People named Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett Born Joan Geraldine Bennett February 27, 1910 Fort Lee, New Jersey, U.S. Died December 7, 1990 (aged 80) Scarsdale, New York, U.S. Pleasant View Cemetery, Lyme, Connecticut, U.S. Nationality American Occupation Actress Years active 1916–1982 Spouse(s) John Marion Fox ​(m. 1926; div. 1928)​ Gene Markey ​(m. 1932; div. 1937)​ Walter Wanger ​(m. 1940; div. 1965)​ David Wilde ​(m. 1978)​ Children 4 Parent(s) Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison Relatives Lewis Morrison (grandfather) Constance Bennett (sister) Barbara Bennett (sister) Morton Downey Jr. (nephew) Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She came from a show-business family, one of three acting sisters. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 films from the era of silent movies, well into the sound era. She is best remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's movies, including Man Hunt (1941), The Woman in the Window (1944), and Scarlet Street (1945), and for her television role as matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (and ancestors Naomi Collins, Judith Collins, and Flora Collins PT) in the gothic 1960’s soap opera Dark Shadows. Bennett's career had three distinct phases: 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-and-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.Bennett married four times. In the 1960s, she achieved success for her portrayal of Elizabeth Collins Stoddard on TV's gothic fan favorite, Dark Shadows, for which she received an Emmy nomination (1968). For her final movie role, as Madame Blanc in Dario Argento's cult horror film Suspiria (1977), she received a Saturn Award nomination. Her obituary in The New York Times stated she was "one of the most underrated actresses of her time." Richard Bennett with his three daughters (from left), Constance, Joan, and Barbara (1918) Joan Geraldine Bennett was born in the Palisade section of Fort Lee, New Jersey, on February 27, 1910, the youngest of three daughters of actor Richard Bennett and actress/literary agent Adrienne Morrison.[3] Her older sisters were actress Constance Bennett and actress/dancer Barbara Bennett, who was the first wife of singer Morton Downey and the mother of Morton Downey Jr. Part of a famous theatrical family, Bennett's maternal grandfather was Jamaica-born Shakespearean actor Lewis Morrison, who embarked on a stage career in the late 1860s. He was of English, Spanish, Jewish, and African ancestry. On the side of her maternal grandmother, actress Rose Wood, the profession dated back to traveling minstrels in 18th century England. Bennett first appeared in a silent movie as a child with her parents and sisters in her father's drama The Valley of Decision (1916), which he adapted for the screen. She attended Miss Hopkins School for Girls in Manhattan, then St. Margaret's, a boarding school in Waterbury, Connecticut, and L'Hermitage, a finishing school in Versailles, France. On September 15, 1926, 16-year-old Bennett married John M. Fox in London. They divorced July 30, 1928 in Los Angeles based on charges of his alcoholism. They had one child, Adrienne Ralston Fox (born February 20, 1928), for whom Bennett fought successfully in court to rename Diana Bennett Markey, when the child was eight years old. Her name changed to Diana Bennett Wanger in 1944.

Joan Rowland Bennett of Palm Bay, Brevard County, FL was born on October 6, 1927, and died at age 79 years old on October 29, 2006. Joan Bennett was buried at Biloxi National Cemetery Section 54 Site 703 P.o. Box 4968 - Pass Road, in Biloxi, Ms.

Joan Ellen Bennett of Newhall, Los Angeles County, CA was born on February 5, 1927, and died at age 76 years old on May 4, 2003. Joan Bennett was buried at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery Section CBAA Row 3 Site 19 P.o. Box 6237, in San Diego.

Joan P Bennett of New York, New York County, NY was born on August 13, 1933, and died at age 68 years old on October 6, 2001. Joan Bennett was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 14 Site 983 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

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Joan B Bennett was born on October 17, 1934, and died at age 78 years old on February 21, 2013. Joan Bennett was buried at Massachusetts Veterans' Memorial Cemetery Section W4A Row A Site 4 1390 Main St., in Agawam, Ma. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan B Bennett.

Joan Bennett was born on April 18, 1956, and died at age 1 year old on September 10, 1957. Joan Bennett was buried at Long Island National Cemetery Section X Site 1576 2040 Wellwood Avenue, in Farmingdale, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan Bennett.

Joan Bennett was born on October 9, 1930, and died at age 57 years old on August 29, 1988. Joan Bennett was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 3 Site 1267 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton, Ny. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan Bennett.

Joan M Bennett was born on April 2, 1931, and died at age 77 years old on August 2, 2008. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan M Bennett.

Joan Audie Bennett of Owensboro, Daviess County, Kentucky was born on November 20, 1934, and died at age 76 years old on December 14, 2010.

Joan E Bennett of Jefferson City, Cole County, MO was born on August 27, 1927, and died at age 83 years old on July 2, 2011.

Joan K Bennett was born on July 13, 1952, and died at age 46 years old on May 14, 1999. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan K Bennett.

Joan R Bennett was born on February 12, 1929, and died at age 62 years old on September 18, 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan R Bennett.

Joan R Bennett of Carmel Valley, Monterey County, CA was born on November 18, 1915, and died at age 82 years old on November 19, 1997.

Joan Bennett was born on December 25, 1932, and died at age 39 years old in February 1972. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan Bennett.

Joan C Bennett of Selma, Fresno County, CA was born on March 13, 1922, and died at age 74 years old on August 12, 1996.

Joan F Bennett of Whittier, Los Angeles County, CA was born on May 23, 1938, and died at age 63 years old on February 13, 2002.

Joan Bennett of Davenport, Lincoln County, WA was born on October 5, 1930, and died at age 73 years old on April 27, 2004.

Joan M Bennett of Salem, Marion County, OR was born on July 6, 1928, and died at age 69 years old on December 4, 1997.

Joan E Bennett of Appling, Columbia County, GA was born on July 12, 1930, and died at age 77 years old on September 23, 2007.

Joan M Bennett of Everett, Snohomish County, WA was born on May 29, 1922, and died at age 81 years old on March 6, 2004.

Joan B Bennett of Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana was born on May 7, 1929, and died at age 79 years old on July 2, 2008.

Joan Muriel Bennett of Roundup, Musselshell County, Montana was born on March 19, 1944, and died at age 64 years old on May 5, 2008.

Joan L Bennett of Wichita, Sedgwick County, KS was born on December 6, 1932, and died at age 71 years old on December 10, 2003.

Joan G Bennett of Prairie Village, Johnson County, KS was born on March 24, 1929, and died at age 75 years old on August 10, 2004.

Joan Bennett of Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska was born on May 22, 1891, and died at age 81 years old in November 1972.

Joan M Bennett was born on December 15, 1933, and died at age 61 years old on January 7, 1995. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Joan M Bennett.

Joan Bennett of Novato, Marin County, CA was born on May 1, 1929, and died at age 64 years old on December 19, 1993.

Joan Carol Bennett of Forest Lake, Washington County, Minnesota was born on December 19, 1932, and died at age 76 years old on November 13, 2009.