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Joan Bennett

Acting Born Feb 27, 1910 Palisades, New Jersey, USA 24 credits

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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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Dark Shadows

as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • Dark Shadows (1966) as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
  • Burke's Law (1963) as Denise Mitchell
  • Climax! (1954) as Honora
  • What's My Line? (1950) as Self
  • The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) as Self
  • Your Show of Shows (1950)
  • DuPont Show of the Month (1957) as Grace Graves
  • Suspiria (1977) as Madame Blanc
  • General Electric Theater (1953) as Bettina Blane
  • Father of the Bride (1950) as Ellie Banks
  • Scarlet Street (1945) as Katherine 'Kitty' March
  • The Woman in the Window (1944) as Alice Reed
  • Little Women (1933) as Amy
  • Father's Little Dividend (1951) as Ellie Banks
  • Man Hunt (1941) as Jerry Stokes
  • Secret Beyond the Door (1947) as Celia Lamphere
  • Moby Dick (1930) as Faith
  • Green Hell (1940) as Stephanie Richardson
  • We're No Angels (1955) as Amelie Ducotel
  • Armadillo (2001) as Father
  • The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) as Princess Maria Theresa
  • Hollow Triumph (1948) as Evelyn Hahn