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Joan Fontaine was an English-American actress who won an Oscar for her role in Hitchcock's Suspicion. She was the younger sister of Olivia de Havilland and appeared in more than 45 films in a career spanning five decades.
Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) 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.
- January 1, 1
- Tokyo, Japan
- January 1, 1
- Carmel, California, USA
Jul 27, 2020 · Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine were born 15 months apart and both found success as actresses in Hollywood's Golden Age. But instead of bringing them together, these similarities...
Joan Fontaine was a British-born actress who won an Oscar for her role in Suspicion (1941). She was the sister of Olivia de Havilland and starred in many classic films, such as Rebecca (1940) and The Constant Nymph (1943).
- October 22, 1917
- 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).
- Richard Pallardy
Apr 9, 2024 · Placed at the same table, all eyes were on the sisters as a visibly nervous Ginger Rogers announced the winner: Joan Fontaine, for her role as Cary Grant’s fearful wife in Suspicion.
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Dec 15, 2013 · Joan Fontaine, the polished actress who achieved stardom in the early 1940s with memorable performances in the Alfred Hitchcock films Suspicion — for which she earned the best actress Oscar over...