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Born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland on October 22, 1917, 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... See full bio »

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1994 Good King Wenceslas (TV movie)
Queen Ludmilla
 
1986 Dark Mansions (TV movie)
Margaret Drake
 
1986 Hotel (TV series)
Ruth Easton
– Harassed (1986) … Ruth Easton
 
1986 Crossings (TV mini-series)
Alexandra Markham
 
1983 Bare Essence (TV series)
Laura
– Hour Five (1983) … Laura
– Hour Four (1983) … Laura
 
1981 The Love Boat (TV series)
Jennifer Langley
– Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt (1981) … Jennifer Langley
 
1981 Aloha Paradise (TV series)
– Love Teacher/The Actress/Prodigy (1981)
– Turn Me On/Treasure Hunt/A Child Will Become Father (1981)
 
1980 Ryan's Hope (TV series)
Paige Williams
– Episode #1.1194 (1980) … Paige Williams
– Episode #1.1193 (1980) … Paige Williams
– Episode #1.1191 (1980) … Paige Williams
– Episode #1.1188 (1980) … Paige Williams
– Episode #1.1186 (1980) … Paige Williams
 
1978 The Users (TV movie)
Grace St. George
 
1975 Cannon (TV series)
Thelma Cain
– The Star (1975) … Thelma Cain
 
1966 The Witches
Gwen Mayfield
 
1965 The Bing Crosby Show (TV series)
Mrs. Taylor
– Operation Man Save (1965) … Mrs. Taylor
 
1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Alice Pemberton
– The Paragon (1963) … Alice Pemberton
 
1963 Wagon Train (TV series)
Naomi Kaylor
– The Naomi Kaylor Story (1963) … Naomi Kaylor
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Valerie Baumer
– The Clocks (1962) … Valerie Baumer
 
1962 Tender Is the Night
Baby Warren
 
1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dr. Susan Hiller
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
Karen Lawson
– Voyage Into Fear (1961) … Karen Lawson
 
1961 The Light That Failed (TV movie)
Hostess
 
1956-1961 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Countess Irene Forelli / Judith / Laurel Chapman / …
– A Possibility of Oil (1961) … Linda Stacey
– The Story of Judith (1960) … Judith
– At Miss Minner's (1958) … Laurel Chapman
– The Victorian Chaise-Longue (1957) … Melanie Langdon
– In Summer Promise (1956) … Countess Irene Forelli
 
1960 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Ellen Grayson
– The Visitor (1960) … Ellen Grayson
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Julie Forbes
– Closed Set (1960) … Julie Forbes
 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Margaret Lewis
– Perilous (1959) … Margaret Lewis
 
1958 A Certain Smile
Françoise Ferrand
 
1957 Until They Sail
Anne Leslie
 
1956-1957 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV series)
Adrienne
– Fatal Charm (1957)
– The De Santre Story (1956) … Adrienne
 
1957 Island in the Sun
Mavis Norman
 
1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Lynne Abbott
– Stranger in the Night (1956) … Lynne Abbott
 
1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Susan Spencer
 
1956 Star Stage (TV series)
– The Shadowy Third (1956)
 
1956 Serenade
Kendall Hale
 
1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Julie
– Your Other Love (1956) … Julie
 
1953-1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Trudy / Trudy Overmeyer
– Trudy (1955) … Trudy
– The Girl on the Park Bench (1953) … Trudy Overmeyer
 
1954 Casanova's Big Night
Francesca Bruni
 
1953 The Bigamist
Eve Graham
 
1953 Flight to Tangier
Susan Lane, Brady's Fiancée/San Francisco Herald Ledger Reporter
 
1953 Decameron Nights
Fiametta/Bartolomea/Ginevra/Isabella
 
1952 Ivanhoe
Rowena
 
1952 Othello
Page (uncredited)
 
1952 Something to Live For
Jenny Carey
 
1951 Darling, How Could You!
Alice Grey
 
1950 Born to Be Bad
Christabel Caine Carey
 
1950 September Affair
Marianne 'Manina' Stuart
 
1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Jane Wharton
 
1948 You Gotta Stay Happy
Dee Dee Dillwood
 
1948 The Emperor Waltz
Johanna Augusta Franziska
 
1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman
Lisa Berndle
 
1947 Ivy
Ivy Lexton
 
1946 From This Day Forward
Susan Cummings
 
1945 The Affairs of Susan
Susan Darell
 
1944 Frenchman's Creek
Dona St. Columb
 
1943 Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
 
1943 The Constant Nymph
Tessa Sanger
 
1942 This Above All
Prudence Cathaway
 
1941 Suspicion
Lina
 
1940 Rebecca
Mrs. de Winter
 
1939 The Women
Mrs. John Day - Peggy
 
1939 Man of Conquest
Eliza Allen
 
1939 Gunga Din
Emmy
 
1938 The Duke of West Point
Ann Porter
 
1938 Sky Giant
Meg Lawrence
 
1938 Blond Cheat
Julie Evans
 
1938 Maid's Night Out
Sheila Harrison
 
1937 A Damsel in Distress
Lady Alyce Marshmorton
 
1937 Music for Madame
Jean Clemens
 
1937 You Can't Beat Love
Trudy Olson
 
1937 The Man Who Found Himself
Nurse Doris King
 
1937 Quality Street
Charlotte Parratt (uncredited)
 
1937 A Million to One
Joan Stevens
 
1935 No More Ladies
Caroline (as Joan Burfield)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (5 titles)
1943 The Constant Nymph (performer: "Tomorrow" - uncredited)
 
