Constance Campbell (Bennett) Coulter (1904 - 1965)

Born 22 Oct 1904 in New York City, New York, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Gilbert (Alonso) Roland — married 20 Apr 1941 (to 1946) in Yuma, Arizona, United States

Wife of John Theron Coulter — married 22 Jun 1946 in Riverside, Riverside, California, United States

Died 24 Jul 1965 at age 60 in Fort Dix, Burlington, New Jersey, United States

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Biography

Constance (Bennett) Coulter is Notable.

"Stage and Screen Actress. She was the daughter of silent film idol Richard Bennett, and the sister of actress Joan Bennett. She was born in New York City. Her movie career was launched by Samuel Goldwyn in 1924 in the silent film Cytherea. This would the the first of more than 50 films in which she would appear. She played opposite many of Hollywood's top leading men including Clark Gable, Frederick March, Joel McCrea, Herbert Marshall, and Cary Grant. With Grant she made two of her biggest films, Topper and Topper Takes A Trip. Her final movie was Madame X. Her private life was almost as entertaining as her movies roles. At 15, she eloped with a University of Virginia student whom she had met over an Easter weekend. Not surprisingly the marriage ended in divorce. When she was 19, she married millionaire Philip Plant. This marriage too ended in divorce. She once again married, at 26, the Marquis Henri de la Falaise. Falaise had previously been married to actress Gloria Swanson. Sadly like the previous two marriages, it ended in divorce. At 36 she married her fourth husband, actor Gilbert Roland. This union didn't last either. In 1946, she married Air Force Colonel John Coulter. An advisor for Air Force training films, he had met her in Hollywood. It is of interest, that the role of the military wife seemed to have agreed with her, as she remained married to Coulter longer than any of her previous marriages. Being an actress was not her only facet. She was also known as a shrewd businesswoman, creating her own cosmetics and designing originals for a Cincinnati, Ohio, dressmaker. When she died in New York City, she exercised her right to be interred in Arlington with her husband, who had attained the rank of Brigadier General before his death. It should be noted that the black marble stone which marks their grave, makes no mention that she once was a glamorous movie queen, or for that fact, anything of her film career. It simply states: Constance Bennett Coulter. (bio by: Ugaalltheway) "^[1]

Name

Name: Constance /Bennet/^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: abt 1905

Place: New York^[3]

Residence

Residence: Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Daughter

Date: 1920

Place: Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York, USA^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #1906
2. ↑ Source: #S-835059779 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1202; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 715; Image: 961 APID: 1,6061::41839493
3. ↑ Source: #S-835059779 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1202; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 715; Image: 961 APID: 1,6061::41839493
4. ↑ Source: #S-835059779 Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York; Roll: T625_1202; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 715; Image: 961 APID: 1,6061::41839493

• Source: S-835059779 Repository: #R-1245567586 Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Repository: R-1245567586 Name: Ancestry.com

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_Bennett

• "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W4Z-LZL : 20 March 2015), Constance Campbell Bennett, 22 Oct 1904; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 49236 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,984,400.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKRB-9JH : accessed 26 October 2017), Constance Bennett in household of Richard Bennett, Fort Lee, Bergen, New Jersey, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 26A, family 564, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 868; FHL microfilm 1,374,881.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJBS-4HR : accessed 26 October 2017), Constance Bennet in household of Richard Bennet, Manhattan Assembly District 10, New York, New York, United States; citing ED 715, sheet 1A, line 18, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1202; FHL microfilm 1,821,202.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFX-2VC : accessed 26 October 2017), Constance Bennett, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 822, sheet 7A, line 1, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 124; FHL microfilm 2,339,859.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CP-QCM : accessed 26 October 2017), Constance Bennett, Councilmanic District 3, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-219, sheet 9A, line 11, family 176, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 407.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1906/constance-bennett: accessed 16 November 2022), memorial page for Constance Bennett (22 Oct 1904–24 Jul 1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #1906, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave .

Acknowledgements

• Bennet-648 was created by Tara Cox through the import of Small Tree.ged on Apr 1, 2015.