Joan Bennett

About

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...

Known for

Dark ShadowsSeries • 1966Climax!Series • 1954Burke's LawSeries • 1963Your Show of ShowsSeries • 1950SuspiriaMovie • 1977DuPont Show of the MonthSeries • 1957We're No AngelsMovie • 1955Scarlet StreetMovie • 1945Father's Little DividendMovie • 1951Hollow TriumphMovie • 1948Father of the BrideMovie • 1950The Woman in the WindowMovie • 1944Secret Beyond the DoorMovie • 1947Little WomenMovie • 1933The Man in the Iron MaskMovie • 1939House of Dark ShadowsMovie • 1970There's Always TomorrowMovie • 1956The Reckless MomentMovie • 1949The Woman on the BeachMovie • 1947Highway DragnetMovie • 1954Me and My GalMovie • 1932Man HuntMovie • 1941Big Brown EyesMovie • 1936The Divine LadyMovie • 1928