Joan Bennett
Known for: Acting
Born: February 27, 1910
Died: December 7, 1990
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
93 movies · 12 TV shows, newest first
9.5
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
2009
9.4
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
2009
8.0
Armadillo
2001
7.0
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001
8.2
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
6.5
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
NR
Casting Shadows
1987
8.3
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
7.5
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
1982
5.9
This House Possessed
1981
8.3
Suddenly, Love
1978
7.5
Suspiria
1977
6.3
The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972
6.3
Gidget Gets Married
1972
6.6
House of Dark Shadows
1970
7.3
Dark Shadows
1966
6.3
Burke's Law
1963
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
4.4
Desire in the Dust
19608.0
Too Young to Go Steady
1959
7.4
DuPont Show of the Month
1957
7.0
Navy Wife
1956
7.2
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
7.2
We're No Angels
1955
3.8
Climax!
1954
5.7
Highway Dragnet
1954
6.8
General Electric Theater
1953
6.3
The Guy Who Came Back
1951
6.5
Father's Little Dividend
1951
7.0
For Heaven's Sake
1950
6.9
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
7.0
Father of the Bride
19506.3
Screen Actors
1950
7.3
Your Show of Shows
1950
7.0
What's My Line?
1950
6.8
The Reckless Moment
1949
6.6
Hollow Triumph
1948
6.5
Secret Beyond the Door
1947
6.1
The Woman on the Beach
1947
6.8
The Macomber Affair
1947
6.0
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
7.6
Scarlet Street
1945
6.3
Nob Hill
1945
7.4
The Woman in the Window
1944
6.3
Margin for Error
1943
8.3
Girl Trouble
1942
6.0
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942
3.8
Twin Beds
1942
5.5
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
4.8
Confirm or Deny
1941
6.5
Wild Geese Calling
1941
6.9
Man Hunt
1941
6.6
She Knew All the Answers
1941
6.2
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940
6.3
The Man I Married
1940
5.6
The House Across the Bay
1940
4.5
Green Hell
1940
4.6
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
7.1
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
6.4
Trade Winds
1938
4.8
Artists and Models Abroad
1938
6.6
The Texans
1938
6.0
I Met My Love Again
1938
5.5
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
1937
6.8
Hollywood Party
1937
6.2
Wedding Present
1936
8.0
Two in a Crowd
1936
6.0
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936
5.2
13 Hours by Air
1936
6.2
Big Brown Eyes
1936
6.8
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935
6.5
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935
5.3
She Couldn't Take It
1935
7.7
Two for Tonight
1935
6.4
Private Worlds
1935
6.8
Mississippi
1935
6.0
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
5.8
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934
6.8
Little Women
1933
7.5
Arizona to Broadway
1933
NR
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933
6.4
Me and My Gal
1932
6.2
Wild Girl
1932
10.0
Week Ends Only
1932
9.0
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
5.8
Careless Lady
1932
10.0
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932
10.0
Hush Money
1931
6.0
Doctors' Wives
1931
10.0
Many a Slip
1931
7.0
Scotland Yard
1930
5.2
Maybe It's Love
1930
5.6
Moby Dick
1930
10.0
Crazy That Way
1930
6.2
Puttin' on the Ritz
1930
9.0
The Mississippi Gambler
1929
5.2
Disraeli
1929
6.0
Three Live Ghosts
1929
6.5
Bulldog Drummond
1929
5.3
The Divine Lady
1928
7.0
Show Folks
1928
8.0
Power
1928
7.5
The Eternal City
1923
NR
The Valley of Decision
1916