Joan Fontaine
Biografia
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". She was born 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. Mrs. de Havilland and the two girls settled in Saratoga while their father went back to his practice in Japan. Joan's parents did not get along well and divorced soon afterward. Mrs. de Havilland had a desire to be an actress but her dreams were curtailed when she married, but now she hoped to pass on her dream to Olivia and Joan. While Olivia pursued a stage career, Joan went back to Tokyo, where she attended the American School. In 1934 she came back to California, where her sister was already making a name for herself on the stage. Joan likewise joined a theater group in San Jose and then Los Angeles to try her luck there. After moving to L.A., Joan adopted the name of Joan Burfield because she didn't want to infringe upon Olivia, who was using the family surname. She tested at MGM and gained a small role in No More Ladies (1935), but she was scarcely noticed and Joan was idle for a year and a half. During this time she roomed with Olivia, who was having much more success in films. In 1937, this time calling herself Joan Fontaine, she landed a better role as Trudy Olson in You Can't Beat Love (1937) and then an uncredited part in Quality Street (1937). Although the next two years saw her in better roles, she still yearned for something better. In 1940 she garnered her first Academy Award nomination for Rebecca (1940). Although she thought she should have won, (she lost out to Ginger Rogers in Kitty Foyle (1940)), she was now an established member of the Hollywood set. She would again be Oscar-nominated for her role as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth in Suspicion (1941), and this time she won. Joan was making one film a year but choosing her roles well. In 1942 she starred in the well-received This Above All (1942). The following year she appeared in The Constant Nymph (1943). Once again she was nominated for the Oscar, she lost out to Jennifer Jones in The Song of Bernadette (1943). By now it was safe to say she was more famous than her older sister and more fine films followed. In 1948, she accepted second billing to Bing Crosby in The Emperor Waltz (1948). Joan took the year of 1949 off before coming back in 1950 with September Affair (1950) and Born to Be Bad (1950). In 1951 she starred in Paramount's Darling, How Could You! (1951), which turned out badly for both her and the studio and more weak productions followed. Absent from the big screen for a while, she took parts in television and dinner theaters. She also starred in many well-produced Broadway plays such as Forty Carats and The Lion in Winter. Her last appearance on the big screen was The Witches (1966) and her final appearance before the cameras was Good King Wenceslas (1994). She is, without a doubt, a lasting movie icon.
Filmografia
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Becoming Cary Grant
Film • 2017
jako Self (archive footage)
Talking Pictures
Serial • 2013
jako Self (archive footage)
Vito
Film • 2011
jako Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Rebecca'
Film • 2008
jako Self (archive footage)
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
Film • 2004
jako Self (archive footage)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
Film • 2000
jako Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Film • 1999
jako Self (archive footage)
Good King Wenceslas
Film • 1994
jako Queen Ludmilla
The World of Hammer
Serial • 1994
jako Self (archive footage)
Dark Mansions
Film • 1986
jako Margaret Drake
Crossings
Serial • 1986
jako Alexandra Markham
All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
Film • 1982
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Hotel
Serial • 1982
Showbiz Ballyhoo
Film • 1982
jako Self (archive footage)
Aloha Paradise
Serial • 1981
The Users
Film • 1978
jako Grace St. George
The Love Boat
Serial • 1977
jako Jennifer Langley
Canciones para después de una guerra
Film • 1976
jako Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film '72
Serial • 1971
jako Self
Cannon
Serial • 1971
jako Thelma Cain
The Witches
Film • 1966
jako Gwen Mayfield
The Bing Crosby Show
Serial • 1964
The Paragon
Film • 1963
jako Alice Pemberton
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Serial • 1962
jako Alice Pemberton
Tender Is the Night
Film • 1962
jako Baby Warren
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Film • 1961
jako Self (uncredited)
The Mike Douglas Show
Serial • 1961
jako Self - Co-Host
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Film • 1961
jako Dr. Susan Hiller
Startime
Serial • 1959
jako Julie Forbes
One Step Beyond
Serial • 1959
jako Ellen Grayson
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Serial • 1958
A Certain Smile
Film • 1958
jako Françoise Ferrand
Until They Sail
Film • 1957
jako Anne Leslie
Island in the Sun
Film • 1957
jako Mavis Norman
Ponad wszelką wątpliwość
Film • 1956
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Tony Awards
Serial • 1956
jako Self - Presenter
Serenade
Film • 1956
jako Kendall Hale
The 20th Century Fox Hour
Serial • 1955
Wielka noc Casanovy
Film • 1954
jako Francesca Bruni
The Bigamist
Film • 1953
jako Eve Graham
Flight to Tangier
Film • 1953
jako Susan Lane
Letter to Loretta
Serial • 1953
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Oscary
Serial • 1953
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General Electric Theater
Serial • 1953
jako Countess Irene Forelli
Decameron Nights
Film • 1953
jako Fiametta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella
Four Star Playhouse
Serial • 1952
jako Trudy
Ivanhoe
Film • 1952
jako Rowena
Something to Live For
Film • 1952
jako Jenny Carey
Otello
Film • 1951
jako Page
Darling, How Could You!
Film • 1951
jako Alice Grey
September Affair
Film • 1950
jako Manina Stuart
Zła od urodzenia
Film • 1950
jako Christabel
What's My Line?
Serial • 1950
jako Self
The Art Director
Film • 1949
jako Self / Jane Eyre (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Film • 1948
jako Jane Wharton
You Gotta Stay Happy
Film • 1948
jako Dee Dee Dillwood
The Emperor Waltz
Film • 1948
jako Johanna Augusta Franziska
List od nieznanej kobiety
Film • 1948
jako Lisa Berndle
Ivy
Film • 1947
jako Ivy
Od dzisiaj
Film • 1946
jako Susan
The Affairs of Susan
Film • 1945
jako Susan Darell
Frenchman's Creek
Film • 1944
jako Dona St. Columb
Jane Eyre
Film • 1943
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The Constant Nymph
Film • 1943
jako Tessa Sanger
Breakdowns of 1942
Film • 1942
jako Self
This Above All
Film • 1942
jako Prudence Cathaway
Podejrzenie
Film • 1941
jako Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
Rebeka
Film • 1940
jako Mrs. de Winter
Joan Fontaine Wardrobe Test
Film • 1939
jako Self
Kobiety
Film • 1939
jako Peggy Day
Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca" Screen Test
Film • 1939
jako Self
Man of Conquest
Film • 1939
jako Eliza Allen
Gunga Din
Film • 1939
jako Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
The Duke of West Point
Film • 1938
jako Ann Porter
Sky Giant
Film • 1938
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Blond Cheat
Film • 1938
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Maid's Night Out
Film • 1938
jako Sheila Harrison
A Damsel in Distress
Film • 1937
jako Alyce Marshmorton
Music for Madame
Film • 1937
jako Jean Clemens
You Can't Beat Love
Film • 1937
jako Trudy Olson
The Man Who Found Himself
Film • 1937
jako Doris King
Quality Street
Film • 1937
jako Charlotte Parratt
A Million to One
Film • 1936
jako Joan Stevens
No More Ladies
Film • 1935
jako Caroline Rumsey