Joan Bennett

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Joan Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) played Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, Naomi Collins, Judith Collins Trask, Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (PT), Flora Collins, and Flora Collins (PT) in the original Dark Shadows.

Prior to Dark Shadows, she was a famous movie star, appearing in such notable films as The Woman in the Window, Scarlet Street, and Little Women. Bennett came from a famous theatrical family. Her father was noted theatre matinee idol, Richard Bennett. She was one of three sisters. Constance Bennett was also a movie star, and for some time overshadowed her sister. The second sister, Barbara Bennett, married singer Morton Downey, Sr.; their son was the late controversial talk show host Morton Downey, Jr. After Dark Shadows, Bennett went on to act in other films, most notably Dario Argento's Suspiria. Joan Bennett died of a heart attack on December 7, 1990 at age 80.