
Joan Bennett
Known for ActingBorn 1910-02-27Died 1990-12-07Palisades, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
2009 · Movie
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Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
2009 · Movie
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She Wanted a Millionaire
1932 · Movie
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Week Ends Only
1932 · Movie
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Hush Money
1931 · Movie
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Many a Slip
1931 · Movie
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Crazy That Way
1930 · Movie
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The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932 · Movie
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The Mississippi Gambler
1929 · Movie
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986 · Movie
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Suddenly, Love
1978 · Movie
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Movie
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Armadillo
2001 · Series
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Girl Trouble
1942 · Movie
Too Young to Go Steady
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Too Young to Go Steady
1959 · Series
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Two in a Crowd
1936 · Movie
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Divorce Wars: A Love Story
1982 · Movie
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Power
1928 · Movie
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Suspiria
1977 · Movie
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
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Scarlet Street
1945 · Movie
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Two for Tonight
1935 · Movie
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Suspiria 25th Anniversary
2001 · Movie
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DuPont Show of the Month
1957 · Series
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Dark Shadows
1966 · Series
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Arizona to Broadway
1933 · Movie
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The Woman in the Window
1944 · Movie
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We're No Angels
1955 · Movie
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There's Always Tomorrow
1956 · Movie
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Your Show of Shows
1950 · Series
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The Eternal City
1923 · Movie
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Hollywood Party
1937 · Movie
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Navy Wife
1956 · Movie
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What's My Line?
1950 · Series
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The Man in the Iron Mask
1939 · Movie
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For Heaven's Sake
1950 · Movie
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Father of the Bride
1950 · Movie
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · Series
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987 · Movie
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General Electric Theater
1953 · Series
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Man Hunt
1941 · Movie
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Scotland Yard
1930 · Movie
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House of Dark Shadows
1970 · Movie
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The Reckless Moment
1949 · Movie
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Three Live Ghosts
1929 · Movie
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Show Folks
1928 · Movie
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The Macomber Affair
1947 · Movie
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Little Women
1933 · Movie