Joan Bennett

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins & 1 nomination. See more awards »

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Suspiria Madame Blanc

(1977)

Man Hunt Jerry Stokes

(1941)

Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Opening Voiceover / Judith Collins / Naomi Collins / Flora Collins / Flora Collins (PT)

(1966-1971)

We're No Angels Amelie Ducotel

(1955)

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Actress (97 credits)

1982 Divorce Wars: A Love Story (TV Movie)
Adele Burgess

1981 This House Possessed (TV Movie)
Rag Lady

1978 Suddenly, Love (TV Movie)
Mrs. Graham

1977 Suspiria
Madame Blanc

1972 Police Surgeon (TV Series)
Cortessa

- The Cortessa Rose (1972) ... Cortessa

1972 The Eyes of Charles Sand (TV Movie)
Aunt Alexandria Sand

1972 Gidget Gets Married (TV Movie)
Claire Ramsey

1966-1971 Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse (TV Series)
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Opening Voiceover / Judith Collins / ...

- Episode #1.1245 (1971) ... Flora Collins

- Episode #1.1240 (1971) ... Flora Collins

- Episode #1.1234 (1971) ... Flora Collins

- Episode #1.1228 (1971) ... Flora Collins

- Episode #1.1227 (1971) ... Flora Collins

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1971 Love, American Style (TV Series)
Edith (segment "Love and the Second Time")

- Love and the Baker's Half Dozen/Love and the New Roommate/Love and the Rug/Love and the Second Time (1971) ... Edith (segment "Love and the Second Time")

1970 The Governor & J.J. (TV Series)
Joan Darlene Delaney

- Check the Check (1970) ... Joan Darlene Delaney

1970 House of Dark Shadows
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

1965 Burke's Law (TV Series)
Denise Mitchell

- Who Killed Mr. Colby in Ladies' Lingerie? (1965) ... Denise Mitchell

1964 Mr. Broadway (TV Series)
Mrs. Kelsey

- Don't Mention My Name in Sheboygan (1964) ... Mrs. Kelsey

1960 Desire in the Dust
Mrs. Marquand

1959 Too Young to Go Steady (TV Series)
Mary Blake

- Slam Book (1959) ... Mary Blake

- Sophomore Queen (1959) ... Mary Blake

- Baseball (1959) ... Mary Blake

- Cheating (1959) ... Mary Blake

- The Anniversary Party (1959) ... Mary Blake

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1958 Pursuit (TV Series)

- Epitaph for a Golden Girl (1958)

1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)
Grace Graves

- Junior Miss (1957) ... Grace Graves

1957 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
Vickie Maxwell

- The Thundering Wave (1957) ... Vickie Maxwell

1956 Navy Wife
Peg Blain

1955-1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series)
Marion / Marcia Manners

- Dear Diane (1956) ... Marion

- Letters Marked Personal (1955) ... Marcia Manners

1955 There's Always Tomorrow
Marion Groves

1955 We're No Angels
Amelie Ducotel

1955 Climax! (TV Series)
Honora

- The Dark Fleece (1955) ... Honora

1954 The Best of Broadway (TV Series)
Lorraine Sheldon

- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954) ... Lorraine Sheldon

1954 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Bettina Blane

- You Are Young Only Once (1954) ... Bettina Blane

1954 Highway Dragnet
Mrs. H.G. Cummings

1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV Series)

- Smith Serves (1951)

- The Dream (1951)

1951 The Guy Who Came Back
Kathy Joplin

1951 Danger (TV Series)

- A Clear Case of Suicide (1951)

1951 Father's Little Dividend
Ellie Banks

1951 Nash Airflyte Theatre (TV Series)

- Peggy (1951)

