Died Today (December 15th): Joan Fontaine (1917–2013)

Joan Fontaine (1917–2013)

Born: October 22, 1917 in Tokyo, Japan
Died: December 15, 2013 (age 96) in Carmel, California, USA

Married to: Alfred Wright, Jr. (27 January 1964 – 1969) (divorced)
Collier Young (12 November 1952 – 3 January 1961) (divorced)
William Dozier (2 May 1946 – 25 January 1951) (divorced) (1 child)
Brian Aherne (20 August 1939 – 14 June 1945) (divorced)

[on working with Orson Welles on Jane Eyre (1943)] You can not battle an elephant. Orson was such a big man in every way that no one could stand up to him. On the first day at 4 o’clock, he strode in followed by his agent, a dwarf, his valet and a whole entourage. Approaching us, he proclaimed, “All right, everybody turn to page eight.” And we did it, though he was not the director.

The Women 1939 dir. George Cukor Starring Norma Shearer Joan Crawford Rosalind Russell Suspicion 1942 dir. by Alfred Hitchcock starring Cary Grant Fontaine Rebecca 1940 dir. by Alfred Hitchcock Starring Laurence Olivier Fontaine

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