Biography
Bennett began her film career as a demure blonde ingenue (e.g. in George Cukor's "Little Women" 1933, William K. Howard's breathtaking "The Trial of Vivienne Ware" 1932). Raoul Walsh's delightful "Me and My Gal" (1932), though, did give her an offbeat chance to indulge in sharp wisecracking. Early on her acting abilities seemed a bit modest, but Bennett's warm speaking voice and quietly piquant charm gave her considerable appeal as a screen …
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Career Milestones
1976 | Last film, "Suspiria" | |
1966 | TV soap opera debut as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard on "Dark Shadows"; also acted in a feature film based on the series, "House of Dark Shadows" (1970) | |
| Returned to stage in national tours of "Susan and God," "Bell, Book and Candle," "Once More With Feeling," "The Pleasure of His Company" and "Never Too Late" | ||
1954 | Returned to films after a three-year absence to act in "Highway Dragnet" | |
1951 | Involved in Hollywood scandal when then-husband producer Walter Wanger, shot and wounded her agent, Jennings Lang, in a Los Angeles parking lot | |
| Was one of the partners involved in forming the independent production company, Diana Productions (which also included Lang) | ||
1941 | First film with director Fritz Lang, "Man Hunt" | |
1938 | Became a brunette, adopting a "Hedy Lamarr look" for the film "Trade Winds," at suggestion of producer Walter Wanger; kept her hair dark for the rest of her career | |
1929 | First major film performance in "Bulldog Drummond" | |
1928 | Film acting debut in "Power" | |
1928 | Stage debut (with father) in "Jarnegan" | |
1915 | Had a bit part in father Richard Bennett's medium-length film, "The Valley of Decision" | |
Awards
1968 | Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Daytime Programming in Dark Shadows |