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October 23, 2025

Fabulous Portraits of a Young and Beautiful Joan Fontaine in 1930s

Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-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.

Joan entered films in the mid-1930s, first appearing under her birth name, Joan de Havilland. Her early screen roles were small and often uncredited — she appeared in films like No More Ladies (1935) and A Star Is Born” (1937). In 1937, she signed with RKO and changed her screen name to Joan Fontaine to avoid confusion (and rivalry) with Olivia.

Fontaine’s poise and understated acting style began to attract attention in films such as: The Man Who Found Himself (1937), You Can’t Beat Love (1937),  Gunga Din (1939) — a small but notable role in the adventure classic.

In the 1930s, Joan Fontaine’s screen persona was characterized by elegance, vulnerability, and quiet strength. Offscreen, she was known for her refined beauty, delicate features, and calm demeanor — a contrast to her sister Olivia’s more assertive presence.

As the decade closed, Fontaine was poised for her breakthrough — which came with Alfred Hitchcock’s Rebecca (1940). Her haunting, restrained performance won her an Academy Award nomination and defined her career in the 1940s.























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