Joan Bennett
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 27, 1910
- Died
- Dec 7, 1990 (aged 80)
- Place of birth
- Palisades, New Jersey, USA
- Credits
- 106
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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Known for
Suspiria
1977Movie
Madame Blanc
Scarlet Street
1945Movie
Katherine 'Kitty' March
The Woman in the Window
1944Movie
Alice Reed
Father of the Bride
1950Movie
Ellie Banks
We're No Angels
1955Movie
Amelie Ducotel
Secret Beyond the Door
1947Movie
Celia Lamphere
Filmography
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
2009Movie
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
2009Movie
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
Armadillo
2001TV
Father
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001Movie
Self
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988Movie
Self (archive footage)
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987Movie
Self (archive footage)
Casting Shadows
1987Movie
Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986Movie
Self
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
1982Movie
Adele Burgess
This House Possessed
1981Movie
Rag Lady
Suddenly, Love
1978Movie
Mrs. Graham
Suspiria
1977Movie
Madame Blanc
The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972Movie
Alexandria Sand
Gidget Gets Married
1972Movie
Claire Ramsey
House of Dark Shadows
1970Movie
Elizabeth Stoddard Collins
Dark Shadows
1966TV
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
Burke's Law
1963TV
Denise Mitchell
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962TV
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
Desire in the Dust
1960Movie
Mrs. Marquand
Too Young to Go Steady
1959TV
Mary Blake
The Thundering Wave
1957Movie
Vickie Maxwell
DuPont Show of the Month
1957TV
Grace Graves
Navy Wife
1956Movie
Peg Blain
There's Always Tomorrow
1956Movie
Marion Groves
We're No Angels
1955Movie
Amelie Ducotel
Climax!
1954TV
Honora
Highway Dragnet
1954Movie
Mrs. Cummings
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Bettina Blane
The Guy Who Came Back
1951Movie
Kathy Joplin
Father's Little Dividend
1951Movie
Ellie Banks
For Heaven's Sake
1950Movie
Lydia Bolton
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950TV
Self
Father of the Bride
1950Movie
Ellie Banks
Screen Actors
1950Movie
Self (uncredited)
Your Show of Shows
1950TV
What's My Line?
1950TV
Self
The Reckless Moment
1949Movie
Lucia Harper
Hollow Triumph
1948Movie
Evelyn Hahn
Secret Beyond the Door
1947Movie
Celia Lamphere
The Woman on the Beach
1947Movie
Peggy Butler
The Macomber Affair
1947Movie
Margaret Macomber
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946Movie
Ella Sue Dozier
Scarlet Street
1945Movie
Katherine 'Kitty' March
Nob Hill
1945Movie
Harriet Carruthers
The Woman in the Window
1944Movie
Alice Reed
Margin for Error
1943Movie
Sophia Baumer
Girl Trouble
1942Movie
June Delaney
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
1942Movie
Self
Twin Beds
1942Movie
Julie Abbott
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942Movie
Anita Woverman
Confirm or Deny
1941Movie
Jennifer Carson
Wild Geese Calling
1941Movie
Sally Murdock
Man Hunt
1941Movie
Jerry Stokes
She Knew All the Answers
1941Movie
Gloria Winters
The Son of Monte Cristo
1940Movie
Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
The Man I Married
1940Movie
Carol Hoffman
The House Across the Bay
1940Movie
Brenda Bentley
Green Hell
1940Movie
Stephanie Richardson
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939Movie
Hilda
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939Movie
Princess Maria Theresa
Trade Winds
1938Movie
Kay Kerrigan
Artists and Models Abroad
1938Movie
Patricia Harper
The Texans
1938Movie
Ivy Preston
I Met My Love Again
1938Movie
Julie Weir
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
1937Movie
Wendy Van Klettering
Hollywood Party
1937Movie
Herself
Wedding Present
1936Movie
Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
Two in a Crowd
1936Movie
Julia Wayne
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
1936Movie
Self
13 Hours by Air
1936Movie
Felice Rollins
Big Brown Eyes
1936Movie
Eve Fallon
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
1935Movie
Helen Berkeley
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
1935Movie
Self - Lucy (archive footage)
She Couldn't Take It
1935Movie
Carol Van Dyke
Two for Tonight
1935Movie
Bobbie Lockwood
Private Worlds
1935Movie
Sally MacGregor
Mississippi
1935Movie
Lucy
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934Movie
Adele Verin
The Pursuit of Happiness
1934Movie
Prudence Kirkland
Little Women
1933Movie
Amy
Arizona to Broadway
1933Movie
Lynn Martin
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
1933Movie
Self
Me and My Gal
1932Movie
Helen Riley
Wild Girl
1932Movie
Salomy Jane
Week Ends Only
1932Movie
Venetia Carr
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932Movie
Vivienne Ware
Careless Lady
1932Movie
Sally Brown
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932Movie
Jane Miller
Hush Money
1931Movie
Joan Gordon
Doctors' Wives
1931Movie
Nina Wyndram Penning
Many a Slip
1931Movie
Pat Coster
Scotland Yard
1930Movie
Xandra, Lady Lasher
Maybe It's Love
1930Movie
Nan
Moby Dick
1930Movie
Faith
Crazy That Way
1930Movie
Ann Jordan
Puttin' on the Ritz
1930Movie
Dolores Fenton
The Mississippi Gambler
1929Movie
Lucy Blackburn
Disraeli
1929Movie
Lady Clarissa Pevensey
Three Live Ghosts
1929Movie
Rose Gordon
Bulldog Drummond
1929Movie
Phyllis
The Divine Lady
1928Movie
Extra (uncredited)
Show Folks
1928Movie
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Power
1928Movie
A Dame
The Eternal City
1923Movie
Page (uncredited)
The Valley of Decision
1916Movie
Unborn soul