Joan Bennett Net Worth
Joan Bennett Net Worth is
$250,000
Joan Bennett Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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 (1968). For her final movie role, as Madame Blanc in Suspiria (1977), she received a Saturn Award nomination. In her 'New York Times' obituary she was said to be "...one of the most underrated actresses of her time". | Full Name | Joan Bennett |
| Date Of Birth | February 27, 1910, Palisades Park, New Jersey, United States |
| Died | December 7, 1990, Scarsdale, New York, United States |
| Place Of Birth | Palisades, New Jersey, USA |
| Height | 5' 3½" (1.61 m) |
| Profession | Actress, Soundtrack |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | David Wilde (m. 1978–1990) |
| Children | Melinda Markey, Shelley Antonia Wanger, Stephanie Guest, Diana Markey |
| Parents | Adrienne Morrison, Richard Bennett |
| Siblings | Constance Bennett, Barbara Bennett |
| Nominations | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Individuals |
| Movies | Scarlet Street, The Woman in the Window, Father of the Bride, Father's Little Dividend, Trade Winds, Man Hunt, Suspiria, Secret Beyond the Door, Hollow Triumph, The Reckless Moment, Little Women, Bulldog Drummond, The Woman on the Beach, House of Dark Shadows, We're No Angels, The Macomber Affair, M... |
| TV Shows | Dark Shadows, Too Young to Go Steady |
| Star Sign | Pisces |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Often played untrustworthy but sexy femme fatales |
| Title | Salary |
|---|---|
| Dark Shadows (1966) | $333 per episode |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Meryl Streep can act Polish or English or Australian but she sure as hell can't act blonde. |
| 2 | [on Hollywood attorney Jerry Giesler] Whenever trouble arose in Hollywood, the first cry for legal help was, "Get Giesler!". |
| 3 | My film career faded. A man can go on playing certain roles 'til he's sixty. But not a woman. [in 1984] The "Golden Age" is gone, and with it most of the people of great taste. It doesn't seem to be any fun any more. |
| 4 | [about the attention she was getting as a cast member of the cult series Dark Shadows (1966)] I feel positively like a Beatle. |
| 5 | I don't think much of most of the films I made, but being a movie star was something I liked very much. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | From 1961 to 1964, Joan was romantically involved with Actor John Emery, and cared for him to the end of his final illness. |
| 2 | Acting mentor and friend of David Selby. |
| 3 | She was a very active member of both the Hollywood Democratic Committee and The Hollywood Anti-Nazi League and donated her time and money to many liberal causes (such as the Civil Rights Movement) and political candidates (including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Jimmy Carter) during her lifetime. |
| 4 | She was a popular target of disdain in Hedda Hopper's gossip column. To get her point across Bennett mailed Hopper a skunk as a Valentines Day gift in 1950 with a note that read, "You Stink!". |
| 5 | Ex-mother-in-law of Don Hayden. |
| 6 | Husband Walter Wanger shot Bennett's agent, Jennings Lang, in the groin in 1951 because he discovered they were having an affair and caught them in the act in Lang's car. Wanger was convicted of attempted murder and served a four-month sentence. |
| 7 | Dians Productions, Bennett's production company, was named after her daughter Adrienne (a.k.a, Diana.). |
| 8 | At age 39, Bennett became Tinseltown's youngest and sexiest grandmother when her daughter gave birth. Marlene Dietrich, the former title holder, sent Bennett a telegram thanking her for taking the "heat off her". |
| 9 | Was called "Doanie" by her grandchildren because, allegedly, one of her granddaughters could not say "Joanie" when she was younger. |
| 10 | Aunt of Gyl Roland, Lorinda Roland and Morton Downey Jr.. |
| 11 | Granddaughter of Rose Wood and the stage actor Lewis Morrison, birth name: Morris W. Morris (1845 - 1906). |
| 12 | Her grandfather, Morris W. Morris (an actor known as Lewis Morrison on stage), was of English and well-off Spanish ancestry. Joan Bennett spoke of this, in detail, in her 1970 autobiography "The Bennett Playbill". Morris had also served as a lieutenant during the Civil War. |
