Joan Bennett
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
Credits
- 2009 · Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
- 2009 · Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- 2001 · Armadillo as Father
- 2001 · Suspiria 25th Anniversary as Self
- 1988 · James Stewart: A Wonderful Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1988 · The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind as Self (archive footage)
- 1986 · The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self
- 1982 · Divorce Wars: A Love Story as Adele Burgess
- 1981 · This House Possessed as Rag Lady
- 1978 · Suddenly, Love as Mrs. Graham
- 1977 · Suspiria as Madame Blanc
- 1972 · The Eyes of Charles Sand as Alexandria Sand
- 1972 · Gidget Gets Married as Claire Ramsey
- 1970 · House of Dark Shadows as Elizabeth Stoddard Collins
- 1966 · Dark Shadows as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
- 1963 · Burke's Law as Denise Mitchell
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · Hollywood: The Selznick Years as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1960 · Desire in the Dust as Mrs. Marquand
- 1959 · Too Young to Go Steady as Mary Blake
- 1957 · DuPont Show of the Month as Grace Graves
- 1956 · Navy Wife as Peg Blain
- 1956 · There's Always Tomorrow as Marion Groves
- 1955 · We're No Angels as Amelie Ducotel
- 1954 · Climax! as Honora
- 1954 · Highway Dragnet as Mrs. Cummings
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Bettina Blane
- 1951 · The Guy Who Came Back as Kathy Joplin
- 1951 · Father's Little Dividend as Ellie Banks
- 1950 · For Heaven's Sake as Lydia Bolton
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · Father of the Bride as Ellie Banks
- 1950 · Screen Actors as Self (uncredited)
- 1950 · Your Show of Shows as
- 1950 · What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- 1949 · The Reckless Moment as Lucia Harper
- 1948 · Hollow Triumph as Evelyn Hahn
- 1947 · Secret Beyond the Door... as Celia Lamphere
- 1947 · The Woman on the Beach as Peggy Butler
- 1947 · The Macomber Affair as Margaret Macomber
- 1946 · Colonel Effingham's Raid as Ella Sue Dozier
- 1945 · Scarlet Street as Katherine 'Kitty' March
- 1945 · Nob Hill as Harriet Carruthers
- 1944 · The Woman in the Window as Alice Reed
- 1943 · Margin for Error as Sophia Baumer
- 1942 · Girl Trouble as June Delaney
- 1942 · Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 as Herself
- 1942 · Twin Beds as Julie Abbott
- 1942 · The Wife Takes a Flyer as Anita Woverman
- 1941 · Confirm or Deny as Jennifer Carson
- 1941 · Wild Geese Calling as Sally Murdock
- 1941 · Man Hunt as Jerry Stokes
- 1941 · She Knew All the Answers as Gloria Winters
- 1940 · The Son of Monte Cristo as Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
- 1940 · The Man I Married as Carol Hoffman
- 1940 · The House Across the Bay as Brenda Bentley
- 1940 · Green Hell as Stephanie Richardson
- 1939 · The Housekeeper's Daughter as Hilda
- 1939 · The Man in the Iron Mask as Princess Maria Theresa
- 1938 · Trade Winds as Kay Kerrigan
- 1938 · Artists and Models Abroad as Patricia Harper
- 1938 · The Texans as Ivy Preston
- 1938 · I Met My Love Again as Julie Weir
- 1937 · Vogues of 1938 as Wendy Van Klettering
- 1937 · Hollywood Party as Herself
- 1936 · Wedding Present as Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
- 1936 · Two in a Crowd as Julia Wayne
- 1936 · Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) as Self
- 1936 · 13 Hours by Air as Felice Rollins
- 1936 · Big Brown Eyes as Eve Fallon
- 1935 · The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo as Helen Berkeley
- 1935 · The Fashion Side of Hollywood as Self
- 1935 · She Couldn't Take It as Carol Van Dyke
- 1935 · Two for Tonight as Bobbie Lockwood
- 1935 · Private Worlds as Sally MacGregor
- 1935 · Mississippi as Lucy
- 1934 · The Man Who Reclaimed His Head as Adele Verin
- 1934 · The Pursuit of Happiness as Prudence Kirkland
- 1933 · Little Women as Amy
- 1933 · Arizona to Broadway as Lynn Martin
- 1932 · Me and My Gal as Helen Riley
- 1932 · Wild Girl as Salomy Jane
- 1932 · Week Ends Only as Venetia Carr
- 1932 · The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Vivienne Ware
- 1932 · Careless Lady as Sally Brown
- 1932 · She Wanted a Millionaire as Jane Miller
- 1931 · Hush Money as Joan Gordon
- 1931 · Doctors' Wives as Nina Wyndram Penning
- 1931 · Many a Slip as Pat Coster
- 1930 · Scotland Yard as Xandra, Lady Lasher
- 1930 · Maybe It's Love as Nan
- 1930 · Moby Dick as Faith
- 1930 · Crazy That Way as Ann Jordan
- 1930 · Puttin' on the Ritz as Dolores Fenton
- 1929 · The Mississippi Gambler as Lucy Blackburn
- 1929 · Disraeli as Lady Clarissa Pevensey
- 1929 · Three Live Ghosts as Rose Gordon
- 1929 · Bulldog Drummond as Phyllis
- 1928 · The Divine Lady as Extra (uncredited)
- 1928 · Show Folks as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
- 1928 · Power as A Dame
- 1923 · The Eternal City as Page (uncredited)
- 1916 · The Valley of Decision as Unborn soul
- Future · Film Stars Help Greece as Self