Fontaine Joan Biography

Anglo-American actress. Was one of the most popular and sought -after Hollywood actresses of the 10th and 10ths. Laureate of the Oscar. One of the most famous actresses. Joan Fontaine was born on October 22 in the city of Tokyo. Father - Walter Ogastas de Havilland, was a British lawyer who had a practice in Japan. Mother - Lilian Augustus Ryuz, was a theater actress. Sister - Olivia de Havilland.

Her father’s cousin was the famous British aircraft designer Jeffrey de Havilland, aviation pioneer, creator of De Havilland Aircraft Company. In childhood, she was a very painful child, was ill with frequent colds, and after the simultaneous measles and streptococcal infection, the girl developed anemia. After the divorce of her parents, along with her mother and sister, she moved to the United States.

There de Havilland's health quickly got better. The sisters studied at the college of Losgatos, and then in the Catholic Monastery for girls. Together with her sister, she took diction lessons. When she was fifteen, she returned to Japan, where she lived with her father for two years. From the year she began to perform on the theater stage. She made her debut in the production "Name this day." There she was noticed by representatives of the RKO film company, and soon the beginning actress signed a contract with them.

Since her sister Olivia began an acting career earlier, the surname de Havilland went to her. After that, the novice actress came up with the pseudonym Barfield, which she later replaced with her mother’s theatrical name, becoming Joan Fontaine. Joan Fontaine in the cinema at the end of the year debuted in the movie in the film "Only without Dam." In the year, she played the main role - Lady Alice Marshorton - in the musical melodrama "Girlfriends".

The picture was shot according to the novel and the play by Pelham Grenville Wadhaus. In this film, Fred Aster first appeared on the screen without Ginger Rogers. As a result, the public did not like the tape, and it failed at the box office. Joan Fontaine in the film "Girls Suffering" further Fontein appeared in a dozen films, but they were all passable and did not bring anything to her beginning film career.

At one title, I got acquainted with the famous Hollywood producer David O. At dinner, he talked about the script for the film “Rebecca”, according to the novel of the same name by Daphne Dumorye, after which he invited Joan to try one of the roles in this picture. At the samples, Fontaine showed herself well, because of which she got the main role - the second Mrs. de Winter.

The film, which became the American debut of the British director Alfred Hitchcock, received 11 nominations for the Oscar, including for the “Best Actress” for Joan Fontaine. The thriller "Rebecca" went out in the year.

The Gothic romance with Daphne Du Morye's contrivations: a rich widower carries out the girl, and she has no doubt for a minute that fate smiled at her, and she found her loved one. After a dizzying novel, they marry, but, as their relationship is strengthened, the heroine is increasingly pursuing the spirit of the deceased first wife of her husband Rebecca. The tape tells how Lina McLadlow marries the first oncoming under the pressure of her parents.

It turns out to them Johnny Eisgart - a frivolous loafer whose attention bribed her. The husband tries to please his wife very much, brings her to a chic mansion, gets to work. But the thoughts that she does not know anything about Johnny does not give her peace and worry more and more. Lina begins to be afraid of her husband. Fear and a sense of danger are pumped more and more for their role, Joan received the Oscar.

Joan Fontaine in the film "Suspicion" in the year was the main role - Teresa "Tess" Sender - in the musical picture "The Right Beauty". Fourteen -year -old Tessa is hopelessly in love with the beautiful composer Lewis Dodd, a family friend. Lewis loves Tessa, but never showed any romantic feelings for her. When Tessa's father dies, Lewis takes on custody of Tesso and her sisters.

Soon he marries Tessa Florence's cousin. Dee Dilwood is a very unusual girl. Since childhood, being an orphan, she, nevertheless, is the heiress of a huge state and never knew the need for money. This circumstance, however, played a cruel joke with her - Dee grew an indecisive and windy special. Joan Fontaine in the film “Do not Lone your Happiness” played the main role in the year - Susan Spencer - in the criminal drama “Outside of reasonable doubt”.

The newspaper publisher Austin Spencer, along with his future son -in -law, Tom Garrett comes up with a cunning plan for how to expose a system that sends people to an electric chair on charges of murder only on the basis of indirect evidence. They learn about the murder of a nightclub dancer and leave evidence that would indicate Tom, everything is fixed in detail and photographed, so that when Tom is found guilty, the court will present irrefutable evidence of his innocence.

Joan Fontaine in the film "Outside the Reasonable doubt" for the last time appeared in the movie in the film "Witches", playing the role of Gwen Maifield.In the year, in an interview with rivalry with sister Olivia de Hawillend Fontaine, he narrated: “I was the first to get married, I received an Oscar before Olivia, and if I die first, it will undoubtedly be furious because I will be ahead of it in this.” In recent years, Joan Fontaine lived with a quiet and secluded life in the small California town of Karmel-Bai-Te-Ts, caring for her garden and two dogs.

Joan Fontaine died in a dream on December 15, in a year of life. The next day, her sister Olivia de Havilland made a short statement about the death of Fontaine, in which she reported that she was shocked and saddened by her death. The body of the actress was cremated, the ashes were scattered. For a contribution to the cinema of the United States, the actress was awarded a star on the Hollywood alley of Glory.

Growth Joan Fontaine: centimeters. Personal life Joan Fontaine: It was married four times. The first husband is Brian Achaern, married for a year. The second husband is William Dozier, producer and actor. In gave birth to a daughter Deborah, and also adopted Puertorikka Miriam, who later escaped from the house. The third husband is Yang's College, marriage from a year.

The fourth husband is Alfred Wright ML, married for a year. In the year she accepted American citizenship. Darling, How Cold You! No Bed of Roses. Berkley Publing Group - Charles Higham. When quoting and using materials, a link to Stuki-Druki-Druki pits. When quoting and using Hyperlink Hyperlink Hyperlink on the Internet or Stuki-Druki.