Joan Fontaine

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British-American film actress human stage actress television actress

Joan Fontaine was a British-American actress best known for her Academy Award–winning performance in Alfred Hitchcock’s "Suspicion" and her role in "Rebecca," making her one of classic Hollywood’s leading stars of the 1940s.

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Joan Fontaine canonical 22

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British-American ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
television actress ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1994 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1935 ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress ⓘ
awardReceivedFor Suspicion (1941 film) ⓘ
surface form: Suspicion
birthName Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Japan ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1917-10-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-12-15 ⓘ
familyName Fontaine ⓘ
de Havilland ⓘ
genre drama films ⓘ
romantic films ⓘ
thriller films ⓘ
givenName Joan ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name Joan Fontaine self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
nominatedForWork Rebecca (1940 film) ⓘ
surface form: Rebecca

The Constant Nymph ⓘ
notableWork Beyond a Reasonable Doubt ⓘ
Born to Be Bad ⓘ
Gunga Din ⓘ
Island in the Sun ⓘ
Ivanhoe ⓘ
Jane Eyre ⓘ
Letter from an Unknown Woman ⓘ
Rebecca (1940 film) ⓘ
surface form: Rebecca

September Affair ⓘ
Suspicion (1941 film) ⓘ
surface form: Suspicion

The Bigamist ⓘ
The Constant Nymph ⓘ
The Emperor Waltz ⓘ
The Women ⓘ
This Above All ⓘ
occupation actress ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
parent Lilian Fontaine ⓘ
Walter de Havilland ⓘ
placeOfBirth Tokyo ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
surface form: Tokyo, Empire of Japan
placeOfDeath Carmel-by-the-Sea, California ⓘ
surface form: Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
residence California, United States ⓘ
sibling Olivia de Havilland ⓘ
spouse Alfred Wright, Jr. ⓘ
Brian Aherne ⓘ
Collier Young ⓘ
William Dozier ⓘ
workedWith Alfred Hitchcock ⓘ
Cary Grant ⓘ
Laurence Olivier ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gunga Din → starredActor → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Rebecca (1940 film) → starring → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
A Damsel in Distress → starring → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Olivia de Havilland → sibling → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
The Women (1939 film) → starred → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Suspicion (1941 film) → starring → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Suspicion (1941 film) → leadActor → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Joan Fontaine → name → Joan Fontaine self-link ⓘ
The Women → castMember → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
subject surface form: The Women (1939 film)
Walter de Havilland → child → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Walter de Havilland → fatherOf → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Walter de Havilland → notableRelative → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Lilian Fontaine → child → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Lilian Fontaine → motherOf → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Lilian Fontaine → relative → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Lilian Fontaine → notableRelative → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Jane Eyre (1943 film) → starring → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
The Constant Nymph → leadActor → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
The Constant Nymph → castMember → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
The Constant Nymph → academyAwardNominee → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
14th Academy Awards → bestActressWinner → Joan Fontaine ⓘ
Mady Christians → workedWith → Joan Fontaine ⓘ