Joan Bennett

    Joan Bennett

    Acting

    February 27, 1910
    Died December 7, 1990 (80 years old)
    Palisades, New Jersey, USA

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    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 winso...

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    Filmography

    Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

    Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse

    2009

    as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)

    9.5
    Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

    Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood

    2009

    as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)

    9.4
    Suspiria 25th Anniversary

    Suspiria 25th Anniversary

    2001

    as Self

    7
    Armadillo

    Armadillo

    2001

    as Father

    8
    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    1988

    as Self (archive footage)

    8.2
    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

    1987

    as Self (archive footage)

    6.5
    Casting Shadows

    Casting Shadows

    1987

    as Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    1986

    as Self

    8.3
    Divorce Wars: A Love Story

    Divorce Wars: A Love Story

    1982

    as Adele Burgess

    7.5
    This House Possessed

    This House Possessed

    1981

    as Rag Lady

    5.9
    Suddenly, Love

    Suddenly, Love

    1978

    as Mrs. Graham

    8.3
    Suspiria

    Suspiria

    1977

    as Madame Blanc

    7.5
    Gidget Gets Married

    Gidget Gets Married

    1972

    as Claire Ramsey

    6.3
    The Eyes of Charles Sand

    The Eyes of Charles Sand

    1972

    as Alexandria Sand

    6.3
    House of Dark Shadows

    House of Dark Shadows

    1970

    as Elizabeth Stoddard Collins

    6.6
    Dark Shadows

    Dark Shadows

    1966

    as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins

    7.3
    Burke's Law

    Burke's Law

    1963

    as Denise Mitchell

    6.3
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    1962

    as Self

    7.5
    The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

    1961

    as Self

    5.8
    Desire in the Dust

    Desire in the Dust

    1960

    as Mrs. Marquand

    4.4

    Too Young to Go Steady

    1959

    as Mary Blake

    8
    DuPont Show of the Month

    DuPont Show of the Month

    1957

    as Grace Graves

    7.4
    There's Always Tomorrow

    There's Always Tomorrow

    1956

    as Marion Groves

    7.2
    Navy Wife

    Navy Wife

    1956

    as Peg Blain

    7
    We're No Angels

    We're No Angels

    1955

    as Amelie Ducotel

    7.2
    Highway Dragnet

    Highway Dragnet

    1954

    as Mrs. Cummings

    5.7
    Climax!

    Climax!

    1954

    as Honora

    3.8
    General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

    1953

    as Bettina Blane

    6.8
    Father's Little Dividend

    Father's Little Dividend

    1951

    as Ellie Banks

    6.5
    The Guy Who Came Back

    The Guy Who Came Back

    1951

    as Kathy Joplin

    6.3
    Father of the Bride

    Father of the Bride

    1950

    as Ellie Banks

    7
    For Heaven's Sake

    For Heaven's Sake

    1950

    as Lydia Bolton

    7

    Screen Actors

    1950

    as Self (uncredited)

