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Overview
Mini Biography:
Joan Geraldine Bennett was born on February 27, 1910, in Palisades, New Jersey... moreTrivia:
At the time of her death, Joan had 13 grandchildren. Her first two gr... moreAwards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(2 articles)
DVD Playhouse--June 2009 (From The Hollywood Interview. 3 June 2009, 12:41 PM, PDT)
[DVD Review] Man Hunt
(From JustPressPlay. 25 May 2009, 9:56 AM, PDT)
US TV Schedule:
| Thur. July 9 | 4:00 AM | MAX | Suspiria |
Filmography
Actress:
- Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982) (TV) .... Adele Burgess
- This House Possessed (1981) (TV) .... Rag Lady
- Suddenly, Love (1978) (TV) .... Mrs. Graham
- Suspiria (1977) .... Madame Blanc
... aka Dario Argento's Suspiria (USA: promotional title) - "Dr. Simon Locke" .... Cortessa (1 episode, 1972)
... aka "Police Surgeon" (USA: new title)
- The Cortessa Rose (1972) TV episode .... Cortessa - The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972) (TV) .... Aunt Alexandra
- Gidget Gets Married (1972) (TV) .... Claire Ramsey
- "Dark Shadows" .... Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / ... (387 episodes, 1966-1971)
- Episode #1.1245 (1971) TV episode .... Flora Collins
- Episode #1.1240 (1971) TV episode .... Flora Collins
- Episode #1.1234 (1971) TV episode .... Flora Collins
- Episode #1.1228 (1971) TV episode .... Flora Collins
- Episode #1.1227 (1971) TV episode .... Flora Collins
(382 more) - "Love, American Style" .... Edith (segment "Love and the Second Time") (1 episode, 1971)
- Love and the Baker's Half Dozen/Love and the New Roommate/Love and the Rug/Love and the Second Time (1971) TV episode .... Edith (segment "Love and the Second Time") - "The Governor & J.J." .... Joan Darlene Delaney (1 episode, 1970)
- Check the Check (1970) TV episode .... Joan Darlene Delaney - House of Dark Shadows (1970) .... Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- "Burke's Law" .... Denise Mitchell (1 episode, 1965)
... aka "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" (USA: new title)
- Who Killed Mr. Colby in Ladies' Lingerie? (1965) TV episode .... Denise Mitchell - "Mr. Broadway" .... Mrs. Kelsey (1 episode, 1964)
- Don't Mention My Name in Sheboygan (1964) TV episode .... Mrs. Kelsey - Desire in the Dust (1960) .... Mrs. Marquand
- "Too Young to Go Steady" (1959) TV series .... Mary Blake (1959)
- "Pursuit" (1 episode, 1958)
- Epitaph for a Golden Girl (1958) TV episode - "The DuPont Show of the Month" .... Grace Graves (1 episode, 1957)
- Junior Miss (1957) TV episode .... Grace Graves - "Playhouse 90" .... Vickie Maxwell (1 episode, 1957)
- The Thundering Wave (1957) TV episode .... Vickie Maxwell - Navy Wife (1956) .... Peg Blain
... aka Mother, Sir! (UK) - There's Always Tomorrow (1956) .... Marion Groves
- "The Ford Television Theatre" .... Marcia Manners / ... (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
... aka "Ford Theatre" (USA: short title)
- Dear Diane (1956) TV episode .... Marion
- Letters Marked Personal (1955) TV episode .... Marcia Manners - We're No Angels (1955) .... Amelie Ducotel
- "Climax!" .... Honora (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
- The Dark Fleece (1955) TV episode .... Honora - "The Best of Broadway" .... Lorraine Sheldon (1 episode, 1954)
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1954) TV episode .... Lorraine Sheldon - "General Electric Theater" .... Bettina Blane (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
- You Are Young Only Once (1954) TV episode .... Bettina Blane - Highway Dragnet (1954) .... Mrs. Cummings
- "Somerset Maugham TV Theatre" (2 episodes, 1951)
... aka "Teller of Tales" (original title (first three episodes title))
- Smith Serves (1951) TV episode
- The Dream (1951) TV episode - The Guy Who Came Back (1951) .... Kathy Joplin
- "Danger" (1 episode, 1951)
- A Clear Case of Suicide (1951) TV episode - Father's Little Dividend (1951) .... Ellie Banks
... aka Laugh Track: Father's Little Dividend (USA: video title (redubbed comic version)) - "Your Show of Shows" (1 episode, 1951)
... aka "Sid Caesar's Show of Shows" (UK: rerun title)
- Episode dated 3 March 1951 (1951) TV episode - "Nash Airflyte Theatre" (1 episode, 1951)
... aka "Airflyte Theatre"
- Peggy (1951) TV episode - For Heaven's Sake (1950) .... Lydia Bolton
- Father of the Bride (1950) .... Ellie Banks
- The Reckless Moment (1949) .... Lucia Harper
- Hollow Triumph (1948) .... Evelyn Hahn
