Constance Bennett

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Constance Bennett

Acting October 22, 1904

New York City, New York, USA

Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American actress. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s and for a time during the early 19…

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Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American actress. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s and for a time during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Bennett frequently played society women, focusing on melodramas in the early 1930s and then taking more comedic roles in the late 1930s and 1940s. She is best remembered for her leading roles in What Price Hollywood? (1932), Bed of Roses (1933), Topper (1937), Topper Takes a Trip (1938), and had a prominent supporting role in Greta Garbo's last film, Two-Faced Woman (1941). She was the daughter of stage and silent film star Richard Bennett, and the older sister of actress Joan Bennett. Description above from the Wikipedia article Constance Bennett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  1. 2017
    Becoming Cary Grant

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2008
    Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood

    Movie Valerie West (archive footage)

  3. 1984
    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    Movie (archive footage)

  4. 1983
    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  5. 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    Movie (archive footage)

  6. 1976
    Hooray for Hollywood

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 1975
    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 1972
    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 1966
    Madame X

    Movie Estelle

  10. 1958
  11. 1954
    It Should Happen to You

    Movie Guest Panelist

  12. 1951
    As Young as You Feel

    Movie Lucille McKinley

  13. 1950
  14. 1950
  15. 1949
    Suspense

    TV show

  16. 1948
    Angel on the Amazon

    Movie Dr. Karen Lawrence

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  1. 1948
    The Ed Sullivan Show

    TV show Self

  2. 1948
    Smart Woman

    Movie Paula Rogers

  3. 1947
    The Unsuspected

    Movie Jane Moynihan

  4. 1946
    Centennial Summer

    Movie Zenia Lascalles

  5. 1945
    Paris Underground

    Movie Kitty de Mornay

  6. 1942
    Madame Spy

    Movie Joan Bannister

  7. 1942
    Sin Town

    Movie Kye Allen

  8. 1942
    Wild Bill Hickok Rides

    Movie Belle Andrews

  9. 1942
  10. 1941
    Two-Faced Woman

    Movie Griselda Vaughn

  11. 1941
    Law of the Tropics

    Movie Joan Madison aka Miss Moore and Laura

  12. 1940
    Escape to Glory

    Movie Christine Blaine

  13. 1939
    Tail Spin

    Movie Gerry Lester

  14. 1938
    Topper Takes a Trip

    Movie Marion Kerby

  15. 1938
    Service de Luxe

    Movie Helen Murphy

  16. 1938
    Merrily We Live

    Movie Jerry Kilbourne

  17. 1937
    Screen Snapshots: Series 16, No. 12

    Movie Self (uncredited)

  18. 1937
    Topper

    Movie Marion Kerby

  19. 1937
    Daily Beauty Rituals

    Movie Herself

  20. 1936
    Ladies in Love

    Movie Yoli Haydn

  21. 1936
    Everything Is Thunder

    Movie Anna von Stucknadel

  22. 1935
    Starlit Days at the Lido

    Movie Self

  23. 1935
    After Office Hours

    Movie Sharon Norwood

  24. 1934
    Outcast Lady

    Movie Iris