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    Lilian Fontaine

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  1. Lilian Augusta Fontaine (née Ruse, formerly de Havilland; 11 June 1886 – 20 February 1975) was an English actress and mother of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.

  2. Lilian Fontaine was born on 11 June 1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Lost Weekend (1945), Ivy (1947) and The Locket (1946). She was married to George Milan Fontaine and Walter Augustus de Havilland.

    • Actress
    • June 11, 1886
    • Lilian Fontaine
    • February 20, 1975
  3. Apr 9, 2024 · In 1925, Lillian married George Fontaine, whom both girls agreed was strict, abusive and rigid. De Havilland nicknamed him “the iron duke.”

  4. Feb 23, 1975 · SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 22 (UPI)—Lillian Fontaine, actress and the mother of the Academy Award‐winning actresses Joan Fontaine and Olivia De Havilland died on Thursday She was 88 years old.

  5. Born Lillian Ruse, June 11, 1996, in Reading, Berkshire, England; died Feb 20, 1975, in Santa Barbara, California; m. Walter de Havilland (patent attorney, div.); children: Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland (both actresses).

  6. The Bigamist is her best-known work, a film noir movie – a genre of black and white dramas with an antihero protagonist, fast dialogue, and tawdry storylines. It starred Joan Fontaine, Lupino herself, Edmund Gwenn, and Edmond O’Brien.

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  8. Lilian Fontaine is known as an Actor. Some of her work includes The Lost Weekend, The Bigamist, The Locket, Ivy, Suddenly It's Spring, and The Imperfect Lady.

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