Portrait of Joan Bennett

Acting

Joan Bennett

Career

Active from 1916 to 2009, with a break from 1983 to 2008, busiest in 1932 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
72
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.0 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Joan Bennett Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Coming of Age
    1.6, average 3.0
  • Violence
    3.1, average 4.1
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.7, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 7
  • Classic Hollywood 6
  • Film Noir 5
  • Mystery 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Moral Ambiguity 4
  • Psychological Thriller 4
  • Melodrama 3
  • Screwball Comedy 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Romantic Drama 3
  • Historical Drama 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

91
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

3 titles ยท average score 74
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse
Dark Shadows: The Vampire Curse (2009)

as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)

Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood
Dark Shadows: The Haunting of Collinwood (2009)

as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (archive footage)

Armadillo
Armadillo (2001)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Father

1980s

2 titles ยท average score 57
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Divorce Wars: A Love Story (1982)

as Adele Burgess

This House Possessed
This House Possessed (1981)
GoodWatch score 57

as Rag Lady

1970s

5 titles ยท average score 65
Suddenly, Love
Suddenly, Love (1978)

as Mrs. Graham

Suspiria
Suspiria (1977)
GoodWatch score 81

as Madame Blanc

The Eyes of Charles Sand
The Eyes of Charles Sand (1972)
GoodWatch score 61

as Alexandria Sand

Gidget Gets Married
Gidget Gets Married (1972)

as Claire Ramsey

House of Dark Shadows
House of Dark Shadows (1970)
GoodWatch score 52

as Elizabeth Stoddard Collins

1960s

3 titles ยท average score 57
Dark Shadows
Dark Shadows (1966)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard / Naomi Collins

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Denise Mitchell

Desire in the Dust
Desire in the Dust (1960)
GoodWatch score 52

as Mrs. Marquand

1950s

14 titles ยท average score 69
Too Young to Go Steady
Too Young to Go Steady (1959)

TV show ยท as Mary Blake

DuPont Show of the Month
DuPont Show of the Month (1957)

TV show ยท as Grace Graves

There's Always Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
GoodWatch score 70

as Marion Groves

Navy Wife
Navy Wife (1956)

as Peg Blain

We're No Angels
We're No Angels (1955)
GoodWatch score 74

as Amelie Ducotel

Highway Dragnet
Highway Dragnet (1954)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mrs. Cummings

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Honora

Father's Little Dividend
Father's Little Dividend (1951)
GoodWatch score 75

as Ellie Banks

The Guy Who Came Back
The Guy Who Came Back (1951)

as Kathy Joplin

Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride (1950)
GoodWatch score 76

as Ellie Banks

For Heaven's Sake
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lydia Bolton

Your Show of Shows
Your Show of Shows (1950)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show

1940s

21 titles ยท average score 63
The Reckless Moment
The Reckless Moment (1949)
GoodWatch score 70

as Lucia Harper

Hollow Triumph
Hollow Triumph (1948)
GoodWatch score 66

as Evelyn Hahn

Secret Beyond the Door
Secret Beyond the Door (1947)
GoodWatch score 61

as Celia Lamphere

The Woman on the Beach
The Woman on the Beach (1947)
GoodWatch score 57

as Peggy Butler

The Macomber Affair
The Macomber Affair (1947)
GoodWatch score 65

as Margaret Macomber

Colonel Effingham's Raid
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)
GoodWatch score 46

as Ella Sue Dozier

Scarlet Street
Scarlet Street (1945)
GoodWatch score 89

as Katherine 'Kitty' March

The Woman in the Window
The Woman in the Window (1944)
GoodWatch score 79

as Alice Reed

Girl Trouble
Girl Trouble (1942)
GoodWatch score 71

as June Delaney

Twin Beds
Twin Beds (1942)

as Julie Abbott

Man Hunt
Man Hunt (1941)
GoodWatch score 79

as Jerry Stokes

Green Hell
Green Hell (1940)
GoodWatch score 54

as Stephanie Richardson

1930s

34 titles ยท average score 61
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
GoodWatch score 71

as Princess Maria Theresa

The Housekeeper's Daughter
The Housekeeper's Daughter (1939)
GoodWatch score 54

as Hilda

I Met My Love Again
I Met My Love Again (1938)
GoodWatch score 58

as Julie Weir

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)
GoodWatch score 57

as Wendy Van Klettering

Big Brown Eyes
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
GoodWatch score 73

as Eve Fallon

Mississippi
Mississippi (1935)
GoodWatch score 68

as Lucy

Little Women
Little Women (1933)
GoodWatch score 80

as Amy

Wild Girl
Wild Girl (1932)
GoodWatch score 64

as Salomy Jane

Careless Lady
Careless Lady (1932)

as Sally Brown

Me and My Gal
Me and My Gal (1932)
GoodWatch score 63

as Helen Riley

She Wanted a Millionaire
She Wanted a Millionaire (1932)

as Jane Miller

Moby Dick
Moby Dick (1930)
GoodWatch score 70

as Faith

1920s

8 titles ยท average score 60
Disraeli
Disraeli (1929)
GoodWatch score 67

as Lady Clarissa Pevensey

Three Live Ghosts
Three Live Ghosts (1929)

as Rose Gordon

Bulldog Drummond
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
GoodWatch score 68

as Phyllis

The Mississippi Gambler
The Mississippi Gambler (1929)

as Lucy Blackburn

Power
Power (1928)

as A Dame

The Divine Lady
The Divine Lady (1928)
GoodWatch score 45

as Extra (uncredited)

Show Folks
Show Folks (1928)

as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

The Eternal City
The Eternal City (1923)

as Page (uncredited)

1910s

1 title
The Valley of Decision
The Valley of Decision (1916)

as Unborn soul