... aka The Man Who Murdered Himself (USA: reissue title)
... aka The Scar (UK) - Secret Beyond the Door... (1948) .... Celia Lamphere
- The Woman on the Beach (1947) .... Peggy
- The Macomber Affair (1947) .... Margaret Macomber
... aka The Great White Hunter (USA: reissue title) - Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946) .... Ella Sue Dozier
... aka Man of the Hour (UK) - Scarlet Street (1945) .... Katharine 'Kitty' March
- Nob Hill (1945) .... Harriet Carruthers
- The Woman in the Window (1944) .... Alice Reed
- Margin for Error (1943) .... Sophia Baumer
- Girl Trouble (1942) .... June Delaney
- Twin Beds (1942) .... Julie Abbott
- The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) .... Anita Woverman
... aka A Yank in Dutch (UK) - Confirm or Deny (1941) .... Jennifer Carson
- Wild Geese Calling (1941) .... Sally Murdock
- Man Hunt (1941) .... Jerry Stokes
- She Knew All the Answers (1941) .... Gloria Winters
- The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) .... Grand Duchess Zona of Lichtenburg
- The Man I Married (1940) .... Carol Hoffman
... aka I Married a Nazi - The House Across the Bay (1940) .... Brenda Bentley
- Green Hell (1940) .... Stephanie Richardson
- The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939) .... Hilda
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1939) .... Princess Maria Theresa
- Trade Winds (1938) .... Kay Kerrigan
- Artists and Models Abroad (1938) .... Patricia Harper
... aka Stranded in Paris (UK) - The Texans (1938) .... Ivy Preston
- I Met My Love Again (1938) .... Julie
- Vogues of 1938 (1937) .... Wendy Van Klettering
... aka All This and Glamour Too
... aka Vogues (USA: TV title)
... aka Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (USA: complete title) - Wedding Present (1936) .... Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
- Two in a Crowd (1936) .... Julia Wayne
- Thirteen Hours by Air (1936) .... Felice Rollins
- Big Brown Eyes (1936) .... Eve Fallon
- The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (1935) .... Helen Berkeley
- She Couldn't Take It (1935) .... Carol Van Dyke
... aka Woman Tamer (UK) - Two for Tonight (1935) .... Bobbie Lockwood
- Mississippi (1935) .... Lucy Rumford
- Private Worlds (1935) .... Sally MacGregor
- The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) .... Adele Verin
- The Pursuit of Happiness (1934) .... Prudence Kirkland
- Little Women (1933) .... Amy
- Arizona to Broadway (1933) .... Lynn Martin
- Me and My Gal (1932) .... Helen Riley
- Wild Girl (1932) .... Salomy Jane
... aka Salomy Jane (UK) - Week Ends Only (1932) .... Venetia Carr
- The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) .... Vivienne Ware
- Careless Lady (1932) .... Sally Brown
- She Wanted a Millionaire (1932) .... Jane Miller
- Hush Money (1931) .... Joan Gordon
- Doctors' Wives (1931) .... Nina Wyndram Penning
- Many a Slip (1931) .... Pat Coster
- Scotland Yard (1930) .... Xandra, Lady Lasher
... aka Detective Clive Bart (UK) - Maybe It's Love (1930) .... Nan Sheffield
... aka Eleven Men and a Girl (USA: TV title) - Moby Dick (1930) .... Faith Mapple, his beloved
- Crazy That Way (1930) .... Ann Jordan
- Puttin' on the Ritz (1930) .... Dolores Fenton
- The Mississippi Gambler (1929) .... Lucy Blackburn
- Disraeli (1929) .... Lady Clarissa Pevensey
... aka Disraeli: The Noble Ladies of Scandal - Three Live Ghosts (1929) .... Rose Gordon
- Bulldog Drummond (1929) .... Phyllis Benton
- The Divine Lady (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra
- Power (1928) .... A dame
- The Eternal City (1923) (uncredited) .... Page
- The Valley of Decision (1916) .... An 'unborn soul'
Soundtrack:
- "The DuPont Show of the Month" (1 episode, 1957)
- Junior Miss (1957) TV episode (performer: "Let's Make It Christmas All Year 'Round") - Artists and Models Abroad (1938) (performer: "What Have You Got That Gets Me")
... aka Stranded in Paris (UK) - Little Women (1933) (performer: "Abide with Me" (1861) (uncredited))
- Maybe It's Love (1930) (performer: "Maybe It's Love" (1930) (uncredited), "All American" (1930) (uncredited))
... aka Eleven Men and a Girl (USA: TV title) - Puttin' on the Ritz (1930) (performer: "Alice in Wonderland")
Self:
- Dark Shadows: Behind the Scenes (1991) (V) .... Herself
- The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) (TV) .... Herself
... aka The Spencer Tracy Legacy (USA) - "The Guiding Light" .... Herself (1 episode, 1982)
