Joan Fontaine
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Joan Fontaine
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress, best known for her starring roles in classic Hollywood films. Fontaine appeared in over 45 feature films in a career that spanned five decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActress
Date of Birth22 October 1917
CountryUnited States of America
flown ridden
I've flown in an international balloon race. I've piloted my own plane. I've ridden to the hounds. I've done a lot of exciting things.
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Goodness knows, I tried. But I think it's virtually impossible for the right kind of man to be married to a movie star.
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I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia (sister Olivia de Havilland) did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!
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[On her troubled relationships with her daughters:] You can acquire enemies. Why give birth to them?