Joan Fontaine

Won 1 Oscar. Another 9 wins & 5 nominations. See more awards »

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Suspicion Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

(1941)

Rebecca Mrs. de Winter

(1940)

Letter from an Unknown Woman Lisa Berndle

(1948)

The Constant Nymph Tessa Sanger

(1943)

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Actress (70 credits)

1994 Good King Wenceslas (TV Movie)
Queen Ludmilla

1986 Dark Mansions (TV Movie)
Margaret Drake

1986 Hotel (TV Series)
Ruth Easton

- Harassed (1986) ... Ruth Easton

1986 Crossings (TV Mini-Series)
Alexandra Markham

- Episode #1.3 (1986) ... Alexandra Markham

- Episode #1.2 (1986) ... Alexandra Markham

- Episode #1.1 (1986) ... Alexandra Markham

1983 Bare Essence (TV Series)
Laura

- Hour Five (1983) ... Laura

- Hour Four (1983) ... Laura

1981 The Love Boat (TV Series)
Jennifer Langley

- Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt (1981) ... Jennifer Langley

1980 Ryan's Hope (TV Series)
Paige Williams

- Episode #1.1194 (1980) ... Paige Williams

- Episode #1.1193 (1980) ... Paige Williams

- Episode #1.1191 (1980) ... Paige Williams

- Episode #1.1188 (1980) ... Paige Williams

- Episode #1.1186 (1980) ... Paige Williams

1978 The Users (TV Movie)
Grace St. George

1975 Cannon (TV Series)
Thelma Cain

- The Star (1975) ... Thelma Cain

1966 The Witches
Gwen Mayfield

1965 The Bing Crosby Show (TV Series)
Mrs. Taylor

- Operation Man Save (1965) ... Mrs. Taylor

1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV Series)
Alice Pemberton

- The Paragon (1963) ... Alice Pemberton

1963 Wagon Train (TV Series)
Naomi Kaylor

- The Naomi Kaylor Story (1963) ... Naomi Kaylor

1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV Series)
Valerie Baumer

- The Clocks (1962) ... Valerie Baumer

1962 Tender Is the Night
Baby Warren

1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Dr. Susan Hiller

1961 Checkmate (TV Series)
Karen Lawson

- Voyage Into Fear (1961) ... Karen Lawson

1961 The Light That Failed (TV Movie)
Hostess

1956-1961 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Linda Stacey / Judith / Laurel Chapman / ...

- A Possibility of Oil (1961) ... Linda Stacey

- The Story of Judith (1960) ... Judith

- At Miss Minner's (1958) ... Laurel Chapman

- The Victorian Chaise Longue (1957) ... Melanie Langdon

- Summer Promise (1956) ... Countess Irene Forelli

1960 One Step Beyond (TV Series)
Ellen Grayson

- The Visitor (1960) ... Ellen Grayson

1960 Startime (TV Series)
Julie Forbes

- Closed Set (1960) ... Julie Forbes

1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV Series)
Margaret Lewis

- Perilous (1959) ... Margaret Lewis

1958 A Certain Smile
Françoise Ferrand

1957 Mr. Adams and Eve (TV Series)
Actress Joan Fontaine

- Joan Fontaine (1957) ... Actress Joan Fontaine

1957 Until They Sail
Anne Leslie

1957 Island in the Sun
Mavis Norman

1956 The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series)
Adrienne

- The De Santre Story (1956) ... Adrienne

1956 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV Series)
Lynne Abbott

- Stranger in the Night (1956) ... Lynne Abbott

1956 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Susan Spencer

1956 Star Stage (TV Series)

- The Shadowy Third (1956)

