1910-02-27 Palisades, New Jersey, USA
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.
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Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage) | 2009-09-15 |
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Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage) | 2009-09-15 |
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Suspiria 25th Anniversary | Self | 2001-09-11 |
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Self (archive footage) | 1988-10-01 |
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life | Self (archive footage) | 1987-03-13 |
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Casting Shadows | Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard | 1987-01-01 |
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self | 1986-03-09 |
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Divorce Wars: A Love Story | Adele Burgess | 1982-03-01 |
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This House Possessed | Rag Lady | 1981-02-06 |
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Suddenly, Love | Mrs. Graham | 1978-12-04 |
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Suspiria | Madame Blanc | 1977-02-01 |
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The Eyes of Charles Sand | Alexandria Sand | 1972-02-29 |
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Gidget Gets Married | Claire Ramsey | 1972-01-04 |
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House of Dark Shadows | Elizabeth Stoddard Collins | 1970-09-09 |
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Desire in the Dust | Mrs. Marquand | 1960-10-10 |
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Navy Wife | Peg Blain | 1956-05-20 |
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There's Always Tomorrow | Marion Groves | 1956-01-08 |
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We're No Angels | Amelie Ducotel | 1955-07-07 |
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Highway Dragnet | Mrs. Cummings | 1954-01-20 |
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The Guy Who Came Back | Kathy Joplin | 1951-08-16 |
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Father's Little Dividend | Ellie Banks | 1951-04-05 |
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Screen Actors | Self (uncredited) | 1950-05-13 |
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For Heaven's Sake | Lydia Bolton | 1950-12-15 |
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Father of the Bride | Ellie Banks | 1950-05-18 |
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The Reckless Moment | Lucia Harper | 1949-12-09 |
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Hollow Triumph | Evelyn Hahn | 1948-08-18 |
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Secret Beyond the Door | Celia Lamphere | 1947-12-24 |
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The Macomber Affair | Margaret Macomber | 1947-04-20 |
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The Woman on the Beach | Peggy Butler | 1947-06-07 |
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Colonel Effingham's Raid | Ella Sue Dozier | 1946-01-24 |
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Scarlet Street | Katherine 'Kitty' March | 1945-12-25 |
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Nob Hill | Harriet Carruthers | 1945-06-13 |
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The Woman in the Window | Alice Reed | 1944-10-25 |
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Margin for Error | Sophia Baumer | 1943-02-10 |
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The Wife Takes a Flyer | Anita Woverman | 1942-04-28 |
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Girl Trouble | June Delaney | 1942-10-09 |
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 | Herself | 1942-10-05 |
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Twin Beds | Julie Abbott | 1942-04-30 |
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She Knew All the Answers | Gloria Winters | 1941-05-13 |
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Confirm or Deny | Jennifer Carson | 1941-12-12 |
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Man Hunt | Jerry Stokes | 1941-06-13 |
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Wild Geese Calling | Sally Murdock | 1941-08-15 |
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The Son of Monte Cristo | Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg | 1940-12-05 |
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Green Hell | Stephanie Richardson | 1940-01-26 |
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The Man I Married | Carol Hoffman | 1940-08-09 |
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The House Across the Bay | Brenda Bentley | 1940-03-01 |
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The Housekeeper's Daughter | Hilda | 1939-10-26 |
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The Man in the Iron Mask | Princess Maria Theresa | 1939-07-13 |
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Artists and Models Abroad | Patricia Harper | 1938-12-20 |
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The Texans | Ivy Preston | 1938-08-12 |
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I Met My Love Again | Julie Weir | 1938-01-14 |
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Trade Winds | Kay Kerrigan | 1938-12-28 |
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Hollywood Party | Herself | 1937-04-03 |
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Vogues of 1938 | Wendy Van Klettering | 1937-08-18 |
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Two in a Crowd | Julia Wayne | 1936-10-03 |
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13 Hours by Air | Felice Rollins | 1936-04-30 |
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Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) | Self | 1936-09-11 |
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Big Brown Eyes | Eve Fallon | 1936-04-03 |
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Wedding Present | Monica 'Rusty' Fleming | 1936-10-09 |
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood | Self | 1935-11-04 |
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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo | Helen Berkeley | 1935-11-14 |
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Two for Tonight | Bobbie Lockwood | 1935-09-12 |
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She Couldn't Take It | Carol Van Dyke | 1935-10-08 |
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Mississippi | Lucy | 1935-03-22 |
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Private Worlds | Sally MacGregor | 1935-04-19 |
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head | Adele Verin | 1934-12-24 |
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The Pursuit of Happiness | Prudence Kirkland | 1934-09-27 |
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Little Women | Amy | 1933-11-24 |
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Arizona to Broadway | Lynn Martin | 1933-07-22 |
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Careless Lady | Sally Brown | 1932-04-02 |
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Me and My Gal | Helen Riley | 1932-12-04 |
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She Wanted a Millionaire | Jane Miller | 1932-02-21 |
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The Trial of Vivienne Ware | Vivienne Ware | 1932-05-01 |
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Wild Girl | Salomy Jane | 1932-11-09 |
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Week Ends Only | Venetia Carr | 1932-06-19 |
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Doctors' Wives | Nina Wyndram Penning | 1931-03-14 |
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Hush Money | Joan Gordon | 1931-07-05 |
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Many a Slip | Pat Coster | 1931-03-02 |
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Moby Dick | Faith | 1930-09-20 |
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Crazy That Way | Ann Jordan | 1930-03-20 |
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Puttin' on the Ritz | Dolores Fenton | 1930-02-19 |
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Maybe It's Love | Nan | 1930-10-04 |
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Scotland Yard | Xandra, Lady Lasher | 1930-10-19 |
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Three Live Ghosts | Rose Gordon | 1929-09-15 |
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Bulldog Drummond | Phyllis | 1929-05-02 |
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Disraeli | Lady Clarissa Pevensey | 1929-11-01 |
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The Mississippi Gambler | Lucy Blackburn | 1929-11-03 |
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Power | A Dame | 1928-09-23 |
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The Divine Lady | Extra (uncredited) | 1928-12-26 |
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Show Folks | Night Club Patron (uncredited) | 1928-10-20 |
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The Eternal City | Page (uncredited) | 1923-12-17 |
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The Valley of Decision | Unborn soul | 1916-12-04 |