    6.3
    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

    1950

    as Self

    6.9
    Your Show of Shows

    Your Show of Shows

    1950

    7.3
    What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

    1950

    as Self

    7
    The Reckless Moment

    The Reckless Moment

    1949

    as Lucia Harper

    6.8
    Hollow Triumph

    Hollow Triumph

    1948

    as Evelyn Hahn

    6.6
    Secret Beyond the Door

    Secret Beyond the Door

    1947

    as Celia Lamphere

    6.5
    The Macomber Affair

    The Macomber Affair

    1947

    as Margaret Macomber

    6.8
    The Woman on the Beach

    The Woman on the Beach

    1947

    as Peggy Butler

    6.1
    Colonel Effingham's Raid

    Colonel Effingham's Raid

    1946

    as Ella Sue Dozier

    6
    Scarlet Street

    Scarlet Street

    1945

    as Katherine 'Kitty' March

    7.6
    Nob Hill

    Nob Hill

    1945

    as Harriet Carruthers

    6.2
    The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window

    1944

    as Alice Reed

    7.4
    Margin for Error

    Margin for Error

    1943

    as Sophia Baumer

    6.3
    The Wife Takes a Flyer

    The Wife Takes a Flyer

    1942

    as Anita Woverman

    5.5
    Girl Trouble

    Girl Trouble

    1942

    as June Delaney

    7.5
    Twin Beds

    Twin Beds

    1942

    as Julie Abbott

    3.8
    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6

    1942

    as Herself

    6
    Man Hunt

    Man Hunt

    1941

    as Jerry Stokes

    6.9
    Confirm or Deny

    Confirm or Deny

    1941

    as Jennifer Carson

    4.8
    Wild Geese Calling

    Wild Geese Calling

    1941

    as Sally Murdock

    6.5
    She Knew All the Answers

    She Knew All the Answers

    1941

    as Gloria Winters

    6.6
    The House Across the Bay

    The House Across the Bay

    1940

    as Brenda Bentley

    5.6
    The Son of Monte Cristo

    The Son of Monte Cristo

    1940

    as Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg

    6.2
    Green Hell

    Green Hell

    1940

    as Stephanie Richardson

    4.6
    The Man I Married

    The Man I Married

    1940

    as Carol Hoffman

    6.3
    The Man in the Iron Mask

    The Man in the Iron Mask

    1939

    as Princess Maria Theresa

    7
    The Housekeeper's Daughter

    The Housekeeper's Daughter

    1939

    as Hilda

    4.6
    The Texans

    The Texans

    1938

    as Ivy Preston

    6.6
    Trade Winds

    Trade Winds

    1938

    as Kay Kerrigan

    6.4
    I Met My Love Again

    I Met My Love Again

    1938

    as Julie Weir

    6
    Artists and Models Abroad

    Artists and Models Abroad

    1938

    as Patricia Harper

    4.8
    Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

    Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938

    1937

    as Wendy Van Klettering

    5.5
    Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Party

    1937

    as Herself

    6.8
    Big Brown Eyes

    Big Brown Eyes

    1936

    as Eve Fallon

    6.3
    Wedding Present

    Wedding Present

    1936

    as Monica 'Rusty' Fleming

    6.2
    13 Hours by Air

    13 Hours by Air

    1936

    as Felice Rollins

    5.2
    Two in a Crowd

    Two in a Crowd

    1936

    as Julia Wayne

    8
    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    1936

    as Self

    6
    Private Worlds

    Private Worlds

    1935

    as Sally MacGregor

    6.4
    Mississippi

    Mississippi

    1935

    as Lucy

    6.8
    The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

    The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo

    1935

    as Helen Berkeley

    6.8
    Two for Tonight

    Two for Tonight

    1935

    as Bobbie Lockwood

    7.7
    She Couldn't Take It

    She Couldn't Take It

    1935

    as Carol Van Dyke

    5.3
    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    The Fashion Side of Hollywood

    1935

    as Self

    6.5
    The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

    The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

    1934

    as Adele Verin

    6
    The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

    1934

    as Prudence Kirkland

    5.8
    Little Women

    Little Women

    1933

    as Amy

    6.8
    Arizona to Broadway

    Arizona to Broadway

    1933

    as Lynn Martin

    7.5
    Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-12

    1933

    as Self

    Me and My Gal

    Me and My Gal

    1932

    as Helen Riley

    6.4
    Wild Girl

    Wild Girl

    1932

    as Salomy Jane

    6.2
    The Trial of Vivienne Ware

    The Trial of Vivienne Ware

    1932

    as Vivienne Ware

    9
    She Wanted a Millionaire

    She Wanted a Millionaire

    1932

    as Jane Miller

    10
    Careless Lady

    Careless Lady

    1932

    as Sally Brown

    5.8
    Week Ends Only

    Week Ends Only

    1932

    as Venetia Carr

    10
    Doctors' Wives

    Doctors' Wives

    1931

    as Nina Wyndram Penning

    6
    Hush Money

    Hush Money

    1931

    as Joan Gordon

    10
    Many a Slip

    Many a Slip

    1931

    as Pat Coster

    10
    Puttin' on the Ritz

    Puttin' on the Ritz

    1930

    as Dolores Fenton

    6.2
    Maybe It's Love

    Maybe It's Love

    1930

    as Nan

    5.2
    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    1930

    as Faith

    5.6
    Scotland Yard

    Scotland Yard

    1930

    as Xandra, Lady Lasher

    7
    Crazy That Way

    Crazy That Way

    1930

    as Ann Jordan

    10
    Bulldog Drummond

    Bulldog Drummond

    1929

    as Phyllis

    6.5
    Disraeli

    Disraeli

    1929

    as Lady Clarissa Pevensey

    5.2
    Three Live Ghosts

    Three Live Ghosts

    1929

    as Rose Gordon

    6
    The Mississippi Gambler

    The Mississippi Gambler

    1929

    as Lucy Blackburn

    9
    The Divine Lady

    The Divine Lady

    1928

    as Extra (uncredited)

    5.3
    Show Folks

    Show Folks

    1928

    as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

    7
    Power

    Power

    1928

    as A Dame

    8
    The Eternal City

    The Eternal City

    1923

    as Page (uncredited)

    7.5
    The Valley of Decision

    The Valley of Decision

    1916

    as Unborn soul