1956 Serenade
Kendall Hale

1956 The Ford Television Theatre (TV Series)
Julie

- Your Other Love (1956) ... Julie

1953-1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV Series)
Trudy

- Trudy (1955) ... Trudy

- The Girl on the Park Bench (1953) ... Trudy

1954 Casanova's Big Night
Francesca Bruni

1953 The Bigamist
Eve Graham

1953 Flight to Tangier
Susan Lane

1953 Decameron Nights
Fiammetta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / ...

1952 Ivanhoe
Rowena

1952 Something to Live For
Jenny Carey

1951 Othello
Page (uncredited)

1951 Darling, How Could You!
Alice Grey

1950 Born to Be Bad
Christabel

1950 September Affair
Marianne 'Manina' Stuart

1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
Jane Wharton

1948 You Gotta Stay Happy
Dee Dee Dillwood

1948 The Emperor Waltz
Johanna Augusta Franziska

1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman
Lisa Berndle

1947 Ivy
Ivy Lexton

1946 From This Day Forward
Susan

1945 The Affairs of Susan
Susan Darell

1944 Frenchman's Creek
Dona St. Columb

1943 Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre

1943 The Constant Nymph
Tessa Sanger

1942 This Above All
Prudence Cathaway

1941 Suspicion
Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

1940 Rebecca
Mrs. de Winter

1939 The Women
Mrs. John Day - Peggy

1939 Man of Conquest
Eliza Allen

1939 Gunga Din
Emmy

1938 The Duke of West Point
Ann Porter

1938 Sky Giant
Meg Lawrence

1938 Blond Cheat
Julie Evans

1938 Maid's Night Out
Sheila Harrison

1937 A Damsel in Distress
Lady Alyce

1937 Music for Madame
Jean Clemens

1937 You Can't Beat Love
Trudy Olson

1937 The Man Who Found Himself
Doris King

1937 Quality Street
Charlotte Parratt (uncredited)

1936 A Million to One
Joan Stevens

1935 No More Ladies
Caroline (as Joan Burfield)

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1943 The Constant Nymph (performer: "Tomorrow" - uncredited)

1940 Rebecca ("Love's Old Sweet Song (Just a Song at Twilight)" (1884), uncredited)

1938 Blond Cheat (performer: "It Must Be Love" (1938))

1937 A Damsel in Distress (performer: "Things Are Looking Up" (1937) - uncredited)

1937 Music for Madame (performer: "King of the Road" (1937), "I Want the World to Know" (1937))

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Producer (1 credit)

1948 Letter from an Unknown Woman (producer - uncredited)

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Thanks (2 credits)

2014 Special Collector's Edition (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)

- Blu-ray: El Sentido de la Vida (2014) ... (in memory of)

2004 Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock (Video documentary short) (special thanks)

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Self (71 credits)

2004 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Self / actress

- Cary Grant: A Class Apart (2004) ... Self / actress (uncredited)

1990 La parada (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.14 (1990) ... Self

1989 Más estrellas que en el cielo (TV Series documentary)
Self - Guest

- Episode #1.10 (1989) ... Self - Guest

1988 The 60th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Audience Member

1988 Talking Pictures (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Inmates Take Over the Asylum (1988) ... Self

- Hollywood Goes to War (1988) ... Self

- The Dream Factory (1988) ... Self

1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Howard's Way (1987) ... Self

1986 Hour Magazine (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 13 November 1986 (1986) ... Self

1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Audience Member

1985 The Nutcracker (TV Movie)
Self - Hostess

1985 Doris Day's Best Friends (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.7 (1985) ... Self

1984 James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (TV Movie documentary)
Self - attends premiere of 'Lolita' (uncredited)

1982 De película (TV Series)
Self - Interviewee

- Festival de Montreal II (1982) ... Self - Interviewee

1982 All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (Documentary)
Self

1976-1982 The Bob Braun Show (TV Series)
Self - Actress

- Episode dated 8 April 1982 (1982) ... Self - Actress

- Episode dated 3 May 1976 (1976) ... Self - Actress

1981 Parkinson in Australia (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #3.20 (1981) ... Self

1981 Aloha Paradise (TV Series)
Self

- Make Me a Match/Treasure Hunt/The Kid Who Would Be a Daddy/ (1981) ... Self

1980 Tomorrow Coast to Coast (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 9 January 1980 (1980) ... Self

1979 Hollywood Greats (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Golden Years (1979) ... Self

1979 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Alfred Hitchcock (TV Special documentary)
Self

1978 Film 2018 (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #8.7 (1978) ... Self

1978 Looks Familiar (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 23 November 1978 (1978) ... Self - Guest

1966-1978 The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series)
Self - Co-Host / Self - Actress / Self - Co-Hostess

- Episode #18.10 (1978) ... Self - Actress

- Episode #6.90 (1967) ... Self - Co-Host

- Episode #6.89 (1967) ... Self - Co-Host

- Episode #6.88 (1967) ... Self - Co-Host

- Episode #6.87 (1967) ... Self - Co-Hostess

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1978 Good Morning America (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 7 September 1978 (1978) ... Self

- Episode dated 31 March 1978 (1978) ... Self

1978 The Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to George Cukor (TV Special)
Self

1978 The 50th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenterr

1975 The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward (TV Movie)
Self

1974 Busby Berkeley (Documentary)
Self

1974 The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Alfred Hitchock (TV Movie)
Self - Speaker

1972-1973 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Mystery Guest

- Governor Jimmy Carter and Joan Fontaine (1973) ... Self - Mystery Guest

- Joan Fontaine (1972) ... Self - Mystery Guest

1973 The Film Society Of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Fred Astaire (TV Movie)
Self

1972 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Self

- Merv hosts a fashion show presented by Joan Fontaine & several celebrity daughters (1972) ... Self

