Joan Fontaine, Recuerda.

Quien recuerde la película sabrá pronto sobre quien hablamos,Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland nació el 22 Octubre de 1917), fue conocida siempre por Joan Fontaine, is a British American actress. Born in Japan to British parents, de Havilland and her older sister Olivia de Havilland moved to California in 1919. Fontaine began her career on the stage in 1935 and signed a contract with RKO Pictures that same year. In 1941, she earned 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 Fontaine the only actress to ever win an Academy Award in a film directed by Hitchcock. Fontaine and sister de Havilland are the only siblings to have won lead acting Academy Awards. During the 1940s to the 1990s, Fontaine continued her career in roles on the stage and in radio, television and film. She released her autobiography, No Bed of Roses, in 1978. After a career spanning over 50 years, Fontaine hizo su última aparición en 1994. Fontaine currently lives in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California where she owns a home, Villa Fontana. Fontaine, along with sister Olivia de Havilland, Luise Rainer, Maureen O'Hara, Jane Withers and Shirley Temple, are the last of the great Hollywood female movie stars from the 1930s. Sus primeros años Fontaine was born in Tokyo, Japan, to parents from the United Kingdom. Su padre, Walter Augustus de Havilland was a patent attorney with a practice in Japan, y su madre, Lilian Augusta era una conocida actriz who had left her career after going to Tokyo with her husband – she would return to work after her daughters had already won fame in the 1940s, with the stage name of Lillian Fontaine. De Havilland's parents married in 1914 and separated in 1919, when Lilian decided to end the marriage after discovering that her husband used the sexual services of geisha girls; the divorce was not finalized, however, until February 1925. She was reportedly a sickly child who developed anaemia following a combined attack of the measles and a streptococcal infection. Taking a physician's advice, their mother moved Fontaine and her sister to the United States.[3] The family settled in Saratoga, California, and Fontaine's health improved dramatically. She was educated at Los Gatos High School, and was soon taking diction lessons alongside her elder sister. When she was 16 years old, Fontaine returned to Japan to live with her father. There she attended the American School in Japan, graduating in 1935. Career from the trailer for The Women (1939) Fontaine made her stage debut in the West Coast production of Call It a Day in 1935 and was soon signed to an RKO contract. Her film debut was a small role in No More Ladies (1935) (in which she was billed as Joan Burfield). Although Fontaine, on contract with RKO, had already made her screen appearance in No More Ladies, a series of other minor roles followed, in A Million to One (1937) and Quality Street (1937), opposite Katharine Hepburn. The studio considered her a rising star, and touted The Man Who Found Himself as her first starring role, placing a special screen introduction, billed as the "new RKO screen personality" after the end credit.[6] She next appeared in a major role alongside Fred Astaire in his first RKO film without Ginger Rogers: A Damsel in Distress (1937) but audiences were disappointed and the film flopped. She continued appearing in small parts in about a dozen films, including The Women (1939) but failed to make a strong impression and her contract was not renewed when it expired in 1939. Fontaine's luck changed one night at a dinner party when she found herself seated next to producer David O. Selznick. She and Selznick began discussing the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca, and Selznick asked her to audition for the part of the unnamed heroine. She endured a grueling six-month series of film tests, along with hundreds of other actresses, before securing the part some time before her 22nd birthday. Rebecca, starring Laurence Olivier alongside Fontaine, marked the American debut of British director Alfred Hitchcock. In 1940, the film was released to glowing reviews and Fontaine was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.[5] Fontaine did not win that year (Ginger Rogers took home the award for Kitty Foyle), but Fontaine did win the following year for Best Actress in Suspicion, which co-starred Cary Grant and was also directed by Hitchcock. This is the only Academy Award winning performance directed by Hitchcock. During the 1940s, Fontaine excelled in romantic melodramas. Among her memorable films during this time were The Constant Nymph (1943) (for which she received her third Academy Award nomination), Jane Eyre (1944), Ivy (1947), and Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948). Her film successes slowed a little during the 1950s and she also began appearing in television and on the stage. She won good reviews for her role on Broadway in 1954 as Laura in Tea and Sympathy, opposite Anthony Perkins. She also appeared in numerous radio shows during the 1940s for the Lux Radio Theater. Later career During the 1960s, Fontaine continued her stage appearances in several productions, among them Private Lives, Cactus Flower and an Austrian production of The Lion in Winter. Her last theatrical film was The Witches (1966), which she also co-produced. She continued appearing in film and television roles throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the soap opera, Ryan's Hope in 1980. Fontaine's autobiography, No Bed of Roses, was published in 1978. In 1982, she was head of the jury at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival. Fontaine last film role was in the 1994 television film Good King Wenceslas. She currently resides at her estate, Villa Fontana, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California where she spends her time in her gardens and with her dogs. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Fontaine has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1645 Vine Street. Personal life Fontaine holds dual citizenship; she is British by birth (both her parents were British) and became an American citizen in April 1943.

