Joan Geraldine Bennett
| Sign | Pisces |
| Born | Feb 27, 1910 Palisades, NJ |
| Died | Dec 7, 1990 Scarsdale, NY |
| Age | Died at 80 |
| Final Resting PlacePleasant View Cemetery | |
Joan Bennett | |
| Job | Actress |
| Years active | 1916-82 |
| Top Roles | Helen Riley, Ellie Banks, Amy, Monica 'Rusty' Fleming, Lucy Blackburn |
| Top Genres | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Crime, Film Noir, Musical |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Comic), Based on Play |
| Top Collaborators | Walter Wanger (Producer), Fritz Lang (Director), Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), B.P. Schulberg (Producer) |
| Shares birthday with | Elizabeth Taylor, Franchot Tone, Joanne Woodward see more.. |
Joan Bennett Overview:
Legendary actress, Joan Bennett, was born Joan Geraldine Bennett on Feb 27, 1910 in Palisades, NJ. Bennett died at the age of 80 on Dec 7, 1990 in Scarsdale, NY and was laid to rest in Pleasant View Cemetery in Lyme, New London County, CT.
MINI BIO:
Exquisitely beautiful, dark-haired (initially blonde) American socialite actress, sister of Constance Bennett. She gave her best performances in several Fritz Lang films of the forties, but her later film appearances were restricted after a shooting scandal involving her agent and her third (of four) husband, Walter Wanger - under whose auspices she did most of her best and most intense work. Died from a heart attack. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Bennett was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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Joan Bennett Quotes:
Martin: Do you never get away from your family?
Lucia Harper: No.
[Morey sees Eve at the hotel drugstore counter buying aspirin. He enters and starts a conversation with her, finding out that she has just lost her manicurist job]
Richard Morey: They have nice perfumes here.
Eve Fallon: Yeah, if you can afford 'em.
Richard Morey: Uh, how much are these?
Off-screen Sales Clerk: Fifty-five dollars.
Richard Morey: Give me four of them.
Eve Fallon: Mmmmm. You must have lots of friends.
Richard Morey: Oh, they're all for you.
Eve Fallon: Oh, but I couldn't.
Richard Morey: Oh, but you could.
Eve Fallon: Oh, but I mustn't.
Richard Morey: Oh, but you must. And you will. How about some candy, too? Here you are. You like sweets?
[piling on the candy boxes]
Richard Morey: One more.
Eve Fallon: Please! I'll have to get a truck to carry all these things home.
Richard Morey: No, you won't. My car's right here at the door.
[to the sales clerk]
Richard Morey: Charge it, will you?
[fade to the back seat of Morey's limo]
Richard Morey: An apartment, French maid, your own car and chauffeur. Doesn't it sound good?
Eve Fallon: [deadpan] Mmmmm. Too good to be true.
Richard Morey: It... could be true.
Eve Fallon: [sardonically] And all I'd have to do is manicure your nails?
Eve Fallon: [getting up to leave] Here's my house.
Richard Morey: But Eve, haven't you forgotten something?
Eve Fallon: Yeah, my key, but I'll slip through the transom.
Richard Morey: But what about the candy and perfume?
Eve Fallon: Ah, give the candy to your chauffeur and use the perfume yourself.
[Eve slams the car door]
Carol Van Dyke: You know, I doubt that I'll marry you after all. It would be cheaper to buy Bartlett's Familiar Quotations.
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