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.
Personal info
Gender
Female
Birthday
1910-02-27
Place of birth
Palisades, New Jersey, USA
Images
Cast
Secret Beyond the Door
1947
6.44
Suddenly, Love
1978
9.00
Father of the Bride
1950
6.98
We're No Angels
1955
7.22
Father's Little Dividend
1951
6.40
Man Hunt
1941
6.90
Hollow Triumph
1948
6.52
The Reckless Moment
1949
6.76
The Macomber Affair
1947
6.20
Margin for Error
1943
5.70
The Woman on the Beach
1947
5.97
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
7.10
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
7.00
The House Across the Bay
1940
5.46
Highway Dragnet
1954
5.80
Scarlet Street
1945
7.58
The Woman in the Window
1944
7.37
Little Women
1933
6.80
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
5.64
Bulldog Drummond
1929
6.50
Wedding Present
1936
6.50
Big Brown Eyes
1936
6.30
House of Dark Shadows
1970
6.60
Disraeli
1929
5.18
Me and My Gal
1932
6.53
Gidget Gets Married
1972
5.60
Confirm or Deny
1941
3.80
Puttin' on the Ritz
1930
5.20
For Heaven's Sake
1950
6.90
Private Worlds
1935
6.00
The Texans
1938
5.60
Vogues of 1938
1937
5.31
Mississippi
1935
6.70
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
6.00
Maybe It's Love
1930
4.20
Wild Girl
1932
6.00
Green Hell
1940
4.06
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934
5.80
Arizona to Broadway
1933
7.00
Trade Winds
1938
6.30
Moby Dick
1930
5.30
The Man I Married
1940
6.30
I Met My Love Again
1938
5.40
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
4.30
Three Live Ghosts
1929
0.00
Two for Tonight
1935
6.50
Hollywood Party
1937
6.30
Nob Hill
1945
5.70
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
4.50
13 Hours by Air
1936
4.30
She Couldn't Take It
1935
4.50
Scotland Yard
1930
0.00
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
0.00
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932
0.00
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
3.50
This House Possessed
1981
5.70
The Guy Who Came Back
1951
3.00
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
4.50
The Eternal City
1923
6.00
Two in a Crowd
1936
0.00
The Divine Lady
1928
5.33
Wild Geese Calling
1941
5.80
Doctors' Wives
1931
0.00
Careless Lady
1932
5.20
Girl Trouble
1942
6.50
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
1982
7.00
Desire in the Dust
1960
4.00
She Knew All the Answers
1941
6.30
Week Ends Only
1932
0.00
Navy Wife
1956
0.00
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935
6.00
The Mississippi Gambler
1929
0.00
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
5.70
Twin Beds
1942
2.70
Show Folks
1928
6.00
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
6.00
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
2009
9.71
Hush Money
1931
0.00
Power
1928
6.00
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001
6.40
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
6.00
The Valley of Decision
1916
0.00
Suspiria
1977
7.49
The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972
5.30
Screen Actors
1950
6.00
Many a Slip
1931
0.00
Crazy That Way
1930
0.00
Casting Shadows
1987
0.00