Constance Bennett Net Worth

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Independent, outspoken Constance Bennett, the first of the Bennett sisters to enter films, appeared in New York-produced silents before a chance meeting with Samuel Goldwyn led to her Hollywood debut in Cytherea (1924). She abandoned a burgeoning career in silents for marriage to Philip Plant in 1925; after they divorced, she achieved stardom in ...

Date Of BirthOctober 22, 1904, United States of America
DiedJuly 24, 1965, Fort Dix, New Hanover Township, New Jersey, United States
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Height5' 4" (1.63 m)
ProfessionActress, Soundtrack, Producer
SpouseJohn Theron Coulter (m. 1946–1965)
ChildrenGyl Roland, Lorinda Roland, Peter Bennett Plant
SiblingsJoan Bennett, Barbara Bennett
Star SignLibra
TitleSalary
Law of the Tropics (1941)$10,000
Two Against the World (1932)$150,000 /4 weeks work
Bought! (1931)$30,000 /week
#Quote
1[Asked how she maintained her youthful appearance and enormous drive.] If there's a secret to it, it's working like a beaver to be happy. What I mean is I've always been interested in everything I did, or else I wouldn't do it. When you're that interested in anything, you're happy.
2[on Marilyn Monroe] There's a broad with her future behind her.
3I'm a lot more sartorial than thespian. They come to see me and go out humming the costumes.
#Fact
1Was considered in her heyday to be one of the most smartly dressed women in Hollywood, A film magazine in 1941 claimed she had spent a quarter million on her wardrobe that year, a charge denied vehemently by the actress.
2Enjoyed the reputation of being a very able poker player.
3She was sued by portrait artist Willy Pogany for his fee after painting a portrait of the star. She complained that he had thickened her waist and thighs.
4Bennett was married to the Marqus de la Falaise de la Coudray, who had previously been married to her chief rival at Pathe Studios, Gloria Swanson.
5She was a very active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee and donated her time and money to many liberal causes (such as the creation of the United Nations) and political candidates (including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry Wallace, Adlai Stevenson, and John F. Kennedy) for most of her adult life.
6She was a mother-in-law of Dan Barton and sister-in-law of Morton Downey.
7Accepted the role of Ellie Andrews in It Happened One Night (1934), but later turned it down when Columbia Pictures would not allow her to produce the film herself. Claudette Colbert was then given the part and went on to win the Best Actress Oscar for her performance.
8Grandfather, Morris W. Morris (stage name Lewis Morrison), was of English and wealthy Spanish ancestry. Constance's sister, actress Joan Bennett, discussed this, in detail, in her 1970 autobiography "The Bennett Playbill".
9Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard, a short distance from the star of her sister, Joan Bennett.
10She was a sister of Barbara Bennett and Joan Bennett.
11Aunt of Morton Downey Jr. and Melinda Markey.
12Granddaughter of Rose Wood and the stage actor Lewis Morrison, birth name: Morris W. Morris (1845 - 1906).
13As a Brigade General's wife and in recognition of her work for the Berlin Airlift, she is interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, beside her husband, Brigadier General John Theron Coulter. Specific interment location: Section 3, Lot 2231-A, Grid P-13.
14She died from cerebral hemorrhage in Walston Army Hospital at Fort Dix, NJ.
15She had two daughters with her fourth husband, Gilbert: Lorinda Roland and Gyl Roland. She also had an adopted son, Peter Bennett Plant (born 1929, adopted 1930).
16She was a daughter of Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison.
17She sang with her own voice in films, on stage, and in a nightclub act 1956-1962 in which she parodied early rock-n-roll.
18Her stage acting debut: Noël Coward's "Easy Virtue", 1940.
19Her 1931 contract with Warner Brothers, $300,000 for 2 films, made her the highest-paid film player up to that time and reportedly inspired tax legislation aimed at the film industry.
20Most references give Constance's birth year wrongly as 1905, corrected to 1904 by sister Joan in her autobiography. Her age at death accordingly was 60, not 59 as usually stated.
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Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Madame X1966Estelle
The Reporter1964TV SeriesMaggie Grant
The Ann Sothern Show1961TV SeriesGuinevere Fleming
Robert Montgomery Presents1952-1956TV Series
It Should Happen to You1954Guest Panelist
The Philip Morris Playhouse1954TV Series
Suspense1953TV Series
Broadway Television Theatre1953TV SeriesLily
Betty Crocker Star Matinee1951TV Series
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre1951TV Series
Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre1951TV Series
Cameo Theatre1951TV Series
As Young as You Feel1951Lucille McKinley
Angel on the Amazon1948Dr. Karen Lawrence
Smart Woman1948Paula Rogers
The Unsuspected1947Jane Moynihan
Centennial Summer1946Zenia Lascalles
Paris Underground1945Kitty de Mornay
Madame Spy1942Joan Bannister
Sin Town1942Kye Allen
Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942Belle Andrews
Two-Faced Woman1941Griselda Vaughn
Law of the Tropics1941Joan Madison
Escape to Glory1940Christine Blaine
Tail Spin1939Gerry Lester
Topper Takes a Trip1938Marion Kerby
Service de Luxe1938Helen Murphy
Merrily We Live1938Jerry Kilbourne
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 121937Documentary shortConstance Bennett
Topper1937Marion Kerby
Ladies in Love1936Yoli Haydn
Everything Is Thunder1936Anna von Stucknadel
After Office Hours1935Sharon Norwood
Outcast Lady1934Iris
The Affairs of Cellini1934Duchess of Florence
Moulin Rouge1934Helen Hall / Raquel
After Tonight1933Carla Vanirska, aka K-14 and Karen Schöntag
Bed of Roses1933Lorry Evans
Our Betters1933Lady Pearl Grayston
Rockabye1932Judy Carroll
Two Against the World1932Miss Adele 'Dell' Hamilton
What Price Hollywood?1932Mary Evans
Lady with a Past1932Venice Muir
Bought!1931Stephanie Dale
The Common Law1931Valerie West
Born to Love1931Doris Kendall
The Easiest Way1931Laura Murdock
Sin Takes a Holiday1930Sylvia Brenner
Common Clay1930Ellen Neal
Three Faces East1930Frances Hawtree / Z-1
Son of the Gods1930Allana
This Thing Called Love1929Ann Marvin
Rich People1929Connie Hayden
Married?1926Marcia Livingston
The Pinch Hitter1925Abby Nettleton
Sally, Irene and Mary1925Sally
Wandering Fires1925Guerda Anthony
The Goose Woman1925Hazel Woods
My Wife and I1925Aileen Alton
My Son1925Betty Smith
The Goose Hangs High1925Lois Ingals
Code of the West1925Georgie May
Into the Net1924Madge Clayton, his sister
Cytherea1924Annette Sherman
What's Wrong with the Women?1922Elise Bascom
Evidence1922Edith
Reckless Youth1922Chorus Girl
The Valley of Decision1916Unborn soul

