Joan Bennett
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Dark Shadows
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
1966
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Series
Climax!
Honora
1954
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
Burke's Law
Denise Mitchell
1963
Series
Your Show of Shows
1950
Film
Suspiria
Madame Blanc
1977
Series
DuPont Show of the Month
Grace Graves
1957
Series
General Electric Theater
Bettina Blane
1953
Film
Careless Lady
Sally Brown
1932
Film
Power
A Dame
1928
Film
Disraeli
Lady Clarissa Pevensey
1929
Film
We're No Angels
Amelie Ducotel
1955
Film
Girl Trouble
June Delaney
1942
Film
The Woman in the Window
Alice Reed
1944
Film
Scarlet Street
Katherine 'Kitty' March
1945
Film
Father of the Bride
Ellie Banks
1950
Film
Hollywood Party
Herself
1937
Film
Father's Little Dividend
Ellie Banks
1951
Film
Casting Shadows
Self – Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
1987
Film
Green Hell
Stephanie Richardson
1940
Film
There's Always Tomorrow
Marion Groves
1956
Film
Secret Beyond the Door
Celia Lamphere
1947
Film
Little Women
Amy
1933
Film
Wild Girl
Salomy Jane
1932
Film
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Wendy Van Klettering
1937
Film
The Man in the Iron Mask
Princess Maria Theresa
1939
Film
House of Dark Shadows
Elizabeth Stoddard Collins
1970
Film
Hollywood on Parade No. A-12
Self
1933
Film
The Woman on the Beach
Peggy Butler
1947
Film
Twin Beds
Julie Abbott
1942
Film
Moby Dick
Faith
1930
Film
The Reckless Moment
Lucia Harper
1949
Film
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
Self (archive footage)
1987
Film
Hollow Triumph
Evelyn Hahn
1948
Too Young to Go Steady
Mary Blake
1959
Film
Two in a Crowd
Julia Wayne
1936
Series
Armadillo
Father
2001
Film
Man Hunt
Jerry Stokes
1941
Film
She Wanted a Millionaire
Jane Miller
1932
Film
13 Hours by Air
Felice Rollins
1936
Film
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Vivienne Ware
1932
Film
I Met My Love Again
Julie Weir
1938
The Thundering Wave
Vickie Maxwell
1957
Film
This House Possessed
Rag Lady
1981
Film
She Knew All the Answers
Gloria Winters
1941
Film
The Son of Monte Cristo
Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
1940
Film
Colonel Effingham's Raid
Ella Sue Dozier
1946
Film
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
1988
Film
For Heaven's Sake
Lydia Bolton
1950
Film
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
1986
Film
Desire in the Dust
Mrs. Marquand
1960
Film
Mississippi
Lucy
1935
Film
Nob Hill
Harriet Carruthers
1945
Film
Me and My Gal
Helen Riley
1932
Film
The Macomber Affair
Margaret Macomber
1947
Film
Big Brown Eyes
Eve Fallon
1936
Film
The House Across the Bay
Brenda Bentley
1940
Film
The Man I Married
Carol Hoffman
1940
Film
Two for Tonight
Bobbie Lockwood
1935
Film
The Valley of Decision
Unborn soul
1916
Film
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Hilda
1939
Film
The Guy Who Came Back
Kathy Joplin
1951
Film
Suddenly, Love
Mrs. Graham
1978
Film
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Adele Burgess
1982
Film
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
2009
Film
She Couldn't Take It
Carol Van Dyke
1935
Film
Hush Money
Joan Gordon
1931
Film
Gidget Gets Married
Claire Ramsey
1972
Film
The Wife Takes a Flyer
Anita Woverman
1942
Film
The Eyes of Charles Sand
Alexandria Sand
1972
Film
The Pursuit of Happiness
Prudence Kirkland
1934
Film
Private Worlds
Sally MacGregor
1935
Film
The Eternal City
Page (uncredited)
1923
Film
The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Helen Berkeley
1935
Film
Puttin' on the Ritz
Dolores Fenton
1930
Film
The Fashion Side of Hollywood
Self - Lucy (archive footage)
1935
Film
Wedding Present
Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
1936
Film
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Adele Verin
1934
Film
Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
Self
1942
Film
Show Folks
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1928
Film
Artists and Models Abroad
Patricia Harper
1938
Film
Maybe It's Love
Nan
1930
Film
The Texans
Ivy Preston
1938
Film
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)
2009
Film
Highway Dragnet
Mrs. Cummings
1954
Film
Wild Geese Calling
Sally Murdock
1941
Film
Trade Winds
Kay Kerrigan
1938
Film
Margin for Error
Sophia Baumer
1943
Film
Bulldog Drummond
Phyllis
1929
Film
Scotland Yard
Xandra, Lady Lasher
1930
Film
Doctors' Wives
Nina Wyndram Penning
1931
Film
Confirm or Deny
Jennifer Carson
1941
Film
Three Live Ghosts
Rose Gordon
1929
Film
The Divine Lady
Extra (uncredited)
1928
Film
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
2001
Film
Arizona to Broadway
Lynn Martin
1933
Film
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)
Self
1936
Film
Navy Wife
Peg Blain
1956
Film
Week Ends Only
Venetia Carr
1932
Film
The Mississippi Gambler
Lucy Blackburn
1929
Film
Many a Slip
Pat Coster
1931
Film
Crazy That Way
Ann Jordan
1930
Screen Actors
Self (uncredited)
1950