Joan Bennett
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.
Suspiria
as Madame BlancAn American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is...
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Father of the Bride
as Ellie BanksProud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she...
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We're No Angels
as Amelie DucotelThree convicts escape from prison on Devil's Island just before Christmas and arrive at a nearby...
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Scarlet Street
as Katherine 'Kitty' MarchCashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful...
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Little Women
as AmyFour sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the...
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The Man in the Iron Mask
as Princess Maria TheresaTyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised...
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Father's Little Dividend
as Ellie BanksNewly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her...
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Hollow Triumph
as Evelyn HahnPursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate...
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Secret Beyond the Door
as Celia LamphereAfter a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with...
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The Woman in the Window
as Alice ReedA seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
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Man Hunt
as Jerry StokesShortly before the start of WW2, renown British big-game hunter Thorndike vacationing in Bavaria...
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The Woman on the Beach
as Peggy ButlerA sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic...
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
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The Reckless Moment
as Lucia HarperAfter discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate...
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House of Dark Shadows
as Elizabeth Stoddard CollinsThe story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and...
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The Son of Monte Cristo
as Grand Duchess Zona of LichtenburgRightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil...
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Margin for Error
as Sophia BaumerWhen police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as...
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There's Always Tomorrow
as Marion GrovesWhen a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to...
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The Divine Lady
as Extra (uncredited)Lady Hamilton's love affair with Admiral Horatio Nelson rocks the British Empire.
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The Man I Married
as Carol HoffmanAn American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
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Two in a Crowd
as Julia WayneWhen two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that...
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I Met My Love Again
as Julie WeirIn Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir,...
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Green Hell
as Stephanie RichardsonA group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.
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Suddenly, Love
as Mrs. GrahamYoung lovers — she's a child of the ghetto, determined to escape her alcoholic, bickering...
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as SelfIn this tribute to her frequent co-star and longtime love, Katharine Hepburn hosts a...
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13 Hours by Air
as Felice RollinsWomanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to...
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Divorce Wars: A Love Story
as Adele BurgessSuccessful divorce lawyer Jack Sturgess discovers that his own marriage is falling apart and...
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Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Ella Sue DozierThe story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired...
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Mississippi
as LucyA young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished...
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Highway Dragnet
as Mrs. CummingsAn ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine...
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Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6
as HerselfNarrator Hopper covers two war benefit affairs, a garden party and a USO fashion show, at...
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Me and My Gal
as Helen RileyJaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.
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The Eyes of Charles Sand
as Alexandria SandA young man inherits the ability to see visions beyond the grave.
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Trade Winds
as Kay KerriganAfter committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware...
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Gidget Gets Married
as Claire RamseyGidget finally gets married and rebels against the social caste system in her new husband's company.
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Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
as Elizabeth Collins StoddardDark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood is a DVD compilation of episodes 639 to 694, key scenes...
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The Wife Takes a Flyer
as Anita WovermanChristopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied...
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She Knew All the Answers
as Gloria WintersChorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee...
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She Couldn't Take It
as Carol Van DykeThe wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the...
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Bulldog Drummond
as PhyllisBulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the...
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Wedding Present
as Monica 'Rusty' FlemingCharlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically...
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
as Self (archive footage)This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests,...
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Big Brown Eyes
as Eve FallonSassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police...
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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
as Helen BerkeleyA Russian prince goes to Monte Carlo just after World War I with money supplied to him by...
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Arizona to Broadway
as Lynn MartinA team of con men trying to double-cross a woman they are supposedly helping to get some stolen...
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The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Vivienne WareVivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.
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The Texans
as Ivy PrestonAfter the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a...
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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
as Adele VerinA writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.
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The Macomber Affair
as Margaret MacomberA big-game hunter takes a rich American couple on an African safari. Film adaptation of Ernest...
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The Eternal City
as Page (uncredited)War drama - Fitzmaurice was able to film King Victor Emmanuel III and Benito Mussolini reviewing...
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Film Stars Help Greece
as SelfHollywood holds a star-studded event, all proceeds went to Greece.
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Maybe It's Love
as NanA very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president....
