Joan Fontaine
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| Joan Fontaine | |
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 Cropped screenshot of Joan Fontaine from the trailer for the film Born to Be Bad |
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| Born | Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland October 22, 1917 Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1935–1994 |
| Known for | Oscar-winning actress for "Suspicion" (1941) |
| Height | 1,60 cm |
| Spouse | Brian Aherne (m.1939-1945, divorced) William Dozier (m.1939-1945, divorced; 1 child) Collier Young (m.1952-1961, divorced) Alfred Wright, Jr. (m.1964-1969, divorced) |
| Children | Deborah Leslie Dozier November 5, 1948 |
| Parents | Walter Augustus de Havilland Lillian Augusta Ruse (b.1886-d.1975) |
| Relatives | Olivia de Havilland (younger sister) |
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (born on October 22, 1917 in Tokyo, Japan), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British-American actress and singer. She and her older sister Olivia de Havilland are two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s.
Fontaine is the only actress to have won an Academy Award for a performance in a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Suspicion (1941).[1]
Fontaine was born in Tokyo to British parents. She became an American citizen in 1943. She has divorced four times. She has one child from her second marriage.
References[change]
- ↑ Booker, M. Keith (2011). Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-8108-7192-0.
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