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Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress best known for her roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fontaine appeared in more than 45 films in a career that spanned five decades.
Olivia Mary de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916. [3] They moved into a large house in Tokyo City, where Lilian gave informal singing recitals. [7] Olivia's younger sister Joan (Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland)—later known as actress Joan Fontaine—was born 15 months later, on October 22
After a stage career, Fontaine married the British patent attorney Walter de Havilland (1872–1968) in 1914. Their first daughter, Olivia, was born in 1916, followed by their second daughter, Joan, the following year.
Actress Joan Fontaine, right, is in New York while her sister Olivia de Havilland, left, holding the Oscar she won for best actress at the Academy Awards, is in Hollywood on March 23, 1950.
Numerous Hollywood figures paid tribute to de Havilland upon the news of her death. The striking brunette won best actress Oscars for “The Heiress” and “To Each His Own” in the late 1940s ...
Olivia de Havilland, a two-time Academy Award-winning actress, and last surviving cast member from Gone With the Wind, died peacefully from natural causes at her residence in Paris, France, on ...
Screen Guild Theater adapted the film in a half-hour version on January 4, 1943, with Joan Fontaine and Nigel Bruce reprising their roles, while Basil Rathbone assumed Cary Grant's part (as a last-minute substitute for an ill Brian Aherne). [12] Lux aired a remake on September 18, 1944, starring Olivia de Havilland, William Powell and Charles W ...
The cast also includes Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, and Alan Hale. Upon its premiere on May 14, 1938, The Adventures of Robin Hood was very well received by critics. The film was a commercial success; it grossed around $4 million at the box office, making it one of the highest grossers of 1938.