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Joan Fontaine

1917 - 2013

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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. She was the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland. Their rivalry was well-documented in the media at the height of Fontaine's career. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joan Fontaine is the 448th most popular actor (down from 383rd in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Japan (down from 103rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Actor.

Joan Fontaine is most famous for her Academy Award-winning performance in Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" (1941) and her Academy Award-nominated performance in "Rebecca" (1940).

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Joan Fontaine ranks 448 out of 13,578. Before her are Michael Landon, Jean Seberg, Claudia Mori, Ryan O'Neal, Anthony Perkins, and Zoe Saldaña. After her are Roy Scheider, Lee Marvin, Kevin Bacon, Vanessa Williams, Louise Fletcher, and Deborah Kerr.

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Among people born in 1917, Joan Fontaine ranks 36. Before her are Óscar Romero, Andrew Huxley, William Standish Knowles, Otto Günsche, Nur Muhammad Taraki, and Barry Nelson. After her are Kiro Gligorov, Mel Ferrer, John B. Calhoun, Rochus Misch, Ko Arima, and Algirdas Julien Greimas. Among people deceased in 2013, Joan Fontaine ranks 39. Before her are Nílton Santos, Jerome Karle, Jang Song-thaek, Ronald Coase, Gylmar dos Santos Neves, and Georges Moustaki. After her are Rochus Misch, Kenneth G. Wilson, Richard Griffiths, Lawrence Klein, Jesús Franco, and Ray Manzarek.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Joan Fontaine ranks 114 out of 6,245. Before her are Leo Esaki (1925), Shigeru Ishiba (1957), Emperor Higashiyama (1675), Tameo Ide (1908), Chiune Sugihara (1900), and Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571). After her are Yasuo Fukuda (1936), Benkei (1155), Prince Shōtoku (574), Eisaku Satō (1901), Emperor Nintoku (290), and Joe Hisaishi (1950).

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Among ACTORS In Japan

Among actors born in Japan, Joan Fontaine ranks 4. Before her are Olivia de Havilland (1916), Mako (1933), and Liv Ullmann (1938). After her are Sonny Chiba (1939), Ken Watanabe (1959), Hiroyuki Sanada (1960), Ken Takakura (1931), Takashi Shimura (1905), Victoria Principal (1950), Setsuko Hara (1920), and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (1950).

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