Joan Fontaine
Acting
Born October 22, 1917 · Tokyo, Japan
Biography
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 girls settled in Saratoga while their fat…
Known For · 40 titles
The Mike Douglas Show
The Love Boat
Tony Awards
What's My Line?
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Four Star Playhouse
Cannon
Jane Eyre
Hotel
One Step Beyond
Film '72
The Oscars
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Rebecca
The World of Hammer
Startime
Talking Pictures
Letter to Loretta
General Electric Theater
The Bing Crosby Show
Aloha Paradise
Ivanhoe
Suspicion
Letter from an Unknown Woman
The Women
Othello
Crossings
Quality Street
Until They Sail
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Gunga Din
Casanova's Big Night
Born to Be Bad
Breakdowns of 1942
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Becoming Cary Grant
The Bigamist
Tender Is the Night
Blond Cheat