Personal Info
Known Credits
57
Gender
Female
Birthdate
1917-10-22 (108 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also Known For
Joan de Beauvoir de HavillandJoan Burfield
Joan Fontaine
Biography
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 hope ...
Known For
Acting
2017 --
Becoming Cary Grant
| Self (archive footage)
2004 --
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
| Self (archive footage)
2000 --
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
| Self (archive footage)
1999 --
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
| Self (archive footage)
1994 --
Good King Wenceslas
| Queen Ludmilla
1986 --
Dark Mansions
| Margaret Drake
1985 --
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1982 --
All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
| Self
1978 --
The Users
| Grace St. George
1966 --
The Witches
| Gwen Mayfield
1962 --
Tender Is the Night
| Baby Warren
1961 --
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
| Self (uncredited)
1961 --
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
| Dr. Susan Hiller
1958 --
A Certain Smile
| Françoise Ferrand
1957 --
Until They Sail
| Anne Leslie
1957 --
Island in the Sun
| Mavis Norman
1956 --
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
| Susan Spencer
1956 --
Serenade
| Kendall Hale
1954 --
Casanova's Big Night
| Francesca Bruni
1953 --
The Bigamist
| Eve Graham
1953 --
Flight to Tangier
| Susan Lane
1953 --
Decameron Nights
| Fiametta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella
1952 --
Ivanhoe
| Rowena
1952 --
Something to Live For
| Jenny Carey
1951 --
Othello
| Page
1951 --
Darling, How Could You!
| Alice Grey
1950 --
September Affair
| Manina Stuart
1950 --
Born to Be Bad
| Christabel Caine Carey
1949 --
The Art Director
| Self / Jane Eyre (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
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 --
The Constant Nymph
| Tessa Sanger
1942 --
Breakdowns of 1942
| Self
1942 --
This Above All
| Prudence Cathaway
1941 --
Suspicion
| Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
1940 --
Rebecca
| Mrs. de Winter
1939 --
The Women
| Peggy Day
1939 --
Man of Conquest
| Eliza Allen
1939 --
Gunga Din
| Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
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
| Alyce Marshmorton
1937 --
Music for Madame
| Jean Clemens
1937 --
You Can't Beat Love
| Trudy Olson
1937 --
The Man Who Found Himself
| Doris King
1937 --
Quality Street
| Charlotte Parratt
1936 --
A Million to One
| Joan Stevens
1935 --
No More Ladies
| Caroline Rumsey