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 bestremembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Langs 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 wifemother figure In 1951 Bennetts 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 TVs 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia