“If only Vivien Leigh had stayed in England, that part would have been mine.” (Joan Bennett), “I turned my hair dark and have received much better parts ever since.” (Joan Bennett), Copyright © 2021 / The Celebrity Deaths.com / All Rights Reserved. This movie brought Bennett to the attention of independent film producer Walter Wanger, who signed her to a contract and began managing her career. She was 80 years old. The information included in these records can be more sensitive, so they are sometimes restricted by the state. For her final movie role, as Madame Blanc in Dario Argento's cult horror film Suspiria (1977), she received a Saturn Award nomination. Celebrated for not taking herself too seriously, Bennett said in a 1986 interview, "I don't think much of most of the films I made, but being a movie star was something I liked very much."[20]. For the model, see. Joan Bennett real name: Joan Geraldine Bennett Height: 5'5''(in feet & inches) 1.651(m) 165.1(cm) , Birthdate(Birthday): February 27, 1910 , Age on December 7, 1990 (Death date): 80 Years 9 Months 8 Days Profession: Movies (Actress), Features: Blonde hair and hazel eyes, Father: Richard Bennett, Mother: Adrienne Morrison, Married: Yes, Children: Yes For five years Joan had a role on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows which brought a whole … Her final public performance was in the TV movie Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982). She won praise for her performances as Brenda Bentley in The House Across the Bay (1940), also featuring George Raft, and as Carol Hoffman in the anti-Nazi drama The Man I Married, a film in which Francis Lederer also starred. Joan Bennett's sister, Constance Bennett, died on July 24, 1965 as he was 60 years … At the age of play just 6, she […] Bennett also appeared in one more feature film, as Madame Blanc in director Dario Argento's horror film Suspiria (1977), for which she received a 1978 Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Here is all you want to know, and more! [14], "I shot him because I thought he was breaking up my home", Wanger told the chief of police of Beverly Hills. However, she declined to appear in the sequel Night of Dark Shadows, and her character Elizabeth was mentioned therein as being recently deceased. Save to Suggest Edits. She said she suddenly saw two vivid flashes, then Lang slumped to the ground. In 1958, she appeared as the mother in the short-lived television comedy/drama Too Young to Go Steady to teenagers played by Brigid Bazlen and Martin Huston. [17] Wanger served a four-month sentence in the County Honor Farm at Castaic, California, 39 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles, quickly returning to his career to make a series of successful films. Time of death. Profession. Date of Birth: 02/27/1910. With the increasing popularity of television, Bennett made five guest appearances in 1951, including an episode of Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca's Your Show of Shows. 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