Joan Fontaine (Performer) | Playbill

Joan Fontaine

Performer

Joan Fontaine, who rocketed to fame playing frightened wives in two landmark Hitchock films of the early 1940s, died Dec. 16 of natural causes at her home in Carmel, CA. She was 96.

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  • Also Known As: Joan Burfield, Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland
  • Born: Oct 22, 1917 in Tokyo, Japan
  • Death: Dec 16, 2013 in Carmel, CA

Roles (2)

Forty Carats Playbill - Dec 1968 Forty Carats
Opened December 26, 1968
  • as Ann Stanley (Replacement)
Tea and Sympathy Playbill - Jan 1954 Tea and Sympathy
Opened September 30, 1953
  • as Laura Reynolds (Replacement)
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