Fontaine (Fontaine), Joan

Fontaine (Fontaine), Joan (p. 22. 10. 1917), American actress. Real name - Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland.

Born in Tokyo in English family, sister, actress Olivia de Havilland. She made her debut in film in 1935. Played, as a rule, pure and weak, sometimes naive heroines. The two roles of the plan became known in the films of Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rebecca' (Rebecca, 1940, nomination for 'Oscar') and 'Suspicion' (Suspicion, 1941, award 'Oscar'). On set 'Rebecca' Hitchcock deliberately intimidated actress threatened to fire her, to call him the necessary uncertainty in the behavior of the heroine.

. Later played in the film 'Jane Eyre' (Jane Eyre, 1944) and one of his best roles in the melodrama of Max Ophц?ls 'Letter from an Unknown Woman' (Letter from an Unknown Woman, 1948, after the novel by Stefan Zweig)
. In the future, her paintings are rarely rose above the average level. In addition to filming a movie, it was a pilot, interior designer, champion of competitions in ballooning and fishing, a great game of golf and is recognized as a professional chef level. Wrote an autobiography 'It's not a bed of roses' (1978).

. FILMOGRAPHY:
. 1935 NO MORE LADIES Executive
. 1937 A DAMSEL IN DISTRESS Executive
. 1937 THE MAN WHO FOUND HIMSELF Executive
. 1937 A MILLION TO ONE Performer
. 1937 MUSIC FOR MADAME singer
. 1937 QUALITY STREET Executive
. 1937 YOU CAN'T BEAT LOVE singer

. 1938 THE DUKE OF WEST POINT Executive
. 1938 MAID'S NIGHT OUT singer
. 1938 SKY GIANT Executive
. 1939 GUNGA DIN Executive
. 1939 MAN OF CONQUEST Executive
. 1939 THE WOMEN singer
. 1940 REBECCA Executive
. 1941 SUSPICION Executive
. THIS ABOVE ALL 1942 Executive
. 1943 THE CONSTANT NYMPH Executive
. 1944 FRENCHMAN'S CREEK Executive
. 1944 Jane Eyre / JANE EYRE Executive
. 1945 THE AFFAIRS OF SUSAN Executive
. 1946 FROM THIS DAY FORWARD Executive
. 1947 IVY Executive
. 1948 THE EMPEROR WALTZ Artist
. 1948 KISS THE BLOOD OFF MY HANDS Artist
. 1948 LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN singer
. 1948 YOU GOTTA STAY HAPPY Executive
. 1950 BORN TO BE BAD singer
. 1950 SEPTEMBER AFFAIR singer
. 1951 DARLING, HOW COULD YOU! Executive
. 1952 IVANHOE Executive
. 1952 OTHELLO Executive
. 1952 SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR Artist
. 1953 IL BIGAMO Executive
. 1953 DECAMERON NIGHTS Artist
. 1953 FLIGHT TO TANGIER Executive
. 1954 CASANOVA'S BIG NIGHT singer
. 1956 BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT singer
. 1956 SERENADE Artist
. 1957 ISLAND IN THE SUN Artist
. 1957 UNTIL THEY SAIL Executive
. 1958 A CERTAIN SMILE singer
. 1958 SOUTH PACIFIC Executive
. 1961 VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA Executive
. 1962 TENDER IS THE NIGHT Artist
. 1966 THE DEVIL'S OWN / THE WITCHES Executive
. 1978 THE USERS Executive
. 1985 HITCHCOCK, IL BRIVIDO DEL GENIO Executive
. 1986 DARK MANSIONS Executive
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. Award Oscar nomination in the 'actress' for 1941