Joan Fontaine

Also Credited As:

Joan Burfield, Joan St John, Joan De Beauvoir de Havilland
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Biography

The younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine was a British actress known for her exceptionally poised performances in a string of popular Hollywood films throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Following well-received appearances in the George Stevens epic-adventure "Gunga Din" (1939) and George Cukor's "The Women" (1939), Fontaine wowed audiences with her performance in Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller ""Rebecca" (1940). …
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Job Title

Actor

Born

October 22, 1917

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