Joan Bennett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 27, 1910
- Died
- December 7, 1990
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood 2009
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse 2009
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
Suspiria 25th Anniversary 2001
as Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988
as Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life 1987
as Self (archive footage)
Casting Shadows 1987
as Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn 1986
as Self
Divorce Wars: A Love Story 1982
as Adele Burgess
This House Possessed 1981
as Rag Lady
Suddenly, Love 1978
as Mrs. Graham
Suspiria 1977
as Madame Blanc
The Eyes of Charles Sand 1972
as Alexandria Sand
Gidget Gets Married 1972
as Claire Ramsey
House of Dark Shadows 1970
as Elizabeth Stoddard Collins
Desire in the Dust 1960
as Mrs. Marquand
- The Thundering Wave
The Thundering Wave 1957
as Vickie Maxwell
Navy Wife 1956
as Peg Blain
There's Always Tomorrow 1956
as Marion Groves
We're No Angels 1955
as Amelie Ducotel
Highway Dragnet 1954
as Mrs. Cummings
The Guy Who Came Back 1951
as Kathy Joplin
Father's Little Dividend 1951
as Ellie Banks
For Heaven's Sake 1950
as Lydia Bolton
Father of the Bride 1950
as Ellie Banks
- Screen Actors
Screen Actors 1950
as Self (uncredited)
The Reckless Moment 1949
as Lucia Harper
Hollow Triumph 1948
as Evelyn Hahn
Secret Beyond the Door 1947
as Celia Lamphere
The Woman on the Beach 1947
as Peggy Butler
The Macomber Affair 1947
as Margaret Macomber
Colonel Effingham's Raid 1946
as Ella Sue Dozier
Scarlet Street 1945
as Katherine 'Kitty' March
Nob Hill 1945
as Harriet Carruthers
The Woman in the Window 1944
as Alice Reed
Margin for Error 1943
as Sophia Baumer
Girl Trouble 1942
as June Delaney
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 1942
as Self
Twin Beds 1942
as Julie Abbott
The Wife Takes a Flyer 1942
as Anita Woverman
Confirm or Deny 1941
as Jennifer Carson
Wild Geese Calling 1941
as Sally Murdock
Man Hunt 1941
as Jerry Stokes
She Knew All the Answers 1941
as Gloria Winters
The Son of Monte Cristo 1940
as Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
The Man I Married 1940
as Carol Hoffman
The House Across the Bay 1940
as Brenda Bentley
Green Hell 1940
as Stephanie Richardson
The Housekeeper's Daughter 1939
as Hilda
The Man in the Iron Mask 1939
as Princess Maria Theresa
Trade Winds 1938
as Kay Kerrigan
Artists and Models Abroad 1938
as Patricia Harper
The Texans 1938
as Ivy Preston
I Met My Love Again 1938
as Julie Weir
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 1937
as Wendy Van Klettering
Hollywood Party 1937
as Herself
Wedding Present 1936
as Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
Two in a Crowd 1936
as Julia Wayne
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) 1936
as Self
13 Hours by Air 1936
as Felice Rollins
Big Brown Eyes 1936
as Eve Fallon
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo 1935
as Helen Berkeley
The Fashion Side of Hollywood 1935
as Self - Lucy (archive footage)
She Couldn't Take It 1935
as Carol Van Dyke
Two for Tonight 1935
as Bobbie Lockwood
Private Worlds 1935
as Sally MacGregor
Mississippi 1935
as Lucy
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head 1934
as Adele Verin
The Pursuit of Happiness 1934
as Prudence Kirkland
Little Women 1933
as Amy
Arizona to Broadway 1933
as Lynn Martin
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 1933
as Self
Me and My Gal 1932
as Helen Riley
Wild Girl 1932
as Salomy Jane
Week Ends Only 1932
as Venetia Carr
The Trial of Vivienne Ware 1932
as Vivienne Ware
Careless Lady 1932
as Sally Brown
She Wanted a Millionaire 1932
as Jane Miller
Hush Money 1931
as Joan Gordon
Doctors' Wives 1931
as Nina Wyndram Penning
Many a Slip 1931
as Pat Coster
Scotland Yard 1930
as Xandra, Lady Lasher
Maybe It's Love 1930
as Nan
Moby Dick 1930
as Faith
Crazy That Way 1930
as Ann Jordan
Puttin' on the Ritz 1930
as Dolores Fenton
The Mississippi Gambler 1929
as Lucy Blackburn
Disraeli 1929
as Lady Clarissa Pevensey
Three Live Ghosts 1929
as Rose Gordon
Bulldog Drummond 1929
as Phyllis
The Divine Lady 1928
as Extra (uncredited)
Show Folks 1928
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Power 1928
as A Dame
The Eternal City 1923
as Page (uncredited)
The Valley of Decision 1916
as Unborn soul
Credits from TMDB.