Full Name: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland
Profession: Actress
Biography: Received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in "Rebecca", directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Hitchcock's "Suspicion" (1941), making her the only actor to ever win an Academy Award in a film directed by Hitchcock
Born: October 22, 1917
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Generation: Greatest Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Libra
Died: December 15, 2013 (aged 96)
Cause of Death: Natural causes
Married Life
- 1939-08-20 "Rebecca" actress Joan Fontaine (21) weds actor Brian Aherne (37); divorce in 1945
- 1946-05-02 "Rebecca" actress Joan Fontaine (28) weds producer and actor William Dozier (38); divorce in 1951
Historical Events
- 1940-03-21 "Rebecca" based on the book by Daphne du Maurier, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine premieres in Miami, Florida (Oscar - Best Picture 1941)
- 1942-03-02 14th Academy Awards: "How Green was My Valley", Gary Cooper, and Joan Fontaine win
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