Virginia Joan Bennett was born at Mother Cabrini Hospital in New York City. [1] She was raised in a Roman Catholic family [1] in suburban Bronxville, New York. Her parents were Virginia Joan Stead (1911-1976) and Harry Wiggin Bennett Jr. (1907-1981) [1] Her father was a graduate of Cornell University and later worked as an advertising executive. Joan Bennett, former wife of Senator Ted Kennedy, was born on September 9, 1936, in Manhattan.. Born Virginia Joan Bennett on September 9, 1936, in New York, New York. Her parents, wealthy.
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Joan Kennedy's parents -- New York City professionals Virginia Joan Stead Bennett and Henry Wiggin Bennett Jr. --- were also alcoholics, according to author Laurence Leamer. Top Stories Virginia Joan Bennett was born September 9, 1936, in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, a neighborhood that closely resembles the lace-curtain Irish communities in Boston where paintings and Virginia Joan Kennedy (née Bennett, born September 2, 1936) is an American socialite, singer, author, and former model. She was the first wife of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. In July 1969, Ted Kennedy was involved in a car accident at a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island in Massachusetts that resulted in the death of his passenger, Mary Jo Kopechne. Kennedy, Joan (1936—)American socialite and former wife of Edward "Ted" Kennedy. Born Virginia Joan Bennett on September 5, 1936, in Riverdale, New York; eldest of two daughters of Harry Wiggin (an advertising executive) and Virginia Joan "Ginny" (Stead) Bennett; graduated from Bronxville (New York) High School, 1954; graduated from Manhattanville College of the
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Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 - December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She was one of three acting sisters from a show-business family. Beginning her career on the stage, Bennett appeared in more than 70 films from the era of silent films, well into the sound era.She is best remembered for her film noir femme fatale roles in director Fritz Lang's. Virginia Joan Bennett was born at Mother Cabrini Hospital in New York City. She was raised in a Roman Catholic family in suburban Bronxville, New York. Her parents were Virginia Joan Stead (1911-1976) and Harry Wiggin Bennett Jr. (1907-1981) Her father was a graduate of Cornell University and later worked as an advertising executive. Virginia Joan Kennedy (née Bennett, born September 2, 1936) is an American socialite, singer, author, and former model. She was the first wife of U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy, Joan (1936-)American socialite. Born Virginia Joan Bennett, Sept 5, 1936, in Riverdale, NY; dau. of Harry Wiggin (advertising executive) and Virginia Joan "Ginny" (Stead) Bennett; graduate of Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart, 1958; m.
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1956: Enrols in the University of Virginia law school, where he meets his first wife, Virginia Joan Bennett, known as Joan. They are married They are married 1958: Marries Joan, in a service. Find the 1271 English-language books that collect chapter-length biographies of women of all types, famous and obscure, from queens to travelers, from writers to activists. CBW studies versions of women's lives over time, as well as networks of types, to discover a rich international history of gender roles. Interpreting these narratives with the BESS schema reveals the building blocks of.
Joan Kennedy. AKA Virginia Joan Bennett. Born: 2-Sep-1936 Birthplace: Riverdale, NY Gender: Female Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Relative Nationality: United States Executive summary: First wife of Ted Kennedy Father: Henry Wiggin Bennett, Jr. Mother: Virginia Joan Stead Husband: Ted Kennedy (m. 29-Nov-1958, div. 6-Dec-1982, one. Virginia Joan Bennett was born at Mother Cabrini Hospital in New York City. She was raised in a Roman Catholic family, in suburban Bronxville, New York. Her parents were Harry Wiggin Bennett Jr. (1907-1981), and Virginia Joan Stead (1911-1976). Her father was a graduate of Cornell University and later worked as an advertising executive.
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Virginia Joan Bennett was born into a prominent Bronxville, N.Y., family and as a teen worked as a model in TV ads. She was a classmate of Jean Kennedy, the future senator's sister, at. Larry C. Morris/The New York Times. Jean Kennedy Smith, a Kennedy clan sister who as the United States ambassador to Ireland in the 1990s helped pave the way for a formal agreement to end decades.