Joan Bennett
Acting
Born February 27, 1910 · Palisades, New Jersey, USA
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.
Films (93)
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
2009
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
2009
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
Casting Shadows
1987
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
The Eyes of Charles Sand
1972
Gidget Gets Married
1972
House of Dark Shadows
1970
Desire in the Dust
1960
Navy Wife
1956
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
We're No Angels
1955
Highway Dragnet
1954
The Guy Who Came Back
1951
Father's Little Dividend
1951
For Heaven's Sake
1950
Father of the Bride
1950
Screen Actors
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