Joan Fontaine
British actress (1917-2013) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 96 · also United States
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress best known for her roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fontaine appeared in more than 45 films in a career that spanned five decades. She was the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland.
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Talking PicturesSeries, 20131986
CrossingsSeries, Alexandra Markham1981
Aloha ParadiseSeries1977
The Love BoatSeries, Jennifer Langley1976
Songs for After a WarFilm1964
The Bing Crosby ShowSeries1962
Tender Is the NightFilm, Baby Warren1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1958
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries
A Certain SmileFilm, 1958Françoise Ferrand1956
Tony AwardsSeries
Beyond a Reasonable DoubtFilm, 1956Susan Spencer1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, Countess Irene Forelli
Flight to TangierFilm, 1953Susan Lane1951
OthelloFilm, Page1950
What's My Line?Series1948
Kiss the Blood Off My HandsFilm, Jane Wharton1946
From This Day ForwardFilm, Susan1944
Frenchman's CreekFilm, Dona St. Columb1942Academy Award for Best ActressAward
This Above AllFilm, 1942Prudence Cathaway1940
RebeccaFilm, Mrs. de Winter1938
The Duke of West PointFilm, Ann Porter1935
No More LadiesFilm, Caroline Rumsey1917Born22 October 1917People around Joan
George Stevens Directed Quality Street and A Damsel in Distress
Hal B. Wallis Produced The Constant Nymph (1943)
Pandro S. Berman Produced Ivanhoe and Quality Street- Victor Young Wrote The Emperor Waltz and Frenchman's Creek
Lumsden Hare Also in Suspicion, Gunga Din and Ivy
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Rebecca and Suspicion
George Cukor Directed The Women and No More Ladies
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Island in the Sun and This Above All
Nigel Bruce Also in Rebecca, This Above All and Suspicion
Mitchell Leisen Directed Frenchman's Creek (1944)
Bess Flowers Also in The Bigamist and Born to Be Bad- Lew Landers Directed Sky Giant and The Man Who Found Himself
Charles Schnee Produced Until They Sail (1957)- Henry Blanke Produced The Constant Nymph and Serenade
Billy Bevan Also in Rebecca, Suspicion and This Above All
Mary Forbes Also in This Above All and Jane Eyre
Orson Welles Directed Othello (1955)
Alfred Newman Wrote Gunga Din and A Certain Smile
Sara Allgood Also in Jane Eyre, This Above All and Ivy
Lucile Watson Also in The Women, The Emperor Waltz and Ivy
Alan Napier Also in Tender Is the Night and Until They Sail
William Bakewell Also in Quality Street (1937)
Gino Corrado Also in Rebecca and Casanova's Big Night
Alec Craig Also in Suspicion, This Above All and Jane Eyre
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Rebecca 1940
Letter from an Unknown Woman 1948
Othello 1951
The Women 1939
Suspicion 1941
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
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Television 21
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Their rivalry was well documented in the media at the height of Fontaine's career.