| 13 | Finalist for the part of Scarlett O'Hara in the classic Gone with the Wind (1939). Vivien Leigh got the role at the last minute. However, the film's producer, David O. Selznick offered to cast her oldest daughter, Diana in the role of Bonnie Blue Butler, Rhett and Scarlett's daughter as a sort of consolation prize. Miss Bennett refused the offer. In reality, Diana, who was 11 years old at the time of the film's premiere, was way too old for the role - the part called for a toddler. |
| 14 | In Italy, most of her films were dubbed by Lidia Simoneschi, including Father of the Bride (1950) and its sequel Father's Little Dividend (1951). She was occasionally dubbed by Lia Orlandini, Renata Marini and Tina Lattanzi. |
| 15 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 82-84. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. |
| 16 | Appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971), although only in archive footage. The film that the characters in the movie go to see is Father of the Bride (1950), and a clip is show featuring Joan. |
| 17 | Played Amy March in Little Women (1933) with Katharine Hepburn. She played Elizabeth Taylor's mother in Father of the Bride (1950). Taylor played Amy March in the remake: Little Women (1949). |
| 18 | Her first grandchild, Amanda Anderson, was born in March, 1949 to daughter Diana. |
| 19 | Was offered the role of Beth McCarthy in Cocoon (1985). Director Ron Howard wanted to reunite co-star Don Ameche with one of his former leading ladies and he thought of Joan. Unfortunately, she was in frail health at the time and supposedly turned down the role, a decision she later regretted when "Cocoon" became one of the biggest box office hits of 1985 and spawned a sequel. The part was played by Gwen Verdon. Miss Bennett did not, in fact, turn down the role. Rather, she was talked out of taking it by her fourth husband, David Wilde. Wilde insisted that the film too closely resembled the 1956 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956). He also felt that it was beneath Miss Bennett's dignity to be working under "Opie Taylor" or "Richie Cunningham". |
| 20 | She made five films for Fritz Lang, more than any other American actor or actress who worked with him (many actors disliked working with Lang). |
| 21 | She was one of only three cast members who appeared on Dark Shadows (1966) from the beginning to the end. She appeared on the first episode, June 27, 1966, as well as its last, April 2, 1971. |
| 22 | At the time of her death, Joan had 13 grandchildren. Her first two great-grandchildren were on the way - one of her grandsons and his wife were expecting twins. |
| 23 | Her 78 feature-length films include three bit parts in silents and 6 TV-movies. |
| 24 | Daughters: Adrienne Ralston Fox (became Diana Markey) born 20 February 1928; Melinda Markey born 27 February 1934; Stephanie Wanger, born 26 June 1943; Shelley Wanger, born 4 July 1948. |
| 25 | Joan's hobbies: Interior decorating, gardening/horticulture, dog breeding, collecting miniature (model) horses. |
| 26 | She was nearsighted and wore glasses when not on public view. |
| 27 | Filming on She Wanted a Millionaire (1932) was interrupted for 6 months when Joan broke her leg in a fall from a horse. |
| 28 | Younger sister of actresses Barbara Bennett and Constance Bennett. |
| 29 | Daughter of actors Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison |
| 30 | Was pregnant with daughter Melinda Markey while filming Little Women (1933). |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Maybe It's Love | 1930 | Nan | |
| Moby Dick | 1930 | Faith | |
| Crazy That Way | 1930 | Ann Jordan | |
| Puttin' on the Ritz | 1930 | Dolores Fenton | |
| The Mississippi Gambler | 1929 | Lucy Blackburn | |
| Disraeli | 1929 | Clarissa | |
| Three Live Ghosts | 1929 | Rose Gordon | |
| Bulldog Drummond | 1929 | Phyllis | |
| The Divine Lady | 1929 | Extra (uncredited) | |
| Show Folks | 1928 | Night Club Patron (uncredited) | |
| Power | 1928 | A Dame | |
| The Eternal City | 1923 | Page (uncredited) | |
| The Valley of Decision | 1916 | An 'Unborn Soul' | |
| Divorce Wars: A Love Story | 1982 | TV Movie | Adele Burgess |
| This House Possessed | 1981 | TV Movie | Rag Lady |
| Suddenly, Love | 1978 | TV Movie | Mrs. Graham |
| Suspiria | 1977 | Madame Blanc | |
| Police Surgeon | 1972 | TV Series | Cortessa |
