Personal Info
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland
Joan Burfield
Joan Fontaine
Acting
Biography
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". She was born in Tokyo, Japan, in what was known as the International Settlement. Her father was a British patent attorney with a lucrative practice in Japan, but due to Joan and older sister Olivia de Havilland's recurring ailments the family moved to California in the hopes of improving their health. Mrs. de Havilland and the two girls settled in Saratoga while their fat…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Becoming Cary Grant
as Self (archive footage)
Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock
as Self (archive footage)
Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Good King Wenceslas
as Queen Ludmilla
Dark Mansions
as Margaret Drake
All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story
as Self
Showbiz Ballyhoo
as Self (archive footage)
The Users
as Grace St. George
Songs for After a War
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TV Shows
Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
The World of Hammer
as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep.
Crossings
as Alexandra Markham · 3 ep.
Hotel
1 ep.
Aloha Paradise
1 ep.
The Love Boat
as Jennifer Langley · 1 ep.
Cannon
2 ep.
The Bing Crosby Show
1 ep.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Alice Pemberton · 1 ep.
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host · 1 ep.