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Twin Beds
as Julie AbbottMike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of...
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Wild Girl
as Salomy JaneSalomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small...
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The House Across the Bay
as Brenda BentleyNightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion...
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Vogues of 1938
as Wendy Van KletteringAn early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was...
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The Guy Who Came Back
as Kathy JoplinFormer football star Harry Joplin is down on his luck, both in his career and in his married...
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Confirm or Deny
as Jennifer CarsonNewsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn't send inappropriate...
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Disraeli
as Lady Clarissa PevenseyPrime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and...
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Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (archive footage) (uncredited)Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O....
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Suspiria 25th Anniversary
as SelfDocumentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre...
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Hush Money
as Joan GordonStory of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by...
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Moby Dick
as FaithHerman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got...
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Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)This compilation of select episodes from the vintage gothic TV drama "Dark Shadows" reveals the...
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Private Worlds
as Sally MacGregorAt the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex...
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The Fashion Side of Hollywood
as SelfCompilation of lighting and costume tests from various films, most notably Sternberg's "The...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
as Prudence KirklandLederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls...
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Hollywood Party
as HerselfElissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After...
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Wild Geese Calling
as Sally MurdockIn the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries...
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This House Possessed
as Rag LadyA sinister force permeating a secluded mountain estate convinces the nurse/companion of rock...
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Girl Trouble
as June DelaneyA South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
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Crazy That Way
as Ann JordanYoung heiress Ann Jordan and her fiancè Frank Oakes would be happy except for the constant...
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Nob Hill
as Harriet CarruthersA Barbary Coast saloon owner hopes to marry his way into San Francisco's high society. Directed...
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Scotland Yard
as Xandra, Lady LasherA criminal fleeing a bank robbery has a chance encounter with a banker and his wife and takes a...
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Artists and Models Abroad
as Patricia HarperBuck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager...
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The Mississippi Gambler
as Lucy BlackburnHe was a handsome gambler, living by his wits; yet when he played for the biggest stake of his...
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She Wanted a Millionaire
as Jane MillerImpoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William...
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For Heaven's Sake
as Lydia BoltonAn angel takes on human form in order to persuade a theatrical couple to finally consummate...
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
as HildaA mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
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Desire in the Dust
as Mrs. MarquandLonnie Wilson returns to small southern hometown after spending six years on the chain-gang for...
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Puttin' on the Ritz
as Dolores FentonA vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
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Doctors' Wives
as Nina Wyndram PenningThe trials of being a doctor's wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the...
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Two for Tonight
as Bobbie LockwoodA songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
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Week Ends Only
as Venetia CarrA recently impoverished but formerly wealthy young woman ends up working as a nightclub hostess....
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Power
as A DameTale of a pair of dam workers who, despite their strong friendship, duke it out on a regular...
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Many a Slip
as Pat CosterComedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
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Three Live Ghosts
as Rose GordonAn investigator is asking Mrs. Gubbins about a William Foster, who was a friend of her stepson...
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Show Folks
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)Eddie Kehoe is a young vaudeville hoofer who thinks his inability to hit the big time is the...
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Careless Lady
as Sally BrownInnocent Sally Brown thinks men are only attracted to experienced women, so she poses as the...
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Navy Wife
as Peg BlainJapanese women, seeng how well American soldiers stationed in their country treat their wives,...
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Casting Shadows
as Self – Elizabeth Collins StoddardA documentary produced by PBS affiliate WNYC as an introduction to the 1987 re-broadcast of the...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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Dark Shadows
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi CollinsDark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC...
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Burke's Law
as Denise MitchellBurke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on...
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Climax!
as HonoraClimax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...
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The Colgate Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...
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What's My Line?
as SelfFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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Your Show of Shows
as uncreditedYour Show of Shows was a live 90-minute variety show that was broadcast weekly in the United...
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DuPont Show of the Month
as Grace GravesDuPont Show of the Month is an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series that aired...
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General Electric Theater
as Bettina BlaneGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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Armadillo
as FatherThe British-American thriller Armadillo stars James Frain as Lorimer Black, a slick, well-spoken...
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