| The Eyes of Charles Sand | 1972 | TV Movie | Aunt Alexandria Sand |
| Gidget Gets Married | 1972 | TV Movie | Claire Ramsey |
| Dark Shadows | 1966-1971 | TV Series | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard Opening Voiceover Judith Collins ... |
| Love, American Style | 1971 | TV Series | Edith (segment "Love and the Second Time") |
| The Governor & J.J. | 1970 | TV Series | Joan Darlene Delaney |
| House of Dark Shadows | 1970 | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard | |
| Burke's Law | 1965 | TV Series | Denise Mitchell |
| Mr. Broadway | 1964 | TV Series | Mrs. Kelsey |
| Desire in the Dust | 1960 | Mrs. Marquand | |
| Too Young to Go Steady | 1959 | TV Series | Mary Blake |
| Pursuit | 1958 | TV Series | |
| The DuPont Show of the Month | 1957 | TV Series | Grace Graves |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Vickie Maxwell |
| Navy Wife | 1956 | Peg Blain | |
| There's Always Tomorrow | 1956 | Marion Groves | |
| The Ford Television Theatre | 1955-1956 | TV Series | Marion / Marcia Manners |
| We're No Angels | 1955 | Amelie Ducotel | |
| Climax! | 1955 | TV Series | Honora |
| The Best of Broadway | 1954 | TV Series | Lorraine Sheldon |
| General Electric Theater | 1954 | TV Series | Bettina Blane |
| Highway Dragnet | 1954 | Mrs. Cummings | |
| Somerset Maugham TV Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
| The Guy Who Came Back | 1951 | Kathy Joplin | |
| Danger | 1951 | TV Series | |
| The James Melton Show | 1951 | TV Series | |
| Father's Little Dividend | 1951 | Ellie Banks | |
| Nash Airflyte Theatre | 1951 | TV Series | |
| 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 | |
| Secret Beyond the Door... | 1947 | Celia Lamphere | |
| The Woman on the Beach | 1947 | Peggy | |
| The Macomber Affair | 1947 | Margaret 'Margo' Macomber | |
| Colonel Effingham's Raid | 1946 | Ella Sue Dozier | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| The House Across the Bay | 1940 | Brenda | |
| Green Hell | 1940 | Stephanie Richardson | |
| The Housekeeper's Daughter | 1939 | Hilda | |
| The Man in the Iron Mask | 1939 | Maria Theresa | |
| Trade Winds | 1938 | Kay Kerrigan | |
| Artists and Models Abroad | 1938 | Patricia Harper | |
| The Texans | 1938 | Ivy Preston | |
| I Met My Love Again | 1938 | Julie Weir | |
| Vogues of 1938 | 1937 | Wendy Van Klettering | |
| Wedding Present | 1936 | Monica 'Rusty' Fleming | |
| Two in a Crowd | 1936 | Julia Wayne | |
| 13 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 | |
| Two for Tonight | 1935 | Bobbie Lockwood | |
| Mississippi | 1935 | Lucy | |
| 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 | |
| Week Ends Only | 1932 | Venetia Carr |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The DuPont Show of the Month | 1957 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| We're No Angels | 1955 | performer: "Sentimental Moments" - uncredited | |
| Trade Winds | 1938 | performer: "Prelude Opus 28 No. 7" 1834 - uncredited | |
| Artists and Models Abroad | 1938 | performer: "What Have You Got That Gets Me" | |
| Little Women | 1933 | performer: "Abide with Me" 1861 - uncredited | |
| Maybe It's Love | 1930 | performer: "Maybe It's Love" 1930, "All American" 1930 - uncredited | |
| Puttin' on the Ritz | 1930 | performer: "Alice in Wonderland" 1930 |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dieter & Andreas | 1989 | Short grateful acknowledgment |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rogue Male: The Making of 'Man Hunt' | 2009 | Video documentary short | Jerry |
| Dark Shadows: Behind the Scenes | 1991 | Video | Herself |
| Talking Pictures | 1988 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | 1986 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| Guiding Light | 1982 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Fim Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor | 1978 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Hollywood Greats | 1977 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1964-1977 | TV Series | Herself - Actress / Herself |
| The Bob Braun Show | 1974 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| The Virginia Graham Show | 1970 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1970 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1967-1969 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| The Joan Rivers Show | 1969 | TV Series | Herself |
