Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine
Joan Fontaine (1943)
Born	Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland 22 October 1917(1917-10-22) Tokyo, Japan
Dee'd	15 December 2013(2013-12-15) (aged 96) Carmel-by-the-Sea, Californie, Unitit States
Cause o daith	Naitural causes
Residence	Carmel-by-the-Sea, Californie
Ither names	Joan Burfield Joan St. John
Citizenship	Breetish American
Eddication	Los Gatos Heich School American Schuil in Japan
Thrift	Actress
Years active	1935–1994
Hauf-marrae(s)	Brian Aherne (m. 1939; div. 1945) William Dozier (m. 1946; div. 1951) Collier Young (m. 1952; div. 1961) Alfred Wright, Jr. (m. 1964; div. 1969)
Bairns	2
Kin	Olivia de Havilland (elder sister)

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (22 October 1917 − 15 December 2013), kent professionally as Joan Fontaine, wis a Breetish-American actress. Fontaine began her career on the stage in 1935 an signed a contract wi RKO Pictures that same year.

In 1941, she received an Academy Awaird nomination for Best Actress for her role in Rebecca, directit bi Alfred Hitchcock. The follaeing year, she wan the Academy Award for Best Actress for Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941), makin Fontaine the anly actor tae ever win an Academy Award in a film directit bi Hitchcock. Fontaine an her elder sister Olivia de Havilland are the anly set o siblings tae hae wan lead actin Academy Awairds. Durin the 1940s tae the 1990s, Fontaine continued her career in roles on the stage an in radio, telly an film. She released her autobiography, No Bed of Roses, in 1978. Efter a career spannin ower fifty years, Fontaine made her last on-screen appearance in 1994.

Born in Japan tae Breetish parents, the sisters moved tae Californie in 1919. Fontaine lived in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Californie, whaur she ained a home, Villa Fontana. It wis thare that she died o naitural causes at the age o 96 in 2013.