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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 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.
Acted in 89
2000s
- 2009
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
- 2001
Armadillo
Father · 1 episode
1980s
- 1982
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Adele Burgess
- 1981
This House Possessed
Rag Lady
1970s
- 1978
Suddenly, Love
Mrs. Graham
- 1977
- 1972
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Alexandria Sand
Gidget Gets Married
Claire Ramsey
- 1970
House of Dark Shadows
Elizabeth Stoddard Collins
1960s
- 1966
- 1963
- 1960
Desire in the Dust
Mrs. Marquand
1950s
- 1957
- 1956
Navy Wife
Peg Blain
There's Always Tomorrow
Marion Groves
- 1955
We're No Angels
Amelie Ducotel
- 1954
- 1953
General Electric Theater
Bettina Blane · 1 episode
- 1951
The Guy Who Came Back
Kathy Joplin
- 1950
For Heaven's Sake
Lydia Bolton
1940s
- 1949
- 1948
- 1947
The Woman on the Beach
Peggy Butler
The Macomber Affair
Margaret Macomber
- 1946
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Ella Sue Dozier
- 1945
Nob Hill
Harriet Carruthers
- 1944
- 1943
Margin for Error
Sophia Baumer
- 1942
Twin Beds
Julie Abbott
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Anita Woverman
- 1941
Confirm or Deny
Jennifer Carson
Wild Geese Calling
Sally Murdock
Man Hunt
Jerry Stokes
She Knew All the Answers
Gloria Winters
- 1940
The Man I Married
Carol Hoffman
The House Across the Bay
Brenda Bentley
Green Hell
Stephanie Richardson
1930s
- 1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Hilda
- 1938
Trade Winds
Kay Kerrigan
Artists and Models Abroad
Patricia Harper
The Texans
Ivy Preston
I Met My Love Again
Julie Weir
- 1937
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Wendy Van Klettering
- 1936
Wedding Present
Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
Two in a Crowd
Julia Wayne
13 Hours by Air
Felice Rollins
Big Brown Eyes
Eve Fallon
- 1935
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Helen Berkeley
She Couldn't Take It
Carol Van Dyke
Two for Tonight
Bobbie Lockwood
Private Worlds
Sally MacGregor
Mississippi
Lucy
- 1934
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Adele Verin
The Pursuit of Happiness
Prudence Kirkland
- 1933
Arizona to Broadway
Lynn Martin
- 1932
Wild Girl
Salomy Jane
Week Ends Only
Venetia Carr
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Vivienne Ware
Careless Lady
Sally Brown
She Wanted a Millionaire
Jane Miller
- 1931
Hush Money
Joan Gordon
Doctors' Wives
Nina Wyndram Penning
Many a Slip
Pat Coster
- 1930
Scotland Yard
Xandra, Lady Lasher
Maybe It's Love
Nan
Crazy That Way
Ann Jordan
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dolores Fenton
1920s
- 1929
The Mississippi Gambler
Lucy Blackburn
Disraeli
Lady Clarissa Pevensey
Three Live Ghosts
Rose Gordon
Bulldog Drummond
Phyllis
- 1928
The Divine Lady
Extra (uncredited)
Show Folks
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Power
A Dame
- 1923
The Eternal City
Page (uncredited)
1910s
- 1916
The Valley of Decision
Unborn soul
Appearances14
2000s
- 2001
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
1980s
- 1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
- 1987
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
Casting Shadows
Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- 1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
1960s
- 1962
- 1961
1940s
- 1942
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Self
1930s
- 1937
Hollywood Party
Herself
- 1936
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
- 1935
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self - Lucy (archive footage)
- 1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Self