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

  • Climax!

    Climax!

  • Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • The Guy Who Came Back

    The Guy Who Came Back

  • The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

    The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • The Trial of Vivienne Ware

    The Trial of Vivienne Ware

  • Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

  • The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

  • Suspiria

    Suspiria

  • Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

  • The House Across the Bay

    The House Across the Bay

  • Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

    Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

  • The Housekeeper's Daughter

    The Housekeeper's Daughter

  • Suddenly, Love

    Suddenly, Love

  • DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

  • Scotland Yard

    Scotland Yard

  • Screen Actors

    Screen Actors

  • Hush Money

    Hush Money

  • Secret Beyond the Door

    Secret Beyond the Door

  • Highway Dragnet

    Highway Dragnet

  • Divorce Wars: A Love Story

    Divorce Wars: A Love Story

  • Scarlet Street

    Scarlet Street

  • Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • House of Dark Shadows

    House of Dark Shadows

  • Navy Wife

    Navy Wife

  • The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window

  • Mississippi

    Mississippi

  • Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

  • Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

  • Hollow Triumph

    Hollow Triumph

  • The Son of Monte Cristo

    The Son of Monte Cristo

  • Power

    Power

  • We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

  • Father's Little Dividend

    Father's Little Dividend

  • Bulldog Drummond

    Bulldog Drummond

  • The Reckless Moment

    The Reckless Moment

  • The Texans

    The Texans

  • Suspiria 25th Anniversary

    Suspiria 25th Anniversary

  • Disraeli

    Disraeli

  • Green Hell

    Green Hell

  • The Wife Takes a Flyer

    The Wife Takes a Flyer

  • Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

  • The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

    The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

  • Wedding Present

    Wedding Present

  • The Macomber Affair

    The Macomber Affair

  • There's Always Tomorrow

    There's Always Tomorrow

  • Two for Tonight

    Two for Tonight

  • The Divine Lady

    The Divine Lady

  • The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

  • The Mississippi Gambler

    The Mississippi Gambler

  • Trade Winds

    Trade Winds

  • Desire in the Dust

    Desire in the Dust

  • I Met My Love Again

    I Met My Love Again

  • Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

  • Many a Slip

    Many a Slip

  • Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

  • Show Folks

    Show Folks

  • The Woman on the Beach

    The Woman on the Beach

  • Casting Shadows

    Casting Shadows

  • Me and My Gal

    Me and My Gal

  • Big Brown Eyes

    Big Brown Eyes

  • Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

    Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

  • The Man I Married

    The Man I Married

  • She Knew All the Answers

    She Knew All the Answers

  • 13 Hours by Air

    13 Hours by Air

  • The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

  • Margin for Error

    Margin for Error

  • Careless Lady

    Careless Lady

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live Ghosts

  • Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

  • Wild Geese Calling

    Wild Geese Calling

  • Week Ends Only

    Week Ends Only

  • This House Possessed

    This House Possessed

  • She Wanted a Millionaire

    She Wanted a Millionaire

  • Vogues of 1938

    Vogues of 1938

  • Two in a Crowd

    Two in a Crowd

  • Colonel Effingham's Raid

    Colonel Effingham's Raid

  • The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

  • James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

  • Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

  • Confirm or Deny

    Confirm or Deny

  • For Heaven's Sake

    For Heaven's Sake

  • The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

  • Armadillo

    Armadillo

  • Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

  • Girl Trouble

    Girl Trouble

  • Private Worlds

    Private Worlds

  • The Eyes of Charles Sand

    The Eyes of Charles Sand

  • Too Young to Go Steady

    Too Young to Go Steady

  • Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

  • Nob Hill

    Nob Hill

  • Artists and Models Abroad

    Artists and Models Abroad

  • Puttin' on the Ritz

    Puttin' on the Ritz

  • Arizona to Broadway

    Arizona to Broadway

  • She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't Take It

  • Crazy That Way

    Crazy That Way

  • The Valley of Decision

    The Valley of Decision