1950 For Heaven's Sake
Lydia Bolton

1950 Father of the Bride
Ellie Banks

1949 The Reckless Moment
Lucia Harper

1948 Hollow Triumph
Evelyn Hahn

1947 Secret Beyond the Door...
Celia Lamphere

1947 The Woman on the Beach
Peggy

1947 The Macomber Affair
Margaret 'Margo' Macomber

1946 Colonel Effingham's Raid
Ella Sue Dozier

1945 Scarlet Street
Katharine 'Kitty' March

1945 Nob Hill
Harriet Carruthers

1944 The Woman in the Window
Alice Reed

1943 Margin for Error
Sophia Baumer

1942 Girl Trouble
June Delaney

1942 Twin Beds
Julie Abbott

1942 The Wife Takes a Flyer
Anita Woverman

1941 Confirm or Deny
Jennifer Carson

1941 Wild Geese Calling
Sally Murdock

1941 Man Hunt
Jerry Stokes

1941 She Knew All the Answers
Gloria Winters

1940 The Son of Monte Cristo
Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg

1940 The Man I Married
Carol Hoffman

1940 The House Across the Bay
Brenda Bentley

1940 Green Hell
Stephanie Richardson

1939 The Housekeeper's Daughter
Hilda

1939 The Man in the Iron Mask
Maria Theresa

1938 Trade Winds
Kay Kerrigan

1938 Artists and Models Abroad
Patricia Harper

1938 The Texans
Ivy Preston

1938 I Met My Love Again
Julie Weir

1937 Vogues of 1938
Wendy Van Klettering

1936 Wedding Present
Monica 'Rusty' Fleming

1936 Two in a Crowd
Julia Wayne

1936 13 Hours by Air
Felice Rollins

1936 Big Brown Eyes
Eve Fallon

1935 The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
Helen Berkeley

1935 She Couldn't Take It
Carol Van Dyke

1935 Two for Tonight
Bobbie Lockwood

1935 Mississippi
Lucy

1935 Private Worlds
Sally MacGregor

1934 The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
Adele Verin

1934 The Pursuit of Happiness
Prudence Kirkland

1933 Little Women
Amy March

1933 Arizona to Broadway
Lynn Martin

1932 Me and My Gal
Helen Riley

1932 Wild Girl
Salomy Jane

1932 Week Ends Only
Venetia Carr

1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Vivienne Ware

1932 Careless Lady
Sally Brown

1932 She Wanted a Millionaire
Jane Miller

1931 Hush Money
Joan Gordon

1931 Doctors' Wives
Nina Wyndram Penning

1931 Many a Slip
Pat Coster

1930 Scotland Yard
Xandra, Lady Lasher

1930 Maybe It's Love
Nan Sheffield

1930 Moby Dick
Faith

1930 Crazy That Way
Ann Jordan

1930 Puttin' on the Ritz
Dolores Fenton

1929 The Mississippi Gambler
Lucy Blackburn

1929 Disraeli
Clarissa

1929 Three Live Ghosts
Rose Gordon

1929 Bulldog Drummond
Phyllis

1928 The Divine Lady
Extra (uncredited)

1928 Show Folks
Night Club Patron (uncredited)

1928 Power
A Dame

1923 The Eternal City
Page (uncredited)

1916 The Valley of Decision
An 'Unborn Soul'

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Soundtrack (7 credits)

1957 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series) (performer - 1 episode)

- Junior Miss (1957) ... (performer: "Let's Make It Christmas All Year 'Round")

1955 We're No Angels (performer: "Sentimental Moments")

1938 Trade Winds (performer: "Prelude Opus 28 No. 7" (1834) - uncredited)

1938 Artists and Models Abroad (performer: "What Have You Got That Gets Me")

1933 Little Women (performer: "Abide with Me" (1861) - uncredited)

1930 Maybe It's Love (performer: "Maybe It's Love" (1930), "All American" (1930) - uncredited)

1930 Puttin' on the Ritz (performer: "Alice in Wonderland" (1930))

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Thanks (1 credit)

