Bennett, Joan

Joan Bennett
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Joan Bennett

Name	Bennett, Joan Gender: F
born on	27 February 1910 at 12:05 (= 12:05 PM )
Place	Palisades NY, USA, 41n00, 73w54
Timezone	EST h5w (is standard time)
Data source	From memory Rodden Rating A Collector: Palmer
Astrology data	08°14' 18°04 Asc. 01°03'

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Biography

American actress, she and sister Constance were on-screen from 1928 . After 1967, she played in the TV soap "Dark Shadows." In a 50-year career, she made 75 films. During the '30s she appeared as a blonde ingénue then switched to sultry brunette in the '40s, such as "Scarlet Street" and "The Woman in the Window." "My change of hair color," she said, "made a definite difference in my career." "The Bennett Playbill," her autobiography, related her family history and career.

The daughter of actors Richard Bennett and Adrienne Morrison; her sisters, Barbara and Constance were screen actresses also. She attended boarding school in Connecticut and finishing school in Versailles before making her stage debut with her father in "Jarnegan" in 1928.

Bennett’s three marriages produced four daughters. Her first marriage was at the age of 16; she was a mother at 17 and divorcee at 18. Her second husband was producer-writer, Gene Markey, whom she married in 1932 and divorced in 1937. In 1940, she married producer Walter Wanger and that marriage ended in divorce as well. However it was then, with her third marriage, that she began to come into her own as an actress. Scandal cut her film career short in 1951 when Wanger shot her agent, Jennings Lang, in a jealous rage, later being arrested and jailed for several months.

In 1973, she was named "Mother of the Year" for her work with foster children.

Bennett died of a heart attack while at dinner on 12/08/1990, Searsdale, NY. She was 80 years old.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• sibling relationship with Bennett, Constance (born 22 October 1905)

• spouse relationship with Markey, Gene (born 11 December 1895)

Events

• Work : New Job 1967 (TV soap, Dark Shadows)

• Work : Prize 1973 (Named Mother of the Year)

• Death by Heart Attack 8 December 1990 (Age 80)

Source Notes

Lynne Palmer quotes her. Sabian Symbols No.87 has 11:45 AM

Categories

• Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress

• Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer

• Family : Childhood : Sibling circumstances (Sister Constance also an actress)

• Vocation : Entertainment : TV series/ Soap star (Dark Shadows)

• Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Three)

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Heart (Terminal attack)

• Notable : Book Collection : Profiles Of Women

• Family : Parenting : Kids more than 3 (Four daughters)

• Traits : Body : Hair (Blonde to brunette made a career difference)

• Family : Relationship : Stress - Traumatic event (Third husband shot her agent)

• Notable : Awards : Public Service (Mother of the Year)

• Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist (Worked with foster kids)