Joan Fontaine Video | Celebrity Interview and Paparazzi

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. Born in Japan to British parents, de Havilland and her older sister Olivia de Havilland moved to California in 1919. Fontaine began her career on the stage in 1935 and signed a contract with RKO Pictures that same year. In 1941, she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her...  MORE

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, known professionally as Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. Born in Japan to British parents, de Havilland and her older sister Olivia de Havilland moved to California in 1919. Fontaine began her career on the stage in 1935 and signed a contract with RKO Pictures that same year. In 1941, she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The following year, she won the Best Actress Academy Award for Hitchcock's Suspicion, the only actress Academy Award ever won in a film directed by Hitchcock. Fontaine and sister de Havilland are the only siblings to have won lead acting Academy Awards. During the 1940s to the 1990s, Fontaine continued her career in roles on the stage and in radio, television and film. She released her autobiography, No Bed of Roses, in 1978. After a career spanning over 50 years, Fontaine made her last on-screen appearance in 1994. Fontaine currently lives in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California where she owns a home, Villa Fontana. Fontaine and sister de Havilland are two of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s. LESS