Joan Fontaine
- Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
- Birthday: October 22, 1917
The younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland, Joan Fontaine was a British actress known for her exceptionally poised performances in Hollywood films of the 1940s and 1950s, including Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” (1940), which earned her an Academy Award, and “Suspicion” (1941), as well as collaborations with Orson Welles in “Jane Eyre” (1944) and “Othello” (1952). Her career trajectory took her from romantic female leads in “The Constant Nymph” (1943) to formidable older women in “Serenade” (1953) and “Island i…more