| Personality | 1968 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1967 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Match Game | 1964 | TV Series | Herself - Team Captain |
| Your First Impression | 1963 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
| Talent Scouts | 1962 | TV Series | Herself |
| The 16th Annual Tony Awards | 1962 | TV Special | Herself - Accepting Award for Best Scenic Designer |
| Password All-Stars | 1961 | TV Series | Herself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1953-1961 | TV Series | Herself - Guest / Herself / Herself - Panelist |
| The Arthur Murray Party | 1959 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| The Juke Box Jury | 1958 | TV Series | Herself |
| To Tell the Truth | 1958 | TV Series | Herself - Panelist |
| Climax! | 1956 | TV Series | Herself |
| Cavalcade of Stars | 1951 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Actress |
| The Ken Murray Show | 1951 | TV Series | Herself |
| Your Show of Shows | 1951 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Performer |
| What's My Line? | 1951 | TV Series | Herself - Mystery Guest |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1951 | TV Series | Herself - Actress |
| Screen Actors | 1950 | Documentary short | Herself (uncredited) |
| Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 6 | 1942 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood | 1940 | Documentary short | Herself, Polo Fan |
| Hollywood Party | 1937 | Short | Herself (uncredited) |
| The Fashion Side of Hollywood | 1935 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-13 | 1933 | Short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots | 1932/II | Documentary short | Herself |
| Starland Review No. 1 | 1922 | Documentary short | Herself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie | 2012 | Documentary | Herself - Mort's Aunt |
| Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse | 2009 | Video | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard |
| Fear at 400 Degrees: The Cine-Excess of Suspiria | 2009 | Video documentary short | Madame Blanc |
| The Mistress of Collinwood: Miss Joan Bennett | 2006 | Video short | Herself |
| Suspiria 25th Anniversary | 2001 | Video documentary | Herself / Madame Blanc |
| Amélie | 2001 | Ellie Banks (uncredited) | |
| Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Great Romances of the 20th Century: Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton | 1997 | TV Short documentary | |
| Dark Shadows 30th Anniversary Tribute | 1996 | Documentary | Herself / Elizabeth Collins Stoddard |
| A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Katharine 'Kitty' March, 'Scarlet Street' (uncredited) |
| Dark Shadows Bloopers | 1993 | Video documentary | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard |
| The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | Herself - Actress Testing for Scarlett |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Henry Fonda | 1978 | TV Special documentary | Actresss 'Wild Geese Calling' (uncredited) |
| America at the Movies | 1976 | Documentary | Ellie Banks |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | 1969 | TV Movie documentary | Actress 'Gone with the Wind' screen test (uncredited) |
| Hollywood and the Stars | 1964 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story | 1951 | Documentary | |
| Screen Snapshots: Hollywood Party | 1948 | Short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 | 1937 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 11 | 1937 | Documentary short | Herself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. A-12 | 1933 | Short | Herself (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6310 Hollywood Blvd. |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actress | Suspiria (1977) |
| 1968 | Primetime Emmy | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Daytime Programming - Individuals | Dark Shadows (1966) |
Known for movies
Dark Shadows (1966-1971)
as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Opening Voiceover / Judith Collins / Naomi Collins / Flora Collins / Flora Collins (PT)
Father of the Bride (1950)
as Ellie Banks
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
as Ellie Banks
Scarlet Street (1945)
as Katharine 'Kitty' March