1989 Dieter & Andreas (Short) (grateful acknowledgment)

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Self (44 credits)

2009 Rogue Male: The Making of 'Man Hunt' (Video documentary short)
Jerry

1991 Dark Shadows: Behind the Scenes (Video)
Self

1988 Talking Pictures (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Coming of Sound (1988) ... Self

1986 The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1982 Guiding Light (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 22 December 1982 (1982) ... Self

1978 The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (TV Special)
Self

1977 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Humphrey Bogart (1977) ... Self

- Spencer Tracy (1977) ... Self

1964-1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self - Actress / Self / Self - Guest

- Episode #16.135 (1977) ... Self - Actress

- Episode #9.243 (1970) ... Self - Actress

- Episode #9.228 (1970) ... Self - Actress

- Episode #9.110 (1970) ... Self

- Episode #7.9 (1967) ... Self

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1974 Jeanne Wolf with... (TV Series)
Self

1974 The Bob Braun Show (TV Series)
Self - Actress

- Episode dated 26 April 1974 (1974) ... Self - Actress

1967-1970 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self

- Joan Bennett, Helen Gurley Brown, Richard Dawson, Reuben Carson, The Third Bananas (1970) ... Self

- Joan Bennett, Gloria Loring, Henry Morgan, Commander Edward Whitehead (1967) ... Self

1970 The Virginia Graham Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #2.26 (1970) ... Self

1970 The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 21 September 1970 (1970) ... Self - Panelist

1969 The Joan Rivers Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 27 February 1969 (1969) ... Self

1968 Personality (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 8 January 1968 (1968) ... Self

1963-1967 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 1 November 1967 (1967) ... Self - Guest

- Episode #7.2 (1963) ... Self - Guest

1965 The Les Crane Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.70 (1965) ... Self

1964 The Match Game (TV Series)
Self - Team Captain

- Episode #2.118 (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #2.117 (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #2.116 (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #2.115 (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

- Joan Bennett & Orson Bean (1964) ... Self - Team Captain

1963 Your First Impression (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 15 August 1963 (1963) ... Self - Guest

1962 Talent Scouts (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 14 August 1962 (1962) ... Self

1962 The 16th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Accepting Award for Best Scenic Designer

1961 Password (TV Series)
Self - Celebrity Contestant / Self

- Joan Bennett vs. Mike Nichols - Day 5 (1961) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

- Joan Bennett vs. Mike Nichols - day 4 (1961) ... Self

- Joan Bennett vs. Mike Nichols - Day 3 (1961) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

- Joan Bennett vs. Mike Nichols - Day 2 (1961) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

- Joan Bennett vs. Mike Nichols - day 1 (1961) ... Self - Celebrity Contestant

1953-1961 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Self - Panelist / Self - Guest / Self

- Episode dated 6 September 1961 (1961) ... Self - Guest

- Episode dated 24 June 1959 (1959) ... Self - Guest

- Episode dated 18 March 1959 (1959) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 15 January 1958 (1958) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode #2.25 (1954) ... Self

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1959 The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series)
Self - Actress

- Episode #10.9 (1959) ... Self - Actress

1958 The Juke Box Jury (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 19 December 1958 (1958) ... Self

1958 To Tell the Truth (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Polly Bergen, Don Ameche, Joan Bennett, Hy Gardner, (Dr. Seuss and golfer Marlene Bauer Hagge - contestants) (1958) ... Self - Panelist

1956 Climax! (TV Series)
Self

- The Louella Parsons Story (1956) ... Self

1954-1955 Place the Face (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 26 July 1955 (1955) ... Self - Guest

