Barbara Bennett
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| Barbara Jane Bennett | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 13, 1906 Palisades, New Jersey |
| Died | August 8, 1958 (aged 51) Montréal, Québec |
| Occupation | Film actress |
| Spouse(s) | Morton Downey, Addison Randall, Laurent Suprenant |
Barbara Jane Bennett (August 13th, 1906 – August 8th, 1958) is a little known early silent film actress.
Born into an acting family, she was the daughter of early actor Richard Bennett and actress Adrienne Morrison, whose Afro-Caribbean descendant father was the stage actor Morris W. Morris. Her sisters were actresses Constance Bennett and Joan Bennett, the latter of whom would become the best known.
Bennett would never succeed to the fame that either of her sisters achieved. She married three times in her lifetime. Her first husband was pianist and song writer Morton Downey. Bennett and Downey married on January 28th, 1929, and divorced in June of 1941.They would have one son, Morton Downey Jr, who would go on to fame as a television personality. Shortly afterward Bennett married actor Addison Randall, a popular romantic star and singing cowboy at the time. On July 16th, 1945, Randall suffered a heart attack and fell from a horse during the filming of The Royal Mounted Rides Again. Bennett did not marry her third husband until 1954, when she married Laurent Suprenant. They remained together until her death four years later.
Bennett was portrayed in the 1981 film Mommie Dearest by actress Jocelyn Brando, older sister to actor Marlon Brando.
Barbara Bennett died at age 51 from a heart attack in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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