Mini-Biography:
Joan Fontaine was born on October 22, 1917 in Tokyo. She was an American Herec, known for A Damsel in Distress (1937), From this day forward (1946), Beyond any reasonable doubt (1956), Joan Fontaine's first movie on record is from 1935. Joan Fontaine died on Dezember 15, 2013 in Carmel, California, USA. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1996.
Zivotopisné poznámky (v němčině): eigentlich Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, Schwester, geboren in Tokyo, zogen ihre Eltern mit ihrer älteren Schwester, der der Schauspielerin Olivia de Havilland, 1919 nach Kalifornien. Ihrer Theaterkarriere begann 1935, im gleichen Jahr unterzeichnete sie einen Filmvertrag mit RKO Pictures.
1941 wurde sie als beste Schauspielerin in Hitchcock's Rebecca für den Oscar erhielt, 1942 erhielt sie dann die Auszeichnung für ihre Hauptrolle in Suspicion, ebenfalls von Alfred Hitchcock. Zu ihren grossen Rollen in den Vierziger Jahren zählen weiters The Constant Nymph (1943),Jane Eyre (1944), Ivy (1947), und Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948).
Nach 1950 wurden ihre Erfolge spärlicher, Ivanhoe (1952), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) oder Tender Is the Night (1962) wären noch zu nennen. The Witches im Jahre 1966 war Joan Fontaine's letzte Filmrolle, die aber bis 1994 noch TV-Rollen spielte.
Joan Fontaine's Autobiiographie, No Bed of Roses, erschien 1978
Am 15. Dezember 2013 starb die Schauspielerin in ihrem Haus im kalifornischen Carmel. [lhg 2013]
Joan Fontaine Filmografie [Auszug]
1996: [] The Devil's own (Herci: Gwen Mayfield), Režie Cyril Frankel, with Ingrid Brett, John Collin,
1986: [] Crossings (Herci: Alexandra Markham), Režie Karen Arthur, with Horst Buchholz, Garrik Dowhen,
1962: [02.19] Tender is the night (Herci: Baby Warren), Režie Henry King, with Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards,
1961: [/ /1] Voyage to the bottom of the Sea (Herci: Dr. Susan Hiller), Režie Irwin Allen, with Michael Ansara, Frankie Avalon, Barbara Eden,
1958: [07.31] A Certain Smile (Herci: Françoise Ferrand), Režie Jean Negulesco, with Rossano Brazzi, Bradford Dillman,
1957: [10.08] Until they sail (Herci: Anne Leslie), Režie Robert Wise, with Nicky Blair, Wally Cassell,
1957: [/ /1] Island in the sun (Herci: Mavis Norman), Režie Robert Rossen, with Harry Belafonte, Joan Collins, Dorothy Dandridge,
1956: [10.26] The De Santre Story (Herci: Adrienne), with Joseph Cotten, Mabel Taliaferro, Robert Cornthwaite,
1956: [] Beyond any reasonable doubt (Herci: Susan Spencer), Režie Fritz Lang, with Dana Andrews, Sidney Blackmer,
1956: [] Serenade (Herci: Kendall Hale), Režie Anthony Mann, with Licia Albanese, Harry Bellaver, Joseph Calleia,
1954: [/ /1] Casanova's big night (Herci: Francesca Bruni), Režie Norman Z. McLeod, with Bob Hope, Audrey Malton, Vincent Price,
1953: [] The Bigamist (Herci: Eve Graham), Režie Ida Lupino, with Ida Lupino, Edmond O'Brien,
1953: [02.20] Ivanhoe (Herci: Lady Rowena), Režie Richard Thorpe, with Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor,
1953: [..] Decameron Nights (Herci: Fiametta/Bartolomea/Ginevra/Isabella),
1953: [..] Flight to Tangier (Herci: Susan Lane),