1940 Rebecca ("Love's Old Sweet Song Just a Song at Twilight" 1884 - uncredited)
 
1938 Blond Cheat (performer: "It Must Be Love" 1938)
 
1937 A Damsel in Distress (performer: "Things Are Looking Up" 1937 - uncredited)
 
1937 Music for Madame (performer: "King of the Road" 1937, "I Want the World to Know" 1937)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2004 Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (37 titles)
1990 La parada (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.14 (1990) … Herself
 
1989 Más estrellas que en el cielo (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Episode #1.10 (1989) … Herself
 
1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Howard's Way (1987) … Herself
 
1985 Doris Day's Best Friends (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.7 (1985) … Herself
 
1985 The Nutcracker (TV movie)
Herself (host of television broadcast only)
 
1982 All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (documentary)
Herself
 
1979 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1978 Looks Familiar (TV series)
Herself - Guest
– Episode dated 23 November 1978 (1978) … Herself - Guest
 
1978 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 7 September 1978 (1978) … Herself
– Episode dated 31 March 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter: Best Visual Effects
 
1974 Busby Berkeley (documentary)
Herself
 
1972-1973 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 13 December 1973 (1973) … Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 27 July 1972 (1972) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1971 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 17 July 1971 (1971) … Herself
 
1969 You're Putting Me On (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 4 August 1969 (1969) … Herself
 
1967-1969 Personality (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 February 1969 (1969) … Herself
– Episode dated 18 March 1968 (1968) … Herself
– Episode dated 12 February 1968 (1968) … Herself
– Episode dated 3 July 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV documentary)
Herself (also archive footage)
 
1965-1968 Girl Talk (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 2 May 1968 (1968) … Herself
– Episode dated 28 June 1965 (1965) … Herself
 
1968 The Dick Cavett Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.5 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 Snap Judgment (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 5 February 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Herself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 3 January 1967 (1967) … Herself - Co-Host
 
1967 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Joan Fontaine (1967) … Herself
 
1958-1966 To Tell the Truth (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 28 December 1966 (1966) … Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 27 December 1966 (1966) … Herself - Panelist
– Episode dated 25 September 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 24 January 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 7 December 1964 (1964) … Herself
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1966 Eye Guess (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 October 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 28 September 1966 (1966) … Herself
 
1966 The Soupy Sales Hour (TV movie)
Herself
 
1954-1966 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist / Herself - Mystery Guest
– Episode dated 23 January 1966 (1966) … Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 17 January 1954 (1954) … Herself - Mystery Guest
 
1964 Get the Message (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 24 August 1964 (1964) … Herself
– Episode dated 4 May 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1963 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
– Episode dated 17 June 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1963 The Match Game (TV series)
Herself
– Episode dated 14 June 1963 (1963) … Herself
– Episode dated 13 June 1963 (1963) … Herself
– Episode dated 12 June 1963 (1963) … Herself
 
1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Presenter
 
1960 Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV movie)
Herself - Hostess
 
1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Introducing: Laurence Olivier
 
1957 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV series)
Herself
– Joan Fontaine (1957) … Herself
 
1956 Climax! (TV series)
Herself
– The Louella Parsons Story (1956) … Herself
 
1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest Hostess
– A Shadow Between (1955) … Herself - Guest Hostess
 
1955 Hollywood Mothers and Fathers (documentary short)
Herself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Co-Presenter: Art Direction-Set Decoration Awards
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2007 Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' (video documentary short)
Jane Eyre
 
2005 Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (TV movie)
Herself
 
2005 Ciclo Alfred Hitchcock (TV series)
 
2005 Cinema mil (TV series)
 
2000 Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1998 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1995 The Celluloid Closet (documentary)
The Second Mrs. DeWinter (uncredited)
 
1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (video documentary)
Herself
 
1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1976 Canciones para después de una guerra (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (documentary)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1960) Unsold pilot: Hosted a pilot for a romantic TV series called "The Ways of Love". It was produced by Collier Young, her husband at the time. See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Print Biographies  | 1 Interview  | 4 Articles  | 4 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Joan Burfield

Height:

5' 3" (1.60 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on working with Orson Welles on Jane Eyre] You can not battle an elephant. Orson was such a big man in every way that no one could stand up to him. On the first day at 4 o'clock, he strode in followed by his agent, a dwarf, his valet and a whole entourage. Approaching us, he proclaimed, "All right, everybody turn to page eight." And we did it, though he was not the director. See more »

Trivia:

At the age of three she scored 160 on an infant IQ test. See more »

Trademark:

Often played delicate women put through emotional turmoil See more »

Star Sign:

Libra