Marriages and children Fontaine has been married and divorced four times. Su primer marido fue el actor Brian Aherne in 1939 in Del Monte, California y se divorcio en abril de 1945. En Mayo de 1946, se casa con el actor/producer William Dozier in Mexico City. La pareja tuvo una niña, Deborah Leslie, in 1948 y se separa en 1949. En 1950, Fontaine argumento para la causa de divorcio abandono. En enero de 1951 quedaron divorciados. Fontaine's third marriage was to producer and writer Collier Young on 12 November 1952. They separated in May 1960 and Fontaine filed for divorce in November 1960. Their divorce was finalized in January 1961. Fontaine's fourth and final marriage was to Sports Illustrated golf editor Alfred Wright, Jr. They married on 23 January 1964 in Elkton, Maryland, and divorced in 1969. While in South America for a film festival in 1951, Fontaine adoptó a una niña Peruana de 4 años de nombre Martita. Fontaine met Martita when she was visiting Incan ruins where Martita's father worked as a caretaker. Martita's parents allowed Fontaine to become Martita's legal guardian in order to give the child a better life. Fontaine promised Martita's parent she would send the girl back to Peru to visit when Martita was 16-years-old. When Martita turned 16, Fontaine bought her a round-trip ticket to Peru to visit her parents but Martita refused to go and opted to run away. Fontaine and Martita have been estranged since the incident occurred. While promoting her autobiography in 1978, Fontaine addressed the issue stating, "Until my adopted daughter goes back to see her parents, she's not welcome. I promised her parents. I do not forgive somebody who makes me break my work. In 1996, The New York Post reported that Fontaine was also estranged from her birth daughter, Deborah. Rivalidad Fontaine recogió el Oscar en 1942 con Gary Cooper. Ella y su hermana son las únicas que rivalizaran y consigan tener los premios de la Academy Awards. La rivalidad siempre estuvo en las dos hermanas, de Havilland siempre fue la primera en ser actriz; pero Fontaine que trataba de seguir su estela pero la madre parecía favorecer a la mayor por lo que ella rechazo el apellido familiar. La Fontaine se vio forzada a a inventar un nombre primero Joan Burfield, and finalmente se decanto por Joan Fontaine. Biographer Charles Higham records that the sisters have always had an uneasy relationship, starting in early childhood when de Havilland would rip up the clothes Fontaine had to wear as hand-me-downs, forcing Fontaine to sew them back together. A large part of the resentment between the sisters allegedly stemmed from Fontaine's perception that de Havilland was their mother's favorite child. Both de Havilland and Fontaine were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942. Fontaine won that year for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion over de Havilland's performance in Hold Back the Dawn. Charles Higham states that Fontaine "felt guilty about winning given her lack of obsessive career drive...". Higham has described the events of the awards ceremony, stating that as Fontaine stepped forward to collect her award, she pointedly rejected de Havilland's attempts at congratulating her and that de Havilland was both offended and embarrassed by her behavior. Several years later, de Havilland remembered the slight and exacted her own revenge by brushing past Fontaine, who was waiting with her hand extended, because de Havilland allegedly took offense at a comment Fontaine had made about de Havilland's husband. De Havilland's relationship with Fontaine continued to deteriorate after the two incidents. Charles Higham has stated that this was the near final straw for what became a lifelong feud, but the sisters did not completely stop speaking to each other until 1975. According to Fontaine, de Havilland did not invite her to a memorial service for their mother, who had recently died. De Havilland claims she informed Fontaine, but Fontaine brushed her off, claiming she was too busy to attend. Charles Higham records that Fontaine has an estranged relationship with her own daughters as well, possibly because she discovered that they were secretly maintaining a relationship with de Havilland. Both sisters have refused to comment publicly about their feud and dysfunctional family relationships, though in an interview with John Kobal, Fontaine stated categorically that the so-called rivalry was a pure hoax, cooked up by the studio publicity hounds. In a 1979 interview, Fontaine says the reason she stopped speaking with her sister was because de Havilland wanted