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Canadian actress Barbara Bennett is one of actor Richard Bennett's three daughters. She and her sisters Constance and Joan all became actresses, but of the three, Barbara was the least known. She first gained recognition appearing on Broadway in The Dancers (1923). Later she was a ballroom dancer and during the late '20s appeared in a few films. She married popular entertainer Morton Downey in 1929. With him she raised five children. Later she married actor Addison "Jack Randall. She died at the age of 52 of a heart attack.