two in a Crowd

    Two in a Crowd

  • The House Across the Bay

    The House Across the Bay

  • Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

  • The Reckless Moment

    The Reckless Moment

  • Vogues of 1938

    Vogues of 1938

  • Me and My Gal

    Me and My Gal

  • Wedding Present

    Wedding Present

  • Desire in the Dust

    Desire in the Dust

  • Wild Geese Calling

    Wild Geese Calling

  • The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

  • 13 Hours by Air

    13 Hours by Air

  • Suspiria 25th Anniversary

    Suspiria 25th Anniversary

  • Two for Tonight

    Two for Tonight

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi

  • Confirm or Deny

    Confirm or Deny

  • Show Folks

    Show Folks

  • Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live Ghosts

  • Crazy That Way

    Crazy That Way

  • The Macomber Affair

    The Macomber Affair

  • This House Possessed

    This House Possessed

  • Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

  • Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

  • Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Divorce Wars: A Love Story

    Divorce Wars: A Love Story

  • The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

    The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

  • Navy Wife

    Navy Wife

  • Puttin' on the Ritz

    Puttin' on the Ritz

  • Green Hell

    Green Hell

  • The Woman on the Beach

    The Woman on the Beach

  • The Man I Married

    The Man I Married

  • Hollow Triumph

    Hollow Triumph

  • Disraeli

    Disraeli

  • Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

  • Big Brown Eyes

    Big Brown Eyes

  • Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

    Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

  • Scotland Yard

    Scotland Yard

  • Trade Winds

    Trade Winds

  • The Housekeeper's Daughter

    The Housekeeper's Daughter

  • Screen Actors

    Screen Actors

  • She Wanted a Millionaire

    She Wanted a Millionaire

  • Colonel Effingham's Raid

    Colonel Effingham's Raid

  • For Heaven's Sake

    For Heaven's Sake

  • There's Always Tomorrow

    There's Always Tomorrow

  • Too Young to Go Steady

    Too Young to Go Steady

  • Careless Lady

    Careless Lady

  • Armadillo

    Armadillo

  • The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

    The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

  • Power

    Power

  • Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • The Guy Who Came Back

    The Guy Who Came Back

  • Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

  • Casting Shadows

    Casting Shadows

  • Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

  • The Wife Takes a Flyer

    The Wife Takes a Flyer

  • She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't Take It

  • The Eyes of Charles Sand

    The Eyes of Charles Sand

  • Artists and Models Abroad

    Artists and Models Abroad

  • Girl Trouble

    Girl Trouble

  • The Valley of Decision

    The Valley of Decision

  • Arizona to Broadway

    Arizona to Broadway