Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 — July 24, 1965) was an American actress who made many appearances during The Pre-Code Era and The Golden Age of Hollywood, in films, radio, television, and on stage. Her sisters, Joan and Barbara, were also actresses, as well as their parents Richard and Adrienne.
Bennett began her film career in silent movies, her first Hollywood one being in 1924. She was in other movies around all of the Hollywood studios and became one of the highest-paid actresses in 1931. However, in the 1940s, she went into radio and theatre, either overshadowed her film career, in some cases, but nowadays, her films beg to differ. Bennett had own radio show, and owned a cosmetics and a clothing company.
Her last film role was as Lana Turner's mother-in-law in Madame X; however, she died shortly after filming from a brain hemorrhage. She was allowed to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery due to her service as a military entertainer during World War II.
Selected filmography:
- Three Faces East (1930) as Frances Hawtree / Z-1
- Sin Takes a Holiday (1930) as Sylvia Brenner
- The Easiest Way (1931) as Laura Murdock
- Born to Love (1931) as Doris Kendall
- The Common Law (1931) as Valerie West
- What Price Hollywood? (1932) as Mary Evans
- Our Betters (1933) as Lady Pearl Grayston
- Bed of Roses (1933) as Lorry Evans
- After Office Hours (1935) as Sharon Norwood
- Topper (1937) as Marion Kerby
- Two-Faced Woman (1941) as Griselda Vaughn
- The Unsuspected (1947) as Jane Moynihan
- It Should Happen to You (1954) as Herself