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Joan Fontaine: Biography

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Birth Name: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland
Birth Place: Tokyo, Japan
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/22/1917, Libra
Profession: Actor

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Joan Fontaine Fast Facts:

Made her screen debut in 1935's No More Ladies billed as Joan Burfield; has also used the name Joan St. John.
Favorite leading man was Charles Boyer, her costar in 1943's The Constant Nymph.
She and Olivia de Havilland were the first sisters to win Oscars and the first ones to be Oscar-nominated in the same year, 1941 (Joan won for Suspicion and Olivia was nominated for Hold Back the Dawn).
Costarred with her mother in Ivy and The Bigamist.
Autobiography No Bed of Roses was published in 1978.
Is vice-president emeritus of the Episcopal Actors' Guild of America.
Had a hole-in-one at both California's Cypress Point and Carmel Valley Golf Clubs.
Is a licensed interior decorator and a licensed pilot.
Is a recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award.

Joan Fontaine Relationships:
Brian Aherne - Ex-husband
Lillian Fontaine - Mother
Olivia de Havilland - Sister
Collier Young - Ex-husband
William Dozier - Ex-husband
George M. Fontaine - Stepfather
Alfred Wright Jr. - Ex-husband
Martita Pareja Calderon - Daughter
Walter Augustus de Havilland - Father
Deborah Dozier - Daughter
Joan Fontaine Awards:
1940 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee
1941 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
1943 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Nominee

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