Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 112
Movies 99
self 14
TV Shows 13
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse (2009)
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood (2009)
Rogue Male: The Making of 'Man Hunt' (2009)
Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria (2009)
Armadillo (2001)
Suspiria 25th Anniversary (2001)
They Filmed the War in Color (2000)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life (1988)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982)
This House Possessed (1981)
Suddenly, Love (1978)
Suspiria (1977)
America at the Movies (1976)
The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972)
Gidget Gets Married (1972)
House of Dark Shadows (1970)
Dark Shadows (1966)
Burke's Law (1963)
Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1961)
Desire in the Dust (1960)
Too Young to Go Steady (1959)
Pursuit (1958)
DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
Navy Wife (1956)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
We're No Angels (1955)
Climax! (1954)
The Best of Broadway (1954)
Highway Dragnet (1954)
General Electric Theater (1953)
The Guy Who Came Back (1951)
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (1951)
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950)
Father of the Bride (1950)
Screen Actors (1950)
Your Show of Shows (1950)
What's My Line? (1950)
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Hollow Triumph (1948)
Secret Beyond the Door... (1947)
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
The Macomber Affair (1947)
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Nob Hill (1945)
The Woman in the Window (1944)
Margin for Error (1943)
Girl Trouble (1942)
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942)
Twin Beds (1942)
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
Confirm or Deny (1941)
Wild Geese Calling (1941)
Man Hunt (1941)
She Knew All the Answers (1941)
The Son of Monte Cristo (1940)
The Man I Married (1940)
The House Across the Bay (1940)
Green Hell (1940)
The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
Trade Winds (1938)
Artists and Models Abroad (1938)
The Texans (1938)
I Met My Love Again (1938)
Vogues of 1938 (1937)
Hollywood Party (1937)
Wedding Present (1936)
Two in a Crowd (1936)
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) (1936)
13 Hours by Air (1936)
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935)
The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935)
She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Two for Tonight (1935)
Private Worlds (1935)
Mississippi (1935)
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)
The Pursuit of Happiness (1934)
Little Women (1933)
Arizona to Broadway (1933)
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933)
Me and My Gal (1932)
Wild Girl (1932)
Week Ends Only (1932)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)
Careless Lady (1932)
She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)
Hush Money (1931)
Doctors' Wives (1931)
Many a Slip (1931)
Scotland Yard (1930)
Maybe It's Love (1930)
Moby Dick (1930)
Crazy That Way (1930)
Puttin' on the Ritz (1930)
The Mississippi Gambler (1929)
Disraeli (1929)
Three Live Ghosts (1929)
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
The Divine Lady (1928)
Show Folks (1928)
Power (1928)
The Eternal City (1923)
The Valley of Decision (1916)
Place the Face
Film Stars Help Greece
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1910-02-27
Deathday1990-12-07 (80 years old)
Birth NameJoan Geraldine Bennett
Birth PlacePalisades Park, United States of America
Height
RelationshipsGene Markey (1932-03-12 - 1937-01-01), John Marion Fox (1926-09-15 - 1928-01-01), Walter Wanger (1940-01-12 - 1965-01-01)
SpouseDavid Wilde
ChildrenShelley Antonia Wanger, Stephanie Wanger, Melinda Markey, Diana Wanger
FatherRichard Bennett
MotherAdrienne Morrison
SiblingsConstance Bennett, Barbara Bennett
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsJoan Geraldine Bennett, Joanie, Джоан Беннетт
Awardsstar on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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