Background
She was the daughter of actress Rose Wood and actor Lewis Morrison.
She was the daughter of actress Rose Wood and actor Lewis Morrison.
In 1905, she appeared as National-u-ritch, an Aboriginal American woman, in the play The Squaw Manitoba opposite William Faversham. Cecil B. DeMille would film the story three times in 1914, 1918 and 1931. Her part would be played by Lupe Vélez in DeMille"s 1931 sound film of the story.
Their daughters, Barbara Bennett, Constance Bennett, and Joan Bennett would all become film actresses.
Of the three, Joan would become the best known in acting, although both she and Constance would see wide success. In April 1925 she and Richard Bennett divorced.
Two years later, in 1927, she would marry Eric Pinker. That marriage produced no children, but would last until her death in New York City of a heart attack in 1940.