Birthday
1917/10/22
Day of death
2013/12/15 (96 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Tokyo, Japan
Also know as
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, Joan Burfield
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...Read more
(1940) Rebecca
as Mrs. de Winter
(1948) Letter from an Unknown Woman
as Lisa Berndle
(1961) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Dr. Susan Hiller
(1956) Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
as Susan Spencer
(1948) Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
as Jane Wharton
(1939) The Women
as Peggy Day
(1941) Suspicion
as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth
(1943) Jane Eyre
as Jane Eyre
(1939) Gunga Din
as Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins
(1948) You Gotta Stay Happy
as Dee Dee Dillwood
(1952) Ivanhoe
as Rowena
(1966) The Witches
as Gwen Mayfield
(1956) Serenade
as Kendall Hale
(1957) Island in the Sun
as Mavis Norman
(1950) Born to Be Bad
as Christabel Caine Carey
(1947) Ivy
as Ivy
(2017) Becoming Cary Grant
as Self (archive footage)
(1948) The Emperor Waltz
as Johanna Augusta Franziska
(1937) A Damsel in Distress
as Alyce Marshmorton
(1951) Othello
as Page
(1937) Quality Street
as Charlotte Parratt
(1953) The Bigamist
as Eve Graham
(1950) September Affair
as Manina Stuart
(1954) Casanova's Big Night
as Francesca Bruni
(1943) The Constant Nymph
as Tessa Sanger
(1958) A Certain Smile
as Françoise Ferrand
(1952) Something to Live For
as Jenny Carey
(1938) Sky Giant
as Meg Lawrence
(1957) Until They Sail
as Anne Leslie
(1942) This Above All
as Prudence Cathaway
(1935) No More Ladies
as Caroline Rumsey
(1944) Frenchman's Creek
as Dona St. Columb
(1951) Darling, How Could You!
as Alice Grey
(1946) From This Day Forward
as Susan
(1938) The Duke of West Point
as Ann Porter
(1953) Decameron Nights
as Fiametta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella
(1945) The Affairs of Susan
as Susan Darell
(1939) Man of Conquest
as Eliza Allen
(1938) Blond Cheat
as Julie Evans
(1937) Music for Madame
as Jean Clemens
(1937) You Can't Beat Love
as Trudy Olson
(1936) A Million to One
as Joan Stevens
(1937) The Man Who Found Himself
as Doris King
(1938) Maid's Night Out
as Sheila Harrison
(1953) Flight to Tangier
as Susan Lane
(2000) Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
(1978) The Users
as Grace St. George
(1961) Hollywood: The Selznick Years
as Self (uncredited)
(2004) Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
as Self
(1994) Good King Wenceslas
as Queen Ludmilla
(1986) Dark Mansions
as Margaret Drake
(1999) Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
(1949) The Art Director
as Self / Jane Eyre (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1985) George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1962) Tender Is the Night
as Baby Warren
(1942) Breakdowns of 1942
as Self
(1977) The Love Boat
as Jennifer Langley
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Countess Irene Forelli
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1959) One Step Beyond
as Ellen Grayson
(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as ---
(1981) Aloha Paradise
as ---
(1964) The Bing Crosby Show
as ---
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Self - Guest Host
(2013) Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Melanie Langdon
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Laurel Chapman
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Judith
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Linda Stacey
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Trudy
(1986) Crossings
as Alexandra Markham
(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1962) The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Alice Pemberton