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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.
Joan Fontaine. Actress: Rebecca. 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.
Joan Fontaine. Actress: Rebecca. 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.
6 Mei 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).
16 Dis 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 for her portrayal of a terrified ...
16 Dis 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.
16 Dis 2013 · Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine - the star of several psychological thrillers produced by Alfred Hitchcock - has died in California aged 96.
16 Dis 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...
16 Dis 2013 · Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who found stardom playing naive wives in Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" and "Rebecca" and also was featured in films by Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang and...
Joan Fontaine. Actress. 22 October 1917 to 15 December 2013. A British-American actress who found fame starring in Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940), before winning an Oscar when she collaborated with the director again a year later on Suspicion (1941).
16 Dis 2013 · Cool beauty Joan Fontaine, who gave strong performances in a number of classic films including Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” and Max Ophuls’ “Letter From an Unknown Woman,” died Sunday ...
16 Dis 2013 · Film star Joan Fontaine died Sunday at age 96. She was best known for her roles in films directed by Alfred Hitchcock, including Suspicion, which earned her an Academy Award in 1941.
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.
27 Jul 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...
16 Dis 2013 · Joan Fontaine, the coolly beautiful 1940s actress who won an Academy Award for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion” and who became almost as well-known for her lifelong feud with her ...
15 Dis 2013 · Legendary Actress Joan Fontaine Dies at 96. The star of the Hitchcock classics "Suspicion" and "Rebecca" famously won an Oscar in 1942 over her bitter rival and older sister, Olivia de Havilland.
16 Dis 2013 · CARMEL, Calif. -- Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, who found stardom playing naive wives in Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" and "Rebecca" and also was featured in films by...
16 Dis 2013 · Joan Fontaine - obituary. Joan Fontaine was an Oscar-winning actress who shone playing vulnerable women and maintained a lifelong feud with her sister Olivia de Havilland
9 Apr 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.
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.
22 Mei 2020 · In the history of sibling rivalry, no one quite reached the heights of Old Hollywood starlets—and sisters, of course—Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland. In the same way that de Havilland overshadowed Fontaine, their explosive feud eclipsed both of their careers in Hollywood.
13 Jan 2024 · Several standout Joan Fontaine films serve as prime examples of her unmatched abilities as an actress and storyteller. For instance, Rebecca , directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a cinema classic, with Fontaine delivering an unforgettable performance as the second Mrs. de Winter.
22 Ogo 2022 · Silver screen star and two-time Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland, who died in July 2020 at the age of 104, had a lifelong rivalry with her sister, actress Joan Fontaine (who died in 2013).
