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Joan Fontaine. 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.
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- Tokyo, Japan
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- Carmel, California, USA
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. Her paternal grandfather's family was from Guernsey in the Channel Islands. Her father had a lucrative practice in Japan, but due to Joan and older...
- October 22, 1917
- December 15, 2013
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Joan Fontaine (born October 22, 1917, Tokyo, Japan—died December 15, 2013, Carmel, California, U.S.) was an English American actress who was known for her portrayals of troubled beauties. De Havilland was born in Tokyo , where her English father worked as a patent attorney and language professor; her mother was an actress.
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Dec 16, 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 ...
Dec 16, 2013 · Obituary: Joan Fontaine. Appearing at the Oscars in 1978. 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 ...
Dec 16, 2013 · 16 December 2013. Joan Fontaine was born in Japan to British parents. Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine - the star of several psychological thrillers produced by Alfred Hitchcock - has died in ...
