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Birthday: Feb 27, 1910
Place of Birth: Palisades, New Jersey, USA

Joan Bennett

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
Movie Cast Year
Secret Beyond the Door Celia Lamphere 1947
Suddenly, Love Mrs. Graham 1978
Father of the Bride Ellie Banks 1950
We're No Angels Amelie Ducotel 1955
Father's Little Dividend Ellie Banks 1951
Man Hunt Jerry Stokes 1941
Hollow Triumph Evelyn Hahn 1948
The Reckless Moment Lucia Harper 1949
The Macomber Affair Margaret Macomber 1947
Margin for Error Sophia Baumer 1943
The Woman on the Beach Peggy Butler 1947
There's Always Tomorrow Marion Groves 1956
The Man in the Iron Mask Princess Maria Theresa 1939
The House Across the Bay Brenda Bentley 1940
Highway Dragnet Mrs. Cummings 1954
Scarlet Street Katherine 'Kitty' March 1945
The Woman in the Window Alice Reed 1944
Little Women Amy 1933
The Son of Monte Cristo Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg 1940
Bulldog Drummond Phyllis 1929
Big Brown Eyes Eve Fallon 1936
Wedding Present Monica 'Rusty' Fleming 1936
House of Dark Shadows Elizabeth Stoddard Collins 1970
Disraeli Lady Clarissa Pevensey 1929
Me and My Gal Helen Riley 1932
Gidget Gets Married Claire Ramsey 1972
Confirm or Deny Jennifer Carson 1941
Puttin' on the Ritz Dolores Fenton 1930
For Heaven's Sake Lydia Bolton 1950
Private Worlds Sally MacGregor 1935
The Texans Ivy Preston 1938
Vogues of 1938 Wendy Van Klettering 1937
Mississippi Lucy 1935
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head Adele Verin 1934
Maybe It's Love Nan 1930
Wild Girl Salomy Jane 1932
Green Hell Stephanie Richardson 1940
The Pursuit of Happiness Prudence Kirkland 1934
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Helen Berkeley 1935
Arizona to Broadway Lynn Martin 1933
Trade Winds Kay Kerrigan 1938
Film Stars Help Greece Self 1970
Moby Dick Faith 1930
The Man I Married Carol Hoffman 1940
I Met My Love Again Julie Weir 1938
The Housekeeper's Daughter Hilda 1939
Three Live Ghosts Rose Gordon 1929
Two for Tonight Bobbie Lockwood 1935
Hollywood Party Herself 1937
Nob Hill Harriet Carruthers 1945
Artists and Models Abroad Patricia Harper 1938
She Couldn't Take It Carol Van Dyke 1935
13 Hours by Air Felice Rollins 1936
Scotland Yard Xandra, Lady Lasher 1930
The Trial of Vivienne Ware Vivienne Ware 1932
She Wanted a Millionaire Jane Miller 1932
Hollywood: The Selznick Years 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited) 1961
This House Possessed Rag Lady 1981
The Guy Who Came Back Kathy Joplin 1951
The Wife Takes a Flyer Anita Woverman 1942
The Eternal City Page (uncredited) 1923
Two in a Crowd Julia Wayne 1936
The Divine Lady Extra (uncredited) 1928
Wild Geese Calling Sally Murdock 1941
Doctors' Wives Nina Wyndram Penning 1931
Careless Lady Sally Brown 1932
Girl Trouble June Delaney 1942
Divorce Wars: A Love Story Adele Burgess 1982
Desire in the Dust Mrs. Marquand 1960
She Knew All the Answers Gloria Winters 1941
Week Ends Only Venetia Carr 1932
Navy Wife Peg Blain 1956
The Fashion Side of Hollywood Self 1935
The Mississippi Gambler Lucy Blackburn 1929
Colonel Effingham's Raid Ella Sue Dozier 1946
Twin Beds Julie Abbott 1942
Show Folks Night Club Patron (uncredited) 1928
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 Herself 1942
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage) 2009
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Self 1986
Hush Money Joan Gordon 1931
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood Elizabeth Collins Stoddard 2009
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind Self (archive footage) 1988
Power A Dame 1928
Suspiria 25th Anniversary Self 2001
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) Self 1936
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life Self (archive footage) 1988
The Valley of Decision Unborn soul 1916
Suspiria Madame Blanc 1977
The Eyes of Charles Sand Alexandria Sand 1972
Screen Actors Self (uncredited) 1950
Many a Slip Pat Coster 1931
Crazy That Way Ann Jordan 1930
Casting Shadows Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard 1987
Series Cast Year
Burke's Law Denise Mitchell 1963
The Colgate Comedy Hour Self 1950
Dark Shadows Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins 1966
General Electric Theater Bettina Blane 1953
Your Show of Shows 1950
Climax! Honora 1954
Too Young to Go Steady Mary Blake 1959
Armadillo Father 2001
DuPont Show of the Month Grace Graves 1957
What's My Line? Self 1950
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self 1962
The Mike Douglas Show Self 1961
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