Joan Fontaine
Born in Tokyo, Japan — Oct 22 1917• Died Dec 15 2013
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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". She was born in Tokyo, Japan, in what was known as the International Settlement. Her father was a British patent attorney with a lucrative practice in Japan, but due to Joan and older sister Olivia de Havilland's recurring ailments the family moved to California in the hopes of improving their health. Mrs. de Havilland and the two g…
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Joan Fontaine's Credits
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Alice Pemberton
The Love Boat
Jennifer Langley
Hotel
Cannon
Four Star Playhouse
Trudy
What's My Line?
Self - Panelist
The Oscars
Self
One Step Beyond
Ellen Grayson
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Talking Pictures
Self (archive footage)
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
Letter to Loretta
Self - Guest Host
Rebecca
Mrs. de Winter
Aloha Paradise
General Electric Theater
Countess Irene Forelli
Ivanhoe
Rowena
The Bing Crosby Show
Crossings
Alexandra Markham
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
The Women
Peggy Day
Suspicion
Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Othello
Page
Serenade
Kendall Hale
Music for Madame
Jean Clemens
Quality Street
Charlotte Parratt
The Man Who Found Himself
Doris King
Tender Is the Night
Baby Warren
Gunga Din
Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
Ivy
Ivy
The Users
Grace St. George
The Bigamist
Eve Graham
Blond Cheat
Julie Evans
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
Until They Sail
Anne Leslie
The Affairs of Susan
Susan Darell
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Lisa Berndle
The Witches
Gwen Mayfield
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dr. Susan Hiller
A Certain Smile
Françoise Ferrand
September Affair
Manina Stuart
From This Day Forward
Susan
Casanova's Big Night
Francesca Bruni
The Art Director
Self / Jane Eyre (archive footage) (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
Dee Dee Dillwood
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Self (archive footage)
This Above All
Prudence Cathaway
Dark Mansions
Margaret Drake
The Constant Nymph
Tessa Sanger
Sky Giant
Meg Lawrence
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Frenchman's Creek
Dona St. Columb
Something to Live For
Jenny Carey
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Susan Spencer
A Damsel in Distress
Alyce Marshmorton
Maid's Night Out
Sheila Harrison
Born to Be Bad
Christabel
Flight to Tangier
Susan Lane
Songs for After a War
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Darling, How Could You!
Alice Grey
A Million to One
Joan Stevens
Becoming Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
No More Ladies
Caroline Rumsey
Island in the Sun
Mavis Norman
The Emperor Waltz
Johanna Augusta Franziska
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
Self (archive footage)
Man of Conquest
Eliza Allen
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Self (uncredited)
Good King Wenceslas
Queen Ludmilla
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Jane Wharton
The Duke of West Point
Ann Porter
Decameron Nights
Fiametta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella
You Can't Beat Love
Trudy Olson
All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
Self
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Self (archive footage)
Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca" Screen Test
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter