Constance Bennett
| Constance Bennett | |
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Bennett in Rockabye (1932)
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| Born |
October 22, 1904 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 24, 1965 (aged 60) Fort Dix, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Cerebral hemorrhage |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1916–1965 |
| Spouse(s) |
Chester Hirst Moorhead (m. 1921; annulled 1923) Philip Morgan Plant (m. 1925; div. 1929) Henri de la Falaise (m. 1931; div. 1940) Gilbert Roland (m. 1941; div. 1946) John Theron Coulter (m. 1946–65) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) |
Richard Bennett Adrienne Morrison |
| Relatives |
Barbara Bennett (sister) Joan Bennett (sister) Morton Downey Jr. (nephew) |
Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress what was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s. For a time during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, and one of the most popular. 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 known today for her leading roles in Topper (1937), in which she co-starred with Cary Grant; its sequel Topper Takes a Trip (1938); and What Price Hollywood? (1932), its subsequent remakes for the 1937 film A Star is Born. Bennett also 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.
Bennett was born in New York City, the daughter of actor Richard Bennett and actress Adrienne Morrison, whose father was the stage actor Lewis Morrison (Morris W. Morris), a performer of English, Spanish, Jewish, and African ancestry. Constance's younger sister was prominent actress Joan Bennett. Their other sibling was actress/dancer Barbara Bennett.
After some time spent in a convent, Bennett went 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, but 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.
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