Constance Bennett

Biography

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.

Known For

Career Timeline

19161930194419581972198620002017
  1. 2017
    Becoming Cary Grant

    Self (archive footage) • Acting

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

    Valerie West (archive footage) • Acting

  3. 1984
    Going Hollywood: The '30s

    (archive footage) • Acting

  4. 1983
    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited) • Acting

  5. 1976
    That's Entertainment, Part II

    (archive footage) • Acting

  6. 1976
    Hooray for Hollywood

    Self (archive footage) • Acting

  7. 1975
    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Self (archive footage) • Acting

  8. 1972
    Hollywood: The Dream Factory

    Self (archive footage) • Acting

Constance Bennett - Aperture