Joan Fontaine (I) (1917–2013)

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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, 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 ... See full bio »

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Known For

Argwaan
Argwaan Lina McLaidlaw
(1941)
Rebecca
Rebecca Mrs. de Winter
(1940)
Brief van een onbekende vrouw
Brief van een onbekende vrouw Lisa Berndle
(1948)
Ongeweten liefde
Ongeweten liefde Tessa Sanger
(1943)
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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
- Episode #1.3 (1986) ... Alexandra Markham
- Episode #1.2 (1986) ... Alexandra Markham
- Episode #1.1 (1986) ... 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
 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 Show (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 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Linda Stacey / 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
- Summer Promise (1956) ... Countess Irene Forelli
 1960 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 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series)
Joan Fontaine
- Joan Fontaine (1957) ... Joan Fontaine
 1957 Vrouwen zonder mannen
Anne Leslie
 1957 Island in the Sun
Mavis Norman
 1956 On Trial (TV Series)
Adrienne
- The De Santre Story (1956) ... Adrienne
 1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series)
Lynne Abbott
- Stranger in the Night (1956) ... Lynne Abbott
 1956 Verdwenen alibi
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 (1955) ... Trudy
- The Girl on the Park Bench (1953) ... Trudy
 1954 Casanova's Big Night
Francesca Bruni
 1953 The Bigamist
Eve Graham
 1953 Flight to Tangier
Susan Lane
 1953 Decameron Nights
Fiammetta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / ...
 1952 Ivanhoe
Rowena
 1952 Something to Live For
Jenny Carey
 1951 Darling, How Could You!
Alice Grey
 1950 Born to Be Bad
Christabel
 1950 September Affair
Marianne 'Manina' Stuart
 1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Jane Wharton
 1948 Schep vreugde in 't leven
Dee Dee Dillwood
 1948 The Emperor Waltz
Johanna Augusta Franziska
 1948 Brief van een onbekende vrouw
Lisa Berndle
 1947 Ivy
Ivy Lexton
 1946 From This Day Forward
Susan
 1945 The Affairs of Susan
Susan Darell
 1944 Frenchman's Creek
Dona St. Columb
 1943 Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
 1943 Ongeweten liefde
Tessa Sanger
 1942 Mensen op de tweesprong
Prudence Cathaway
 1941 Argwaan
Lina McLaidlaw
 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 Het meisje in de taxi
Lady Alyce
 1937 Muziek voor madame
Jean Clemens
 1937 You Can't Beat Love
Trudy Olson
 1937 De man die zichzelf vond
Doris King
 1937 Quality Street
Charlotte Parratt (uncredited)
 1936 A Million to One
Joan Stevens
 1935 No More Ladies
Caroline (as Joan Burfield)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(5/31/43) Radio: Appeared on "Screen Directors Playhouse" in "Rebecca". See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Print Biographies | 2 Interviews | 9 Articles | 2 Pictorials | 7 Magazine Cover Photos | See more »

Alternate Names:

Joan Burfield

Height:

5' 3½" (1.61 m)

Spouse:

Alfred Wright, Jr.  (divorced) | See more »

Children:

Martita Pareja | See more »

Parents:

Walter Augustus de Havilland | Lilian Fontaine

Relatives:

Gisèle Galante (niece or nephew) | See more »
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Personal Quote:

By the way, we may not get along personally, but I am absolutely thrilled that my sister has accomplished what she has. Imagine what we could have done if we had gotten together. We could have selected the right scripts, the right directors, the right producers - we could have built our own empire. But it was not to be. See more »

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Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1982 See more »

Trademark:

Striking, innocent beauty See more »
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