Profile
Full Name:- Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland
Nick Name:- Joan Fontaine |Joan Burfield | Joan St. Joh
Profession:- Actor | Writer | Furniture Designer
Born:- (October 22, 1917)
Date Of Death:- (December 15, 2013)
Citizen:- United Kingdom | America (from 1943)
Children:- 2
Parents:- Lilian Fontaine (mother) | Walter de Havilland (father)
Birthplace:- Tokyo (Japan)
Place Of Death:- Carmel Highlands, California, US
Cause of Death:- Natural Cause
Physical Stats
Height:- 5 ‘3” (1.61 m)
Weight:- 49 kg
Eye Color:- Hazel
Hair Color:- Brown
Body Type:- Slim
Career
Debut:- Film Call It a Day (1935)
Awards/Honors:-
Academy Award
1940: Best Actress (Rebecca) | Nominated
1942: Best Actress (Suspicion) | Won
1943: Best Actress (The Constant Nymph) | Nominated
NYFCC Award
1940: Best Actress (Rebecca) | Nominated
1941: Best Actress (Suspicion) | Won
Golden Apple Award
1947: Most Cooperative Actress | Won
Daytime Emmy Award
1980: Outstanding Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series (Ryan’s Hope) | Won
Relationship
She Was Married And Divorced 4 Times
First Marriage:- Brian Aherne, in 1939 & Divorced in April 1945.
2nd Marriage:- William Dozier (actor/producer) in Mexico City, In May 1946 & Divorced in 1949.
3rd Marriage:- Collier Young (producer and writer) on November 12, 1952, divorced in May 1960.
4th Marriage:- Alfred Wright (golf editor) on January 23, 1964, divorced in 1969.
Some unknown Facts About Joan Fontaine
- She became a United States citizen in 1943.
- She mostly appeared in drama films from the 1940s.
Gallery
Photo of Olivia and Joan Fontaine, Captured by Bob Landry for life magazine, At Fontaine home year (1942).
At the 1942 Academy Awards, Joan Fontaine admiring her best actress Oscar for her role as Lina McLaidlaw in “suspicion”
Costume design by Rene Hubert, Joan Fontaine in “Jane Eyre (1943)
Joan Fontaine as Mrs. De Winter In Rebecca (1940).
Joan Fontaine at the age of 22, (1939)
Joan Fontaine, During Photoshoot.
Joan Fontaine and Cary in Suspicion, 1941, Black & White Picture.