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Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fontaine appeared in more than 45 films in a career that spanned five decades.
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Learn about the life and career of Joan Fontaine, a Hollywood actress who won an Oscar for Suspicion (1941) and starred in many other films. Find out about her family, marriages, hobbies, trivia and quotes.
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- December 15, 2013
Aug 21, 2024 · Joan Fontaine, English American actress who was known for her portrayals of troubled beauties, notably in the Alfred Hitchcock films Rebecca (1940) and Suspicion (1941). Her other movies included Gunga Din (1939), The Constant Nymph (1943), Jane Eyre (1943), and Ivanhoe (1952).
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Joan Fontaine was a British-American actress who won an Oscar for Suspicion (1941) and was nominated for Rebecca (1940) and The Constant Nymph (1943). She starred in many classic films such as Jane Eyre (1943) and The Emperor Waltz (1948) and appeared in TV and theater.
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Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress and singer. She and her older sister Olivia de Havilland were two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s.
Dec 16, 2013 · Joan Fontaine was the star of several Hollywood classics such as Rebecca and Jane Eyre and the only actor ever to win an Oscar for an Alfred Hitchcock film - Suspicion in 1941.
Dec 16, 2013 · Joan Fontaine: 1917–2013. Speaking of her lifelong feud with older sister Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine once quipped, “I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia, and if I die first, she’ll no doubt be livid that I beat her to it!”. And now, alas, Fontaine has indeed beat her sister to death, so to speak.
