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Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

Acting

February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990 (died at 80)
Palisades, New Jersey, USA
Female
93 Movies
12 TV Shows

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.

Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945 7.6

as Katherine 'Kitty' March

Age 35 (now 80)
The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

1944 7.4

as Alice Reed

Age 34 (now 80)
Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1950 7.0

as Ellie Banks

Age 40 (now 80)
Secret Beyond the Door
Secret Beyond the Door

Secret Beyond the Door

1947 6.5

as Celia Lamphere

Age 37 (now 80)
Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows

Dark Shadows

1966 7.3

as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins

Age 56 (now 80)
1225 eps
Little Women
Little Women

Little Women

1933 6.8

as Amy

Age 23 (now 80)
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

1949 6.8

as Lucia Harper

Age 39 (now 80)
Man Hunt
Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941 6.9

as Jerry Stokes

Age 31 (now 80)
We're No Angels
We're No Angels

We're No Angels

1955 7.2

as Amelie Ducotel

Age 45 (now 80)
Suspiria
Suspiria

Suspiria

1977 7.5

as Madame Blanc

Age 66 (now 80)
The Woman on the Beach
The Woman on the Beach

The Woman on the Beach

1947 6.2

as Peggy Butler

Age 37 (now 80)
Father's Little Dividend
Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend

1951 6.5

as Ellie Banks

Age 41 (now 80)
There's Always Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow

There's Always Tomorrow

1956 7.2

as Marion Groves

Age 45 (now 80)
Hollow Triumph
Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

1948 6.6

as Evelyn Hahn

Age 38 (now 80)
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask

1939 7.1

as Princess Maria Theresa

Age 29 (now 80)
Me and My Gal
Me and My Gal

Me and My Gal

1932 6.4

as Helen Riley

Age 22 (now 80)