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Joan Bennett

Highest Rated: 100% Scarlet Street (1945)

Lowest Rated: 33% House of Dark Shadows (1970)

Birthday: Feb 27, 1910

Birthplace: Palisades, New Jersey, USA

Personable, extremely pretty and prolific star of a wide range of films in the 1930s and 40s. Bennett began her film career as a demure blonde ingenue (e.g. in George Cukor's "Little Women" 1933, William K. Howard's breathtaking "The Trial of Vivienne Ware" 1932). Raoul Walsh's delightful "Me and My Gal" (1932), though, did give her an offbeat chance to indulge in sharp wisecracking. Early on her acting abilities seemed a bit modest, but Bennett's warm speaking voice and quietly piquant charm gave her considerable appeal as a screen personality.

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Highest rated movies

100% 87% Scarlet Street
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100% 61% Father's Little Dividend
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94% 83% Suspiria
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93% 75% Man Hunt
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90% 74% Father of the Bride
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89% 78% Little Women
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88% 83% There's Always Tomorrow
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86% 57% Big Brown Eyes
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86% 42% Moby Dick
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83% 40% Disraeli
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Divorce Wars: A Love Story Adele Burgess (Character) - 1982
No Score Yet 60% This House Possessed Rag Lady (Character) - 1981
94% 83% Suspiria Madame Blanc (Character) - 1977
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gidget Gets Married Claire Ramsey (Character) - 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Eyes of Charles Sand Aunt Alexandra (Character) - 1972
33% 70% House of Dark Shadows Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desire in the Dust Mrs. Marquand (Character) - 1960
88% 83% There's Always Tomorrow Marion Groves (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Navy Wife Peg Blain (Character) - 1956
No Score Yet 81% We're No Angels Amelie Ducotel (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Highway Dragnet Mrs. Cummings (Character) - 1954
100% 61% Father's Little Dividend Ellie Banks (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Guy Who Came Back Kathy Joplin (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet For Heaven's Sake Lydia Bolton (Character) - 1950
90% 74% Father of the Bride Ellie Banks (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 73% The Reckless Moment Lucia Harper (Character) - 1949
65% 54% Secret Beyond the Door Celia Lamphere (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 54% Hollow Triumph Evelyn Hahn (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 48% The Woman on the Beach Peggy (Character) - 1947
67% 58% The Macomber Affair Margaret Macomber (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet 30% Nob Hill Harriet Carruthers (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet 20% Colonel Effingham's Raid Ella Sue Dozier (Character) - 1945
100% 87% Scarlet Street Kitty March (Character) - 1945
83% 83% The Woman in the Window Alice Reed (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 17% Margin for Error Sophia Baumer (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wife Takes a Flyer Anita Woverman (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girl Trouble June Delaney (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Twin Beds Julie Abbott (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Confirm or Deny Jennifer Carson (Character) - 1941
93% 75% Man Hunt Jerry Stokes (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Knew All the Answers Gloria Winters (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Geese Calling Sally Murdock (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Green Hell Stephanie Richardson (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 50% The House Across the Bay Brenda Bentley (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 39% The Son of Monte Cristo Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man I Married Carol Hoffman (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 74% The Man in the Iron Mask Princess Maria Theresa (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 56% The Housekeeper's Daughter Hilda (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Met My Love Again Unknown (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trade Winds Kay Kerrigan (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 57% The Texans Ivy Preston (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Artists and Models Abroad Patricia Harper (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vogues Wendy Van Klettering (Character) - 1937
86% 57% Big Brown Eyes Eve Fallon (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 46% Wedding Present Monica "Rusty" Fleming (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two in a Crowd Julia Wayne (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet 80% Mississippi Lucy (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet She Couldn't Take It Carol Van Dyke (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Two for Tonight BobbieLockwood (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo Helen Berkeley (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Man Who Reclaimed His Head Adele Verin (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pursuit of Happiness Prudence Kirkland (Character) - 1934
89% 78% Little Women Amy (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet No Score Yet Arizona to Broadway Lynn Martin (Character) - 1933
No Score Yet 59% Me and My Gal Helen Riley (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Careless Lady Sally Brown (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wild Girl Salomy Jane (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Trial of Vivienne Ware Vivienne Ware (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 60% She Wanted a Millionaire Jane Miller (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet No Score Yet Doctors' Wives Nina Wyndram Penning (Character) - 1931
86% 42% Moby Dick Faith (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet 0% Eleven Men and a Girl Nan Sheffield (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Puttin' on the Ritz Dolores Fenton (Character) - 1930
No Score Yet No Score Yet Scotland Yard Xandra, Lady Lasher (Character) - 1930
83% 34% Bulldog Drummond Phyllis (Character) - 1929
83% 40% Disraeli Lady Clarissa Pevensey (Character) - 1929
No Score Yet No Score Yet Power A dame (Character) - 1928

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1951 1972 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Shadows Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Character) 1966-1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Governor & J.J. Joan Darlene Delaney (Guest Star) 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dark Shadows: The Beginning Elizabeth Collins (Character) 1966-1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet I've Got a Secret Guest 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1955-1956