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My Take
What stays with me about Joan Bennett is durability. Coming from a family of three acting sisters, she could have leaned on the name, but instead she logged more than seventy films and bridged the silent and sound eras, a transition that quietly ended many careers. That she trained first on stage tells me where the spine came from. I am less interested in the Walk of Fame star than in the working actor who kept adapting as the whole medium reinvented itself around her. That kind of unglamorous resilience is, to me, the real measure of a screen life well lived.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Joan Bennett
- Name (Japanese)
- ジョーン・ベネット
- Reading
- じょーん・べねっと
- Born
- February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Dog
- Origin
- Palisades Park, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor / television actor / radio personality
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Joan Bennett born?
February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990.
Where is Joan Bennett from?
Joan Bennett is from Palisades Park, New Jersey, United States.
What does Joan Bennett do?
Joan Bennett works as actor, stage actor, film actor, television actor, radio personality.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.