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Dec 7, 1990 · 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 ...
Joan Bennett was born Joan Geraldine Bennett on February 27, 1910, in Palisade, New Jersey, to actor Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison. Joan’s parents later divorced in 1925. Bennett was youngest of her three sisters; her older sisters Constance and Barbara were also actors.
Biography. 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 ...
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 ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Joan Bennett, former wife of Senator Ted Kennedy, was born on September 9, 1936, in Manhattan. Bennett married Ted Kennedy on November 29, 1958. Her private struggle with miscarriages and ...
Bennett, Joan (1910–1990)American actress, and popular leading lady of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Palisades, New Jersey, on February 27, 1910; died of cardiac arrest at her home in Scarsdale, New York, on December 7, 1990; daughter of actor Richard Bennett and actress (Mabel Source for information on Bennett, Joan (1910–1990): Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia dictionary.
Dec 9, 1990 · Actress Joan Bennett, whose 50-year career included more than 75 film roles ranging from sweet, young blondes to sinister and vampy schemers, has died at her home in Scarsdale, N.Y.
