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Joan Bennett

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Joan Bennett

Born February 27, 1910 in Palisades, New Jersey, USADied December 7, 199080 films

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).

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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.

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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Suspiria poster7.5Suspiria1977The Woman in the Window poster7.4The Woman in the Window1944We're No Angels poster7.2We're No Angels1955Father of the Bride poster7.0Father of the Bride1950Little Women poster6.8Little Women1933Man Hunt poster6.9Man Hunt1941The Reckless Moment poster6.8The Reckless Moment1949Secret Beyond the Door poster6.5Secret Beyond the Door1947

Filmography

80 films as actor
  1. 1982Divorce Wars: A Love StoryAdele Burgess
  2. 1981This House PossessedRag Lady
  3. 1978Suddenly, LoveMrs. Graham
  4. 1977SuspiriaMadame Blanc
  5. 1972The Eyes of Charles SandAlexandria Sand
  6. 1972Gidget Gets MarriedClaire Ramsey
  7. 1970House of Dark ShadowsElizabeth Stoddard Collins
  8. 1960Desire in the DustMrs. Marquand
  9. 1956Navy WifePeg Blain
  10. 1956There's Always TomorrowMarion Groves
  11. 1955We're No AngelsAmelie Ducotel
  12. 1954Highway DragnetMrs. Cummings
  13. 1951The Guy Who Came BackKathy Joplin
  14. 1951Father's Little DividendEllie Banks
  15. 1950For Heaven's SakeLydia Bolton
  16. 1950Father of the BrideEllie Banks
  17. 1949The Reckless MomentLucia Harper
  18. 1948Hollow TriumphEvelyn Hahn
  19. 1947Secret Beyond the DoorCelia Lamphere
  20. 1947The Woman on the BeachPeggy Butler
  21. 1947The Macomber AffairMargaret Macomber
  22. 1946Colonel Effingham's RaidElla Sue Dozier
  23. 1945Scarlet StreetKatherine 'Kitty' March
  24. 1945Nob HillHarriet Carruthers
  25. 1944The Woman in the WindowAlice Reed
  26. 1943Margin for ErrorSophia Baumer
  27. 1942Girl TroubleJune Delaney
  28. 1942Twin BedsJulie Abbott
  29. 1942The Wife Takes a FlyerAnita Woverman
  30. 1941Confirm or DenyJennifer Carson
  31. 1941Wild Geese CallingSally Murdock
  32. 1941Man HuntJerry Stokes
  33. 1941She Knew All the AnswersGloria Winters
  34. 1940The Son of Monte CristoGrand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
  35. 1940The Man I MarriedCarol Hoffman
  36. 1940The House Across the BayBrenda Bentley
  37. 1940Green HellStephanie Richardson
  38. 1939The Housekeeper's DaughterHilda
  39. 1939The Man in the Iron MaskPrincess Maria Theresa
  40. 1938Trade WindsKay Kerrigan
  41. 1938Artists and Models AbroadPatricia Harper
  42. 1938The TexansIvy Preston
  43. 1938I Met My Love AgainJulie Weir
  44. 1937Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938Wendy Van Klettering
  45. 1936Wedding PresentMonica 'Rusty' Fleming
  46. 1936Two in a CrowdJulia Wayne
  47. 193613 Hours by AirFelice Rollins
  48. 1936Big Brown EyesEve Fallon
  49. 1935The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte CarloHelen Berkeley
  50. 1935She Couldn't Take ItCarol Van Dyke
  51. 1935Two for TonightBobbie Lockwood
  52. 1935Private WorldsSally MacGregor
  53. 1935MississippiLucy
  54. 1934The Man Who Reclaimed His HeadAdele Verin
  55. 1934The Pursuit of HappinessPrudence Kirkland
  56. 1933Little WomenAmy
  57. 1933Arizona to BroadwayLynn Martin
  58. 1932Me and My GalHelen Riley
  59. 1932Wild GirlSalomy Jane
  60. 1932Week Ends OnlyVenetia Carr
  61. 1932The Trial of Vivienne WareVivienne Ware
  62. 1932Careless LadySally Brown
  63. 1932She Wanted a MillionaireJane Miller
  64. 1931Hush MoneyJoan Gordon
  65. 1931Doctors' WivesNina Wyndram Penning
  66. 1931Many a SlipPat Coster
  67. 1930Scotland YardXandra, Lady Lasher
  68. 1930Maybe It's LoveNan
  69. 1930Moby DickFaith
  70. 1930Crazy That WayAnn Jordan
  71. 1930Puttin' on the RitzDolores Fenton
  72. 1929The Mississippi GamblerLucy Blackburn
  73. 1929DisraeliLady Clarissa Pevensey
  74. 1929Three Live GhostsRose Gordon
  75. 1929Bulldog DrummondPhyllis
  76. 1928The Divine LadyExtra (uncredited)
  77. 1928Show FolksNight Club Patron (uncredited)
  78. 1928PowerA Dame
  79. 1923The Eternal CityPage (uncredited)
  80. 1916The Valley of DecisionUnborn soul