Heather Angel

Photograph of Heather Angel (http://www.britishpictures.com/godfrey/card37.htm). Constance Bennett Photo Gallery (http://silent-movies.com/Ladies/PBennett.html). Heather Angel has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to Motion Pictures, at 6312 Hollywood Boulevard. External Link. She died from cancer in Santa Barbara, California. Constance Bennett has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to Motion Pictures, at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard, a short distance from the star of her sister, Joan. She also played a continuing role in the television soap opera Peyton Place from 1964 until 1965. Coulter died in 1995 and was buried with her.

Her film appearances in the following years were few, but she returned to Hollywood to provide voices for the Walt Disney animated films Alice in Wonderland (1951) and Peter Pan (1953). In recognition of her military contributions, and as the wife of Coulter, who had by then achieved the rank of Brigadier General, she was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. She was among the actresses considered and tested for the role of Melanie Wilkes in Gone With The Wind (1939), but despite being unsuccessful in securing this role, she was cast in such prestigious films as Pride and Prejudice (1940), Kitty Foyle (1940), That Hamilton Woman (1941), and two Alfred Hitchcock films, Suspicion (1941) and Lifeboat (1944). She made no films from the early 1950s until 1965 when she made a comeback in the film Madame X (released posthumously in 1966). Shortly after filming was completed, Bennett collapsed and died from a cerebral hemorrhage. In 1937 she made her first appearance in the popular Bulldog Drummond series, in a role she would eventually play in five films. Their marriage continued until her death. Over the next few years she played strong roles in such films asThe Mystery of Edwin Drood (1935), The Three Musketeers (1935), The Informer (1935), The Last of the Mohicans (1936) and The Bold Caballero. In 1946 she married US Air Force Colonel John Theron Coulter, and concentrated her efforts on providing relief entertainment to US troops still stationed in Europe, winning military honors for her services.

Born in Oxford, England, Angel made her first film appearance with a leading role in Night in Montmartre (1931), and followed this success with The Hound of the Baskervilles (1932). Her shrewd investments had made her a very wealthy woman, and she founded a cosmetics and clothing company that added to her wealth, but Bennett enjoyed being a celebrity and so continued to work. Heather Grace Angel (February 9, 1909 - December 13, 1986) was a British film actress. By this time she was working less frequently in film but was in demand in both radio and theatre. She married her third husband, the actor Gilbert Roland in 1941 and had three children with him, before they divorced in 1946. Bennett's film career continued to grow during the 1930s, and in 1937 she scored her biggest success, as a ghost in the comedy Topper with Cary Grant.

She was a close friend of Gloria Morgan-Vanderbilt, and despite the potential harm to her career, stood by Vanderbilt all through her notorious 1934 child custody trial. A 1931 contract with Warner Brothers Studios earned her $300 000 for two movies and made her one of the highest paid stars in Hollywood. They were divorced in 1940. She also captured numerous headlines in 1932, when she married one of Gloria Swanson's former husbands, Henri le Bailly, the Marquis de La Coudraye de La Falaise (1898-1972), a French nobleman and film director.

She resumed her film career with the advent of talking pictures, and with her delicate blonde features and glamorous fashion style, quickly became a popular film star. Bennett made her first film appearance as a child and appeared in a few bit parts before marrying and divorcing while still in her teens. Born in New York City, Bennett was the daughter of actor Richard Bennett and actress Adrienne Morrison, and the elder sister of actresses Barbara and Joan Bennett. Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 - July 24, 1965) was a US actress.