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Centennial Summer1946performer: "Up with the Lark" - uncredited
Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942performer: "The Lady Got a Shady Deal" 1942 - uncredited
Law of the Tropics1941performer: "Tropical Dreams", "Happy Birthday to You" 1893 - uncredited
Topper1937performer: "Old Man Moon" 1937
Moulin Rouge1934"The Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night", uncredited / performer: "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams", "Coffee in the Morning and Kisses in the Night" - uncredited
After Tonight1933performer: "Buy a Kiss" - uncredited
Rockabye1932performer: "Till the Real Thing Comes Along", "Sleep, My Sweet" 1932 - uncredited
What Price Hollywood?1932performer: "Parlez-moi d'amour" 1930 - uncredited

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Paris Underground1945co-producer
Legong: Dance of the Virgins1935producer - uncredited
Kliou the Tiger1935Documentary producer - uncredited

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Get the Message1964TV SeriesHerself
The 18th Annual Tony Awards1964TV SpecialHerself - Presenter
The Arthur Murray Party1959TV SeriesHerself / Herself - Actress
Person to Person1957TV Series documentaryHerself
Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium1957TV SeriesHerself
The Ed Sullivan Show1951-1956TV SeriesHerself
En direct de...1956TV Series documentaryHerself
The Paul Winchell Show1953TV SeriesHerself
Texaco Star Theatre1952TV SeriesHerself - Actress
General Electric Guest House1951TV SeriesHerself
Your Show of Shows1951TV SeriesHerself - Guest Performer
The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter1951TV SeriesHerself
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 51942Documentary shortHerself (uncredited)
Picture People No. 2: Hollywood Sports1941ShortHerself
Daily Beauty Rituals1937Documentary shortHerself
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 31936Documentary shortHerself - Observer
Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 81936Documentary shortHerself
Starlit Days at the Lido1935ShortHerself
Screen Snapshots1932/IIDocumentary shortHerself
The Voice of Hollywood No. 121930ShortHerself (uncredited)
Starland Review No. 11922Documentary shortHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Real American: Joe McCarthy2011DocumentaryHerself (uncredited)
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood2008TV Movie documentaryValerie West
Biography1997TV Series documentary
Hal Roach: Hollywood's King of Laughter1994TV Movie documentaryHerself
Going Hollywood: The '30s1984Documentary
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983DocumentaryHerself (uncredited)
That's Entertainment, Part II1976DocumentaryClip from 'Two Faced Woman'
Brother Can You Spare a Dime1975Documentary
Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 11937Documentary shortHerself
Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 111937Documentary shortHerself
Hollywood on Parade No. A-121933ShortHerself (uncredited)

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1960Star on the Walk of FameWalk of FameMotion PictureOn 8 February 1960. At 6207 Hollywood Blvd.

Known for movies

Marion Kerby

Topper (1937)
as Marion Kerby

Jerry Kilbourne

Merrily We Live (1938)
as Jerry Kilbourne

Mary Evans

What Price Hollywood? (1932)
as Mary Evans

Marion Kerby

Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
as Marion Kerby

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IMDB Wikipedia

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