S20E05: Joan Bennett

Trashy Divorces

Hemlock Creatives

Comedy, History

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Hollywood legend Joan Bennett didn't always want to follow in her family's footsteps as an actor. The youngest of the Bennett Sisters, her siblings Constance and Barbara were already film stars by the time Joan determined to hang a shingle as an interior designer, but motherhood got in the way. After her first short marriage and divorce, she had an extra mouth to feed, which launched her on a decades' long career that spanned dozens of films, including Puttin' on the Ritz, She Wanted a Millionaire, and Little Women, where she played Amy alongside Katherine Hepburn's Jo. But her storied career hit a significant obstacle in 1951, when her third husband opened fire on her manager, believing them to be having an affair, and Joan, more than either man, was sidelined for the scandal. Until a little show called Dark Shadows premiered, anyway. Want early, ad-free episodes, bonus divorces, limited series, Zoom hangouts, and more? Join us at patreon.com/trashydivorces! Sponsors This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Visit Betterhelp.com/trashy and get 10% off your first month when you sign up at the link! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.0	Welcome all to another edition of Trashy Devourses.
0:34.0	Everybody's favorite good podcast about bad relationships.
0:38.0	My name is Stacey.
0:39.0	Hey friends, Alicia here.
0:41.0	Thank you for joining us for today's tale of marital misadventure with an old Hollywood legend, Joan Bennett.
0:49.0	One of the Bennett sisters, there are three of them, Constance, Barbara, and Joan.
0:53.0	They are their own whole saga together and alone.
0:59.0	Today's episode is just a little amuse-bush when it comes to them.
1:05.0	There's so much to like about this story for us here at Trashy Devourses, loaded with spider webs.
1:11.0	Joan Bennett, our profile today, is the youngest of those three famous Bennett sisters.
1:17.0	And Joan herself, four times married, three times divorced.
1:22.0	Sounds perfect.
1:24.0	Well, one of those marriages has her husband shooting her suspected lover in the groin area.
1:31.0	Oh, yeah, it's so much the story of Joan Bennett.
1:34.0	We had to begin with her.
1:36.0	I promise this is a wild ride of everything you love about Trashy Devourses.
1:40.0	But before we begin today's episode, we have, excitingly enough, moved in to a different zodiac season.
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