their mother (who was suffering from cancer) operated on at the age of 88. Fontaine also says that when their mother died, de Havilland didn't even bother to phone to find out where she could be reached (Fontaine was on tour). Instead, de Havilland sent a telegram, but it was delivered to Fontaine two weeks later at her next stop. Filmografía Titles of filmes: 1935 No More Ladies Caroline 'Carrie' Rumsey Credited as Joan Burfield 1937 A Million to One Joan Stevens 1937 Quality Street Charlotte Parratt Uncredited 1937 The Man Who Found Himself Nurse Doris King 1937 You Can't Beat Love Trudy Olson 1937 Music for Madame Jean Clemens 1937 A Damsel in Distress Lady Alyce Marshmorton 1938 Maid's Night Out Sheila Harrison 1938 Blond Cheat Juliette 'Julie' Evans 1938 Sky Giant Meg Lawrence 1938 The Duke of West Point Ann Porter 1939 Gunga Din Emmy 1939 Man of Conquest Eliza Allen 1939 The Women Mrs. John Day (Peggy) 1940 Rebecca Mrs. deWinter Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress 1941 Suspicion Lina Won - Academy Award for Best Actress Won - New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress 1942 This Above All Prudence Cathaway 1943 The Constant Nymph Tessa Sanger Nominated - Academy Award for Best Actress 1943 Jane Eyre Jane Eyre 1944 Frenchman's Creek Dona St. Columb 1945 The Affairs of Susan Susan Darell 1946 From This Day Forward Susan Cummings 1947 Ivy Ivy 1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman Lisa Berndle 1948 The Emperor Waltz Countess Johanna Augusta Franziska 1948 You Gotta Stay Happy Dee Dee Dillwood 1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands Jane Wharton 1950 September Affair Marianne 'Manina' Stuart 1950 Born to Be Bad Christabel Caine Carey 1951 Darling, How Could You! Alice Grey 1952 Something to Live For Jenny Carey 1952 Othello Page Uncredited 1952 Ivanhoe Rowena 1953 Decameron Nights Fiametta/Bartolomea/Ginevra/Isabella 1953 Flight to Tangier Susan Lane 1953 The Bigamist Eve Graham 1954 Casanova's Big Night Francesca Bruni Alternative title: Mr. Casanova 1956 Serenade Kendall Hale 1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Susan Spencer 1957 Island in the Sun Mavis Norman 1957 Until They Sail Anne Leslie 1958 A Certain Smile Françoise Ferrand 1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Dr. Susan Hiller 1962 Tender Is the Night Baby Warren 1966 The Witches Gwen Mayfield Alternative title: The Devil's Own work of Television 1953-1954 Four Star Playhouse Trudy 2 episodes 1956 The Ford Television Theatre Julie Episode: "Your Other Love" 1956 Star Stage Episode: "The Shadowy Third" 1956 The 20th Century Fox Hour Lynne Abbott Episode: "Stranger In the Night" 1956-1957 The Joseph Cotten Show Adrienne 2 episodes 1956-1930 General Electric Theater Various roles 5 episodes 1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse Margaret Lewis Episode: "Perilous" 1960 Startime Julie Forbes Episode: "Closed Set" 1960 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond Ellen Grayson Episode: "The Visitor" 1961 The Light That Failed Hostess Television film 1961 Checkmate Karen Lawson Episode: "Voyage Into Fear" 1962 The Dick Powell Show Valerie Baumer Episode: "The Clocks" 1963 Wagon Train Naomi Kaylor Episode: "The Naomi Kaylor Story" 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Alice Pemberton Episode: "The Paragon" 1965 The Bing Crosby Show Mrs. Taylor Episode: "Operation Man Save" 1975 Cannon Thelma Cain Episode: "The Star" 1978 The Users Grace St. George Television film 1980 Ryan's Hope Paige Williams 5 episodes Nominated - Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest/Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series 1981 Aloha Paradise 2 episodes 1981 The Love Boat Jennifer Langley Episode: "Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt" 1983 Bare Essence Laura 2 episodes 1986 Crossings Alexandra Markham Miniseries 1986 Hotel Ruth Easton Episode: "Harassed" 1986 Dark Mansions Margaret Drake Television film 1994 Good King Wenceslas Queen Ludmilla Television film work in Broadway 30 September 1953 – 18 June 1955 Tea and Sympathy Laura Reynolds 26 December 1968 – 7 November 1970 Forty Carats Ann Stanley Awards and nominations 1940 Academy Award Best Actress Rebecca Nominated 1941 Academy Award Best Actress Suspicion Won 1941 NYFCC Award Best Actress Suspicion Won 1943 Academy Award Best Actress The Constant Nymph Nominated 1947 Golden Apple Award Most Cooperative Actress Won 1980 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest/Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series Ryan's Hope Nominated