- Episode dated 18 February 1954 (1954) ... Self - Guest

1951 Cavalcade of Stars (TV Series)
Self - Guest Actress

- Episode #2.38 (1951) ... Self - Guest Actress

1951 It's Up to You (TV Series)
Self - Narrator

1951 Showtime, U.S.A. (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.31 (1951) ... Self

1951 The Ken Murray Show (TV Series)
Self

- Joan Bennett/Richard Carlson (1951) ... Self

1951 The James Melton Show (TV Series)
Self

- Joan Bennett, Victor Borge, The Wiere Brothers (1951) ... Self

1951 Your Show of Shows (TV Series)
Self - Guest Performer

- Episode #2.26 (1951) ... Self - Guest Performer

1951 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Mystery Guest

- Joan Bennett (1951) ... Self - Mystery Guest

1951 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series)
Self - Actress

- Host: Jerry Lester; Guests: Joan Bennett; Fred Allen; Pat O'Brien; Kukla, Fran & Ollie; the cast of Broadway Open House: Dagmar, David Street, The Mello-Larks, Milton DeLugg, Wayne Howell, Jack Adrian (1951) ... Self - Actress

1950 Screen Actors (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1942 Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (Documentary short)
Self

1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (Documentary short)
Self - Polo Fan

1937 The Candid Camera Story (Very Candid) of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures 1937 Convention (Documentary short)
Self (uncredited)

1937 Hollywood Party (Short)
Self (uncredited)

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 (Short)
Self

1932/II Screen Snapshots (Documentary short)
Self

1922 Starland Review No. 1 (Documentary short)
Self

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Archive footage (25 credits)

2021 Tonight's Moving Picture... Cold Cash (Short)
Scarlet Fatale

2012 Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (Documentary)
Self - Mort's Aunt

2009 Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of 'Suspiria' (Video documentary short)
Madame Blanc

2009 Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse (Video)
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

2006 The Mistress of Collinwood: Miss Joan Bennett (Video short)
Self

2001 Suspiria 25th Anniversary (Video documentary)
Self / Madame Blanc

2001 Amélie
Ellie Banks (uncredited)

2000 They Filmed the War in Color (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1997 Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (TV Movie documentary)

1996 Dark Shadows 30th Anniversary Tribute (Documentary)
Self / Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

1995 Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary)
Katharine 'Kitty' March, 'Scarlet Street'

- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) ... Katharine 'Kitty' March, 'Scarlet Street' (uncredited)

1993 Dark Shadows Bloopers (Video documentary)
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

1988 The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1987 James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson (TV Movie)
Self (uncredited)

1985 Dario Argento's World of Horror (Documentary)
Madame Blanc (uncredited)

1978 AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series)
Sally Murdock

- AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda (1978) ... Sally Murdock (uncredited)

1976 America at the Movies (Documentary)
Ellie Banks

1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV Movie documentary)
Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (uncredited)

1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Wild and Wonderful Thirties (1964) ... Self (uncredited)

- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) ... Self

1951 The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (Documentary)

1948 Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party (Short)
Self

1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (Documentary short)
Self

1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (Documentary short)
Self

1935 The Fashion Side of Hollywood (Documentary short)
Lucy

1933 Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (Short)
Self (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

(12/11/44) Radio: Appeared on "Lux Radio Theater" episode "Casonova Brown" with Gary Cooper. Directed by Cecil B. DeMille. See more »

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3 Print Biographies | 13 Articles | 1 Pictorial | 27 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Height:

5' 3½" (1.61 m)

Spouse:

David Wilde (her death) | See more »

Children:

Melinda Markey

Parents:

Richard Bennett | Adrienne Morrison

Relatives:

Barbara Bennett (sibling) | See more »

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[on her sister, Constance Bennett] That beautiful sister of mine was an overwhelming and volatile mixture. One had the feeling that she'd been shot from a canon and showered her sparks over an incredulous world with no thought or care where they fell, a carbon copy of Father (Richard Bennett). She was like some silvery comet who streaked through life with daring speed, the wellspring of which was... See more »

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Daughter of actors Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison See more »

Trademark:

Often played untrustworthy but sexy femme fatales

Nickname:

Joanie

Star Sign:

Pisces

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