Joan Fontaine



First NameJoan
Last NameFontaine
Full Name at BirthJoan de Beauvior de Havilland
Age94
Date of BirthOctober 22, 1917
BirthplaceTokyo, Japan
Height5' 3" (160 cm)
BuildSlim
Eye ColorHazel
Hair ColorBlonde
Star SignLibra
EthnicityWhite
NationalityEnglish
High SchoolThe American School, Japan
Occupation CategoryActress
Claim to FameRebecca (1940)
FatherWalter Augustus de Havilland (British patent attorney, b. 1872, d. 1968)
MotherLillian Ruse Fontaine (actress, b. 1886, d. 1975, cancer)
Sister(s)Olivia de Havilland (actress)
FriendsIda Lupino, Ingrid Bergman, Jennifer Jones, Anita Colby, David Niven, Lillian Gish, Charles Boyer, George Cukor, Alfred Hitchcock, Joan Bennett
Associated PeopleBob Hope

Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917) is a British American actress. She is the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland. Along with her sister, Fontaine is one of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s. Fontaine is the only thespian to have won an Academy Award for a performance in a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.


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Filmography

Selected Joan Fontaine film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1994
Good King Wenceslas
Queen Ludmilla

1986
Crossings
Alexandra Markham

1986
Dark Mansions
Margaret Drake

1983
Laura

1983
Ruth Easton

1981
Aloha Paradise
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1978
Grace St. George

1977
Jennifer Langley

1975
Paige Williams

1971
Thelma Cain

1966
Gwen Mayfield

1964
Mrs. Taylor

1962
Baby Warren

1962
Alice Pemberton

1961
Dr. Susan Hiller

1961
Valerie Baumer

1961
The Light That Failed
Hostess

1960
Checkmate
Karen Lawson

1959
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond
Ellen Grayson

1959
Startime
Julie Forbes

1958
Françoise Ferrand

1958
Margaret Lewis

1957
Mavis Norman

1957
Anne Leslie

1957
Naomi Kaylor

1956
Susan Spencer

1956
Kendall Hale

1956
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial
Adrienne

1955
Lynne Abbott

1955
Star Stage
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1954
Francesca Bruni

1953
Fiametta/Bartolomea/Ginevra/Isabella

1953
Susan Lane, Brady's Fiancée/San Francisco Herald Ledger Reporter

1953
Eve Graham

1953
Countess Irene Forelli, Judith, Laurel Chapman, Laurel Chapman

1952
Rowena

1952
Page

1952
Jenny Carey

1952
Trudy, Trudy Overmeyer

1951
Alice Grey

1950
Christabel Caine Carey

1950
Marianne 'Manina' Stuart

1948
Jane Wharton

1948
Lisa Berndle

1948
Johanna Augusta Franziska

1948
Dee Dee Dillwood

1947
Ivy
Ivy Lexton

1946
From This Day Forward
Susan Cummings

1945
Susan Darell

1944
Dona St. Columb

1943
Tessa Sanger

1942
Prudence Cathaway

1941
Lina

1940
Mrs. de Winter

1939
Emmy

1939
Eliza Allen

1939
Mrs. John Day

1938
Blond Cheat
Juliette 'Julie' Evans

1938
Sheila Harrison

1938
Meg Lawrence

1938
Ann Porter

1937
Lady Alyce Marshmorton

1937
Charlotte Parratt

1937
Joan Stevens

1937
Jean Clemens

1937
The Man Who Found Himself
Nurse Doris King

1937
You Can't Beat Love
Trudy Olson

1935
Caroline 'Carrie' Rumsey

Soundtrack Credits

1940
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1938
Blond Cheat
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