Timeline Joan Fontaine

British-American actress, star of Rebecca and the only actor to win an Oscar for a Hitchcock film.

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1917 Joan Fontaine born in Tokyo Joan Fontaine is born in Tokyo.
1940 Joan Fontaine stars in Rebecca She plays the second Mrs. de Winter in Hitchcock's first Hollywood film.
1941 Joan Fontaine stars in Suspicion Her role opposite Cary Grant wins the Oscar for Best Actress, beating her sister Olivia de Havilland.
1943 Joan Fontaine becomes a US citizen Fontaine becomes an American citizen.
1948 Joan Fontaine in Letter from an Unknown Woman She stars in Max Ophuls's romantic drama.
2013 Joan Fontaine dies in Carmel Joan Fontaine dies aged 96.