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Constance Bennett

Constance Bennett

Birthday: 1904-10-22 | Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

From Wikipedia Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American actress. She started off with a spell in a convent but decided to go into the family business. Independent, cultured, ironic and outspoken, Constance, the first Bennett sister to enter motion pictures, appeared in New York-produced silent movies before a meeting with Samuel Goldwyn led to her Hollywood debut in Cytherea (1924). She abandoned a burgeoning career in silents for marriage to Philip Plant in 1925; She resumed her film career after their divorce, with the advent of talking pictures (1929), and with her delicate blonde features and glamorous fashion style, she quickly became a popular film star. In 1931, a short-lived contract with Metro Goldwyn Mayer earned her $300,000 for two movies which included The Easiest Way and made her one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood. Warner Brothers paid her the all-time high salary of $30,000 a week for "Bought!" in 1931. Richard Bennett, her father, was also cast in this film. The next year she moved to RKO, where she acted in What Price Hollywood? (1932), directed by George Cukor, an ironic and at the same time tragic behind-the-scenes looks at the old Hollywood studio system, in which she gave one of her finest performances. Bennett next showed her versatility in the likes of Our Betters (1933), Bed of Roses (1933) with Pert Kelton, After Tonight (1933) (co-starring with future husband Gilbert Roland), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), After Office Hours (1935) with Clark Gable, the original Topper (1937, in a career standout as Marian Kerby opposite Cary Grant, a role she repeated in the 1939 sequel, Topper Takes a Trip), the ultimate madcap family comedy Merrily We Live (1938) and Two-Faced Woman (1941, supporting Greta Garbo). By the 1940s, Bennett was working less frequently in film but was in demand in both radio and theatre. Shrewd investments had made her a wealthy woman, and she founded a cosmetics and clothing company. She had a major supporting role in Warner Bros.'s The Unsuspected (1947) opposite Claude Rains, in which she played the program director who helps prove that Rains is guilty of murder. She made no films from the early 1950s until 1965 when she made a comeback in the film Madame X (released posthumously in 1966) playing Lana Turner's mother-in-law. Shortly after filming was completed, Bennett collapsed and died from a cerebral haemorrhage at the age of 60. In recognition of her military contributions, and as the wife of Theron John Coulter, who had achieved the rank of brigadier general, she was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Coulter died in 1995 and was buried with her. Bennett has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to motion pictures, at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard, a short distance from the star of her sister, Joan.

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Film

Jouer

Year
Title

Role

2019
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner

jouer    (archive footage)

1966
Madame X

jouer    Estelle Anderson

1954
It Should Happen to You

jouer    Guest Panelist

1951
Rendez-moi ma femme

jouer    Lucille McKinley

1948
Angel on the Amazon

jouer    Dr. Karen Lawrence

1948
Smart Woman

jouer    Paula Rogers

1947
Le crime était presque parfait

jouer    Jane Moynihan

1945
Paris Underground

jouer    Kitty de Mornay

1941
La femme aux deux visages

jouer    Griselda Vaughn

1941
Law of the Tropics

jouer    Joan Madison aka Miss Moore and Laura

1938
Merrily We Live

jouer    Jerry Kilbourne

1938
Fantômes en croisière

jouer    Marion Kerby

1937
Le Couple invisible

jouer    Marion Kerby

1936
Everything Is Thunder

jouer    Anna von Stucknadel

1936
Ladies In Love

jouer    Yoli Haydn

1935
After Office Hours

jouer    Sharon Norwood

1934
The Affairs of Cellini

jouer    Duchess of Florence

1933
After Tonight

jouer    Carla Vanirska

1933
Our Betters

jouer    Lady Pearl Grayston

1933
Bed of Roses

jouer    Lorry Evans

1932
Rockabye

jouer    Judy Carroll

1932
Lady With A Past

jouer    Venice Muir

1931
Born To Love

jouer    Doris Kendall

1931
The Easiest Way

jouer    Laura Murdock

1931
Bought!

jouer    Stephanie Dale

1930
Son of the Gods

jouer    Allana Wagner