1972 Season's Greetings from Mike Douglas (TV Movie)
Self - Actress

1971 The Irv Kupcinet Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 17 July 1971 (1971) ... Self

1969 Hollywood: The Selznick Years (TV Movie documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1969 You're Putting Me On (TV Series)
Self

- Joan Fontaine, Corbett Monica, Alejandro Rey, Brenda Vaccaro, Peggy Cass, Bill Cullen (1969) ... Self

- Joan Fontaine, Alejandro Rey and Brenda Vaccaro (1969) ... Self

- Guests Vivian Vance, Milt Kamen and Joan Fontaine (1969) ... Self

- Guests Pat Carroll, Soupy Sales and Joan Fontaine (1969) ... Self

1969 Star Close-up (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self

- Joan Fontaine (1969) ... Self

1967-1969 Personality (TV Series)
Self / Self - Guest

- Episode dated 19 September 1969 (1969) ... Self

- Episode dated 24 February 1969 (1969) ... Self

- Episode dated 27 August 1968 (1968) ... Self - Guest

- Episode dated 1 May 1968 (1968) ... Self

- Episode dated 18 March 1968 (1968) ... Self

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1968 The Joan Rivers Show (TV Series)
Self

- Consumer Protection ... Self

1968 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- Episode dated 30 July 1968 (1968) ... Self - Guest

1965-1968 Girl Talk (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 2 May 1968 (1968) ... Self

- Episode dated 28 June 1965 (1965) ... Self

1968 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.5 (1968) ... Self

1968 Snap Judgment (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 5 February 1968 (1968) ... Self

1967 Cinema (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Joan Fontaine (1967) ... Self

1962-1967 Password (TV Series)
Self / Self - Celebrity Conestant

- Episode dated 27 June 1967 (1967) ... Self

- Joan Fontaine vs Sam Levene (1962) ... Self

- Episode dated 4 September 1962 (1962) ... Self - Celebrity Conestant

- Joan Fontaine vs. Jack Carter (1962) ... Self

1958-1966 To Tell the Truth (TV Series)
Self / Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 28 December 1966 (1966) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 27 December 1966 (1966) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 25 September 1966 (1966) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 24 January 1966 (1966) ... Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 9 June 1965 (1965) ... Self

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1966 Eye Guess (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 14 October 1966 (1966) ... Self

1966 The Bob Hope Show (TV Series)
Self

- "15 of My Leading Ladies" or "Richard Burton Eat Your Heart Out". (1966) ... Self

1966 The Soupy Sales Hour (TV Movie)
Self

1966 This Proud Land (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Self - reading love letters of Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel

- The South (1966) ... Self - reading love letters of Andrew Jackson and his wife Rachel

1954-1966 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Self - Panelist / Self - Mystery Guest

- Maury Wills & Dinah Shore (1966) ... Self - Panelist

- Joan Fontaine (1954) ... Self - Mystery Guest

1965 The Hollywood Palace (TV Series)
Self - commercial for Bufferin aspirin

- Host: Joan Crawford; with Godfrey Cambridge, Joanie Sommers, Jack Jones, Allen & Rossi (1965) ... Self - commercial for Bufferin aspirin

1965 Call My Bluff (TV Series)
Self

- Joan Fontaine/Chester Morris (1965) ... Self

1963-1965 The Match Game (TV Series)
Self - Team Captain

- Episode #3.113 (1965) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #3.112 (1965) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #3.111 (1965) ... Self - Team Captain

- Episode #3.110 (1965) ... Self - Team Captain

- Joan Fontaine & Bobby Darin (1965) ... Self - Team Captain

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1964 Get the Message (TV Series)
Self

- All-Star Final Week (1964) ... Self

- Joan Fontaine/Diane Baker/Mel Torme/Godfrey Cambridge (1964) ... Self

- Mel Torme/Joan Fontaine/Diane Baker/Godfrey Cambridge (1964) ... Self

- Orson Bean/Jan Sterling/Joan Fontaine/William Warfield (1964) ... Self

- Larry Blyden/Joan Fontaine/Dorothy Kilgallen/Darryl Hickman (1964) ... Self

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1963 Missing Links (TV Series)
Self

- Joan Fontaine, Jack E. Leonard, Gene Rayburn (1963) ... Self

1962-1963 Talent Scouts (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 16 July 1963 (1963) ... Self

- Episode dated 28 August 1962 (1962) ... Self

1963 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Self - Panelist

- Episode dated 17 June 1963 (1963) ... Self - Panelist

1961 Here's Hollywood (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #1.150 (1961) ... Self

1961 The 15th Annual Tony Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1961 The 18th Annual Golden Globes Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1960 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV Series)
Self - Hostess

- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1960) ... Self - Hostess

1960 Family Classics: The Three Musketeers (TV Movie)
Self - Hostess

1960 The 17th Golden Globe Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1959 The Arthur Murray Party (TV Series)
Self

- Episode #10.38 (1959) ... Self

1959 The 31st Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Introducing: Laurence Olivier

1958 E.S.P. (TV Series)
Self - Guest star

- Tales of E.S.P. (1958) ... Self - Guest star

1956 Climax! (TV Series)
Self

- The Louella Parsons Story (1956) ... Self

1955 Hollywood Mothers and Fathers (Documentary short)
Self

1955 The Loretta Young Show (TV Series)
Self - Guest Hostess

- A Shadow Between (1955) ... Self - Guest Hostess

1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Presenter

1942 Breakdowns of 1942 (Short)
Self (uncredited)

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2019 The Movies (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Golden Age (2019) ... Self

2016 La otra sala: Clásicos (TV Series documentary)

2015 True Fear: The Making of Psycho (Documentary)

2015 Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture (TV Mini-Series documentary)
Mrs. de Winter

- Out (2015) ... Mrs. de Winter

- Inside (2015) ... Mrs. de Winter

2014-2015 Talking Pictures (TV Series documentary)
Self / Rebecca

- Hitchcock's Leading Actors (2015) ... Rebecca

- Shelley Winters (2015) ... Self

- Joan Fontaine: Talking Pictures (2014) ... Self

2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (Documentary)
Jane Eyre (clip from Jane Eyre (1943)) (uncredited)

2014 The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (TV Special)
Self (In Memoriam)

2014 The 86th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Self - Actress (In Memoriam)

2014 The EE British Academy Film Awards (TV Special)
Self - Memorial Tribute

2014 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Self - In Memoriam

2013 Cinema 3 (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 19 December 2013 (2013) ... Self

2011 Vito (Documentary)
Mrs. de Winter

2007 Locked in the Tower: The Men Behind 'Jane Eyre' (Video documentary short)
Jane Eyre

2005 Premio Donostia a Willem Dafoe (TV Special)
Self

2005 Ciclo Alfred Hitchcock (TV Series)

- Sobre 'Frenesí' (2005)

2005 Cinema mil (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode #1.5 (2005) ... Self

2003 Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty (TV Movie documentary)
Mavis Norman (clip from Island in the Sun (1957))

2001 Hollywood Rivals (TV Series)
Self

- Olivia de Havilland vs. Joan Fontaine ... Self

2000 Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies (TV Movie documentary)
Self

1998 American Masters (TV Series documentary)

- Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1998)

1997 Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1996 American Experience (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1996) ... Self (uncredited)

1995 Century of Cinema (TV Series documentary)
Lisa Berndle, 'Letter to an Unknown Woman'

- A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) ... Lisa Berndle, 'Letter to an Unknown Woman' (uncredited)

1994 The World of Hammer (TV Series documentary)
Gwen Mayfield

- Wicked Women (1994) ... Gwen Mayfield

1991 The Republic Pictures Story (TV Movie documentary)
Eliza Allen clip from Man of Conquest (1939)) (uncredited)

1988 The 1950's: Music, Memories & Milestones (Video documentary)
Self

1988 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Self - Attending Academy Awards

- Dana Carvey/Joe Garagiola/David Teitelbaum & Jack Saltzberg (1988) ... Self - Attending Academy Awards

1984 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1982 Showbiz Ballyhoo (Documentary)
Self

1976 Canciones para después de una guerra (Documentary)
Self (uncredited)

1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary)
Self

- The Oscars - Moments of Greatness: Part 1 (1964) ... Self

1963 Hollywood Without Make-Up (Documentary)
Self

1962 Kraft Mystery Theater (TV Series)
Margaret Lewis

- Perilous (1962) ... Margaret Lewis

1949 The Art Director (Documentary short)
Self - edited from 'Jane Eyre' (uncredited)

Personal Details

Other Works:

Unsold pilot: Hosted a pilot for a romantic TV series called "The Ways of Love". It was produced by Collier Young, her husband at the time. See more »

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Alternate Names:

Joan Burfield

Height:

5' 3½" (1.61 m)

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[on her romance with Adlai Stevenson] We had a tenderness for each other that grew into something rather serious. There was so much speculation about our marrying in the press that over lunch at his apartment in the Waldorf Towers he told me he could not marry an actress. He still had political ambitions and the "little old ladies from Oshkosh" wouldn't approve. I told him it was just as well. My... See more »

Trivia:

Took her stage name from her step-father, George Fontaine. See more »

Trademark:

Often played delicate women put through emotional turmoil See more »

Star Sign:

Libra

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