Biography
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. Their rivalry was well documented in the media at the height of Fontaine's career.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1942
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1944 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1942 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actress · 1941 · nominated
Filmography35 titles
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Othello
Darling, How Could You!
The Women
Suspicion
All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
What's My Line?
Vito
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Something to Live For
Jane Eyre
Four Star Playhouse
Ivanhoe
This Above All
Becoming Cary Grant
Letter to Loretta
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Island in the Sun
The Bigamist
Gunga Din
A Damsel in Distress
The Love Boat
Until They Sail
The Constant Nymph
Casanova's Big Night
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Born to Be Bad
Quality Street
Tender Is the Night
One Step Beyond
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Serenade
Decameron Nights
Hollywood: The Selznick Years