1952: [/ /1] Something to live for (Herci: Jenny Carey), Režie George Stevens, with Richard Derr, Douglas Dick, Ray Milland,
1951: [/ /1] Othello (Herci: Page (/xx/)), Režie Orson Welles, with Nicholas Bruce, Suzanne Cloutier, Fay Compton,
1951: [..] Darling, How Could You! (Herci: Alice Grey),
1951: [03.16] The Light That Failed (Herci: Hostess ), Režie Marc Daniels, with Richard Basehart, Susan Harrison, Eric Berry,
1950: [/ /1] Born to be bad (Herci: Christabel Caine Carey), Režie Nicholas Ray, with Virginia Farmer, Mel Ferrer, Bess Flowers,
1950: [] September affair (Herci: Manina Stuart), with Françoise Rosay,
1948: [/ /1] Kiss the blood off my hands (Herci: Jane Wharton), Režie Norman Foster, with Burt Lancaster, Robert Newton,
1948: [] The Emperor Waltz (Herci: Johanna Augusta Franziska), Režie Billy Wilder, with Bing Crosby,
1948: [..] You Gotta Stay Happy (Herci: Dee Dee Dillwood), Režie H.C. Potter, with James Stewart, Eddie Albert,
1948: [04.28] Letter from an unknown woman (Herci: Lisa Berndle), Režie Max OphĂĽls, with Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians,
1947: [/ /1] Ivy (Herci: Ivy Lexton), Režie Sam Wood, with Patric Knowles, Herbert Marshall,
1946: [/ /1] From this day forward (Herci: Susan Cummings), Režie John Berry, with Wally Brown, Rosemary DeCamp, Harry Morgan,
1945: [..] The Affairs of Susan (Herci: Susan Darell),
1944: [/ /1] Frenchman's Creek (Herci: Lady Donna St. Columb), Režie Mitchell Leisen, with Nigel Bruce, Arturo de CĂłrdova, Basil Rathbone,
1943: [/ /1] Jane Eyre (Herci: Jane Eyre), Režie Robert Stevenson, with Orson Welles, Margaret O'Brien, Peggy Ann Garner,
1943: [/ /1] The constant nymph (Herci: Tessa Sanger), Režie Edmund Goulding, with Charles Boyer, Peter Lorre,
1942: [05.12] This Above All (Herci: Prudence Cathaway ), Režie Anatole Litvak, with Tyrone Power, Thomas Mitchell,
1941: [] Suspicion (Herci: Lina McLaidlaw), Režie Alfred Hitchcock, with Cary Grant, Heather Angel,
1940: [] Rebecca (Herci: The second Mrs. de Winter), Režie Alfred Hitchcock, with Judith Anderson, Nigel Bruce,
1939: [////1] The women (Herci: Mrs. John Day (Peggy)), Režie George Cukor, with Maude Allen, Mary Boland,
1939: [/ /1] Gunga Din (Herci: Emmy), Režie George Stevens, with Abner Biberman, Eduardo Ciannelli,
1939: [..] Man of Conquest (Herci: Eliza Allen),
1938: [12.29] The Duke of West Point (Herci: Ann Porter), Režie Alfred E. Green, with Louis Hayward, Tom Brown,
1938: [..] Maid's Night Out (Herci: Sheila Harrison),
1938: [..] Blond Cheat (Herci: Julie Evans),
1938: [..] Sky Giant (Herci: Meg Lawrence),
1937: [/ /1] A Damsel in Distress (Herci: Lady Alyce Marshmorton), Režie George Stevens, with Fred Astaire,
1937: [] Quality Street (Herci: Charlotte Parratt (/xx/)), Režie George Stevens, with Fay Bainter, Eric Blore,
1937: [..] The Man Who Found Himself (Herci: Nurse Doris King),
1937: [..] You Can't Beat Love (Herci: Trudy Olson),
1937: [..] Music for Madame (Herci: Jean Clemens),
1935: [] No More Ladies (Herci: AKA Joan Burfield), Režie Edward H. Griffith, with Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery,
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