Joan Bennett

Joan Bennett

February 27, 1910 · 116 years old

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 fem…

Known For

18 titles
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Suspiria

Suspiria

1977 · 1h 32m · Movie

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

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Scarlet Street

Scarlet Street

1945 · 1h 42m · Movie

A man in mid-life crisis befriends a young woman, though her fiancé persuades her to con him out of the fortune they mistakenly assume he possesses.

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The Woman in the Window

The Woman in the Window

1944 · 1h 47m · Movie

A reserved professor meets a model and gets mixed up in murder.

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Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1950 · 1h 32m · Movie

The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.

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Little Women

Little Women

1933 · 1h 55m · Movie

A chronicle of the lives of sisters growing up in 19th-century New England.

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Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1941 · 1h 45m · Movie

In July 1939, British hunter Thorndike, vacationing in Bavaria, has Hitler in his gun sight. He is captured, beaten, left for dead, and escapes back to London where he is hounded by German agents and aided by a young woman.

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The Reckless Moment

The Reckless Moment

1949 · 1h 22m · Movie

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.

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Secret Beyond the Door...

Secret Beyond the Door...

1947 · 1h 39m · Movie

After a lovely woman and her new husband settle in an ancient mansion on the East coast, she discovers that he may want to kill her.

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Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend

1951 · 1h 22m · Movie

Shortly after coming to terms with his daughter's marriage, a father faces the prospect of becoming a grandfather.

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Hollow Triumph

Hollow Triumph

1948 · 1h 23m · Movie

Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity, with unfortunate results.

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The Woman on the Beach

The Woman on the Beach

1947 · 1h 11m · Movie

A Coast Guardsman suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

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12
Me and My Gal

Me and My Gal

1932 · 1h 19m · Movie

Young New York cop Dan falls in love with waterfront waitress Helen. Helen's sister Kate falls for gangster Duke. Dan must do in Duke.

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Disraeli

Disraeli

1929 · 1h 30m · Movie

Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.

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Highway Dragnet

Highway Dragnet

1954 · 1h 11m · Movie

Wrongly accused of killing a bar-girl he was seen with earlier, a Korean War vet flees from the police in the company of a woman photographer and her young female model.

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Wedding Present

Wedding Present

1936 · 1h 21m · Movie

When Charlie Mason is promoted from irresponsible reporter to hard-nosed city editor, it costs him his girlfriend, ace reporter Rusty Fleming. After he hears she's engaged to another, he quits and tries to win her back.

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Maybe It's Love

Maybe It's Love

1930 · 1h 12m · Movie

A college football player (Joe E. Brown) persuades a beautiful young woman (Joan Bennett) to individually flirt with an entire team of All-American football players, in order to entice them over to her college. But the players get...

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Vogues of 1938

Vogues of 1938

1937 · 1h 49m · Movie

The blueblooded Van Kletterings are broke; debutante Wendy, slated to remedy this by marrying rich bore Henry Morgan, instead leaves him at the altar and goes to work as a model for high-fashion clothing designer George Curson, wh...

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Wild Girl

Wild Girl

1932 · 1h 18m · Movie

Bret Harte's story of Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl who is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocr...

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