Joan Bennett

Acting · Born 1910-02-27 in Palisades, New Jersey, USA

Biography

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…

Filmography

• Father of the Bride as Ellie Banks
• We're No Angels as Amelie Ducotel
• Scarlet Street as Katherine 'Kitty' March
• The Woman in the Window as Alice Reed
• Suspiria as Madame Blanc
• Secret Beyond the Door as Celia Lamphere
• Suddenly, Love as Mrs. Graham
• Father's Little Dividend as Ellie Banks
• Man Hunt as Jerry Stokes
• Hollow Triumph as Evelyn Hahn

TV

• Burke's Law as Denise Mitchell
• The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
• Dark Shadows as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins
• General Electric Theater as Bettina Blane
• Your Show of Shows
• Climax! as Honora
• DuPont Show of the Month as Grace Graves
• What's My Line? as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show as Self