AKA Joan Geraldine Bennett

Born: 27-Feb-1910
Birthplace: Palisades, NJ
Died: 7-Dec-1990
Location of death: Scarsdale, NY
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Pleasant View Cemetery, Lyme, CT

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Little Women

Father: Richard Bennett (stage actor, b. 21-May-1872, d. 21-Oct-1944)
Mother: Adrienne Morrison (stage actor, b. 1-Mar-1883, d. 20-Nov-1940)
Sister: Constance Bennett (actress, b. 22-Oct-1904, d. 24-Jul-1965)
Sister: Barbara (actor, b. 13-Aug-1906, d. 8-Aug-1958)
Husband: John Marion Fox (m. 15-Sep-1926, div. Aug-1928)
Daughter: Adrienne Ralson Fox (later Diana Markey, b. 20-Feb-1928)
Husband: Gene Markey (writer, m. 12-Mar-1932, div. 1938)
Daughter: Melinda Markey (b. 27-Feb-1934)
Husband: Walter Wanger (film producer, m. 12-Jan-1940, div. Sep-1965)
Daughter: Stephanie Wanger (b. 26-Jun-1943)
Daughter: Shelley Wanger (b. 4-Jul-1948)
Husband: David Wilde (m. 14-Feb-1978, until her death)

    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6310 Hollywood Blvd.

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    This House Possessed (6-Feb-1981)
    Suddenly, Love (4-Dec-1978)
    Suspiria (1-Feb-1977)
    House of Dark Shadows (28-Oct-1970)
    Desire in the Dust (11-Oct-1960)
    There's Always Tomorrow (20-Jan-1956)
    We're No Angels (7-Jul-1955)
    Father's Little Dividend (12-Apr-1951)
    For Heaven's Sake (15-Dec-1950)
    Father of the Bride (16-Jun-1950)
    The Reckless Moment (17-Oct-1949)
    Hollow Triumph (10-Aug-1948)
    Secret Beyond the Door (1-Jan-1948)
    The Woman on the Beach (2-Jun-1947)
    Scarlet Street (28-Dec-1945)
    The Woman in the Window (26-Jan-1945)
    Girl Trouble (9-Oct-1942)
    Man Hunt (13-Jun-1941)
    The Son of Monte Cristo (5-Dec-1940)
    The Housekeeper's Daughter (1-Sep-1939)
    The Man in the Iron Mask (26-Jun-1939)
    Artists and Models Abroad (20-Dec-1938)
    The Texans (27-Jul-1938)
    The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo (14-Nov-1935)
    Private Worlds (9-Mar-1935)
    The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (24-Dec-1934)
    Little Women (16-Nov-1933)
    Maybe It's Love (4-Oct-1930)
    Puttin' on the Ritz (19-Feb-1930)
    Disraeli (2-Oct-1929)
    Bulldog Drummond (2-May-1929)

Author of books:
The Bennett Playbill (1970, memoir)

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