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    Joan Fontaine

    British American actress

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  1. Joan Fontaine. Actress: Suspicion. Born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland on October 22, 1917, in Tokyo, Japan, in what was known as the International Settlement, to British parents, Lilian Augusta (Ruse), a former actress, and Walter Augustus de Havilland, an English professor and patent attorney.

  2. Apr 9, 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).

  3. Dec 16, 2013 · Joan Fontaine obituary. Oscar-winning actor who played threatened heroines for Alfred Hitchcock in Rebecca and Suspicion. Veronica Horwell. Mon 16 Dec 2013 09.49 EST. It was hard to cast the lead ...

  4. Dec 16, 2013 · By Anita Gates. Dec. 15, 2013. Joan Fontaine, the patrician blond actress who rose to stardom as a haunted second wife in the Alfred Hitchcock film “Rebecca” in 1940 and won an Academy Award ...

  5. Dec 16, 2013 · Joan Fontaine, Oscar-Winning Star of Hitchcock Classics, Dies at 96. By Richard Natale. Cool beauty Joan Fontaine, who gave strong performances in a number of classic films including Alfred ...

  6. 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. Born in Japan in ...

  7. Dec 16, 2013 · Joan Fontaine, Oscar-winning actor, dies at 96. The star of Hitchcock's Rebecca and Suspicion, sister of Olivia de Havilland, died in her sleep at home in California. Associated Press in Carmel ...

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