- Joan Fontaine was a British-American actress, best known for her starring roles in classic Hollywood films
- Fontaine appeared in over 45 feature films in a career that spanned five decades
| Born: | 22 October 1917 Comment | | When did Joan Fontaine die? / Died | 15 December 2013 | | How many years did Joan Fontaine live? / Lived | 96 years | | Zodiac sign: | Libra |
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Who was Joan Fontaine? / Facts
- Born in Tokyo to British parents, Fontaine moved with her mother and sister, Olivia, to California following her parents' divorce
- She was an anaemic child and her childhood was subsequently marred by poor health, which did, however, improve by her teen years
- After living and attending school in Japan for a short while, she began her stage career in 1935, signing a film contract with RKO Pictures the same year
- After some minor roles, she received her first starring role in The Man Who Found Himself (1937); however, she failed to make a significant impression and her contract was not renewed upon its expiration
- Her career prospects improved greatly after her starring role in the Alfred Hitchcock-directed Rebecca (1940), for which she received her first of three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress; the following year, she won for her role in Suspicion (1941)
- She appeared mostly in drama films through the 1940s; by the next decade, her career began to decline and she moved into stage and television roles
- She appeared in fewer films into the 1960s, her final feature film being The Witches (1966)
- Fontaine was active in radio, television, and the stage for most of her middle to later life
- She released an autobiography, No Bed of Roses, in 1978; she continued to act until her last performance in 1994
- Fontaine lived in Carmel Highlands, California, where she owned a home, Villa Fontana
- She died there of natural causes at the age of 96 in 2013
- Having won an Academy Award for her role in Suspicion, Fontaine is the only actor to have won an Academy Award for acting in a Hitchcock film
- Furthermore, her sister and she remain the only siblings to have won major acting Academy Awards
- Married four times, she had one child and adopted another, from whom she was later estranged
- Her relationship with her sister was long known to be acrimonious, and included long periods of estrangement, especially in later life
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Last update: 02 July 2020
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