... aka "Guiding Light" (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 22 December 1982 (1982) TV episode .... Herself - "The Hollywood Greats" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1977)
... aka "Hollywood Greats" (USA: new title)
- Humphrey Bogart (1977) TV episode .... Herself
- Spencer Tracy (1977) TV episode .... Herself - "The Mike Douglas Show" .... Herself (5 episodes, 1964-1977)
- Episode dated 31 March 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 5 August 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 30 January 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 14 September 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 24 April 1964 (1964) TV episode .... Herself - "The Virginia Graham Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode dated November 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Herself - "The Hollywood Squares" .... Guest Appearance (1 episode, 1970)
- Episode dated 21 September 1970 (1970) TV episode .... Guest Appearance - "The Joan Rivers Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1969)
... aka "That Show"
- Episode dated 27 February 1969 (1969) TV episode .... Herself - "Personality" .... Herself (1 episode, 1968)
- Episode dated 8 January 1968 (1968) TV episode .... Herself - "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1967)
- Episode dated 25 September 1967 (1967) TV episode .... Herself - "To Tell the Truth" .... Guest panelist (1 episode, 1958)
- Episode dated 29 April 1958 (1958) TV episode .... Guest panelist - "Climax!" .... Herself (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
- The Louella Parsons Story (1956) TV episode .... Herself - "I've Got a Secret" .... Herself (1 episode, 1954)
- Episode dated 6 January 1954 (1954) TV episode .... Herself - "Ford Festival" (1951) TV series .... Herself (1951)
... aka "The James Melton Show" (USA: new title)
... aka "Ford Festival Time" (USA: new title) - "The Ken Murray Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode dated 5 May 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Herself - "What's My Line?" .... Mystery Guest (1 episode, 1951)
- Episode dated 11 February 1951 (1951) TV episode .... Mystery Guest - "The Colgate Comedy Hour" .... Herself (1 episode, 1951)
... aka "Colgate Summer Comedy Hour" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Colgate Variety Hour" (USA: sixth season title)
... aka "Michael Todd Revue" (USA: subtitle)
- Episode #1.19 (1951) TV episode .... Herself - Screen Actors (1950) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 (1942) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (1940) .... Herself, Polo Fan
- Hollywood Party (1937) .... Herself
- The Fashion Side of Hollywood (1935) .... Herself
- Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 (1933) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots (1932/II) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
- The Mistress of Collinwood: Miss Joan Bennett (2006) (V) .... Herself
- Suspiria 25th Anniversary (2001) (V) .... Herself/Madame Blanc
- Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001) (uncredited) .... Ellie Banks
- Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur (2000) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself
- Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (1997) (TV)
- Dark Shadows 30th Anniversary Tribute (1996) .... Herself/Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
- Dark Shadows Bloopers (1993) (V) .... Elizabeth
- The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) (TV) .... Herself - Actress Testing for Scarlett
- America at the Movies (1976) .... Ellie Banks
- Hollywood: The Selznick Years (1969) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself, film clip (screen test for 'Gone with the Wind')
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"Hollywood and the Stars"
- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) TV episode .... Herself - Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party (1948) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (1937) .... Herself
- Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 (1937) .... Herself
Additional Details
Other Works:
"House and Garden" (USA), 1940, Vol. 78, Iss. 5, pg. 23-25, 62 (section 2), by Joan Bennett, "Joan Bennett's House." morePublicity Listings:
3 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | 7 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 27 Magazine Cover Photos moreMessage Boards
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