Joan Fontaine
| Joan Fontaine | |
|---|---|
 Joan Fontaine 1943 | |
| Born |
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland October 22, 1917 Tokyo, Japan |
| Died |
December 15, 2013 (aged 96) Carmel Highlands, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Natural causes |
| Residence | Carmel Highlands, California |
| Other names |
Joan Burfield Joan St. John |
| Citizenship |
UK USA[1] |
| Education |
Los Gatos High School American School in Japan |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1935–1994 |
| Spouse(s) |
Brian Aherne (m. 1939; div. 1945) William Dozier (m. 1946; div. 1951) Collier Young (m. 1952; div. 1961) Alfred Wright, Jr. (m. 1964; div. 1969) |
| Children |
Deborah Leslie Dozier (b. 1948) Martita (b. 1946, adopted 1952) |
| Relatives | Olivia de Havilland (elder sister) |
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress. Fontaine began her career on the stage in 1935 and signed a contract with RKO Pictures that same year.
In 1941, she received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The following year, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941), making Fontaine the only actor ever to win an Academy Award in a film directed by Hitchcock.[2] Fontaine and her elder sister Olivia de Havilland are the only set of siblings to have won lead acting Academy Awards. During the 1940s to the 1990s, Fontaine continued her career in roles on the stage and in radio, television and film. She released her autobiography, No Bed of Roses, in 1978. After a career spanning over fifty years, Fontaine made her last on-screen appearance in 1994.
Born in Japan to British parents, the sisters moved to California in 1919. Fontaine lived in Carmel Highlands, California, where she owned a home, Villa Fontana. It was there that she died of natural causes at the age of 96 in 2013.
Early life
Joan de Havilland was born in Tokyo, Japan, to English parents. Her father, Walter Augustus de Havilland (August 31, 1872 – May 23, 1968), was educated at the University of Cambridge and served as an English professor at the Imperial University in Tokyo before becoming a patent attorney with a practice in Japan.[3] Her mother, Lilian Augusta (née Ruse; June 11, 1886 – February 20, 1975),[4][5] was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and became a stage actress who left her career after going to Tokyo with her husband.[3] Her mother would return to work with the stage name "Lillian Fontaine" after her daughters achieved prominence in the 1940s. Joan's paternal cousin was Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882–1965), an aircraft designer known for the De Havilland Mosquito,[6] and founder of the aircraft company which bore his name. Her paternal grandfather, the Reverend Charles Richard de Havilland, was from a family from Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.[7][8]
De Havilland's parents married in 1914 and separated in 1919, when Lilian decided to end the marriage after discovering that her husband used the sexual services of geishas; the divorce was not finalized, however, until February 1925.[9]
Taking a physician's advice, Lilian de Havilland moved Joan—reportedly a sickly child who had developed anaemia following a combined attack of the measles and a streptococcal infection—and her elder sister, Olivia, to the United States.[10] The family settled in Saratoga, California, and Fontaine's health improved dramatically. She was educated at Los Gatos High School, and was soon taking diction lessons alongside her elder sister. When she was 16 years old, de Havilland returned to Japan to live with her father. There she attended the American School in Japan, graduating in 1935.[11]
Career
Fontaine made her stage debut in the West Coast production of Call It a Day (1935) and was soon signed to an RKO contract. Her film debut was a small role in No More Ladies (also 1935) in which she was credited as Joan Burfield.[12]
Although Fontaine, on contract with RKO, had already made her screen appearance in No More Ladies, a series of other minor roles followed, in A Million to One and Quality Street (both 1937), opposite Katharine Hepburn. The studio considered her a rising star, and touted The Man Who Found Himself (also 1937) as her first starring role, placing a special screen introduction, billed as the "new RKO screen personality" after the end credit.[13] She next appeared in a major role alongside Fred Astaire in his first RKO film without Ginger Rogers: A Damsel in Distress (1937) but audiences were disappointed and the film flopped. She continued appearing in small parts in about a dozen films, including The Women (1939), but failed to make a strong impression and her contract was not renewed when it expired in 1939.[12]
Fontaine's luck changed one night at a dinner party when she found herself seated next to producer David O. Selznick. She and Selznick began discussing the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca, and Selznick asked her to audition for the part of the unnamed heroine. She endured a grueling six-month series of film tests, along with hundreds of other actresses, before securing the part sometime before her 22nd birthday.
Rebecca, starring Laurence Olivier alongside Fontaine, marked the American debut of British director Alfred Hitchcock. In 1940, the film was released to glowing reviews, and Fontaine was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.[12] Fontaine did not win that year (Ginger Rogers took home the award for Kitty Foyle), but she did win the following year for Best Actress in Suspicion, which co-starred Cary Grant and was also directed by Hitchcock.[12] This was to be the only Academy Award-winning acting performance to have been directed by Hitchcock.[2]
During the 1940s, Fontaine excelled in romantic melodramas. Among her memorable films during this time were The Constant Nymph (1943) (for which she received her third Academy Award nomination),[12] Jane Eyre (1943), Ivy (1947) and Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948).
Her film successes slowed a little during the 1950s, and she also began appearing in television and on the stage. She won good reviews for her role on Broadway in 1954 as Laura in Tea and Sympathy, opposite Anthony Perkins. She also appeared in numerous radio shows during the 1940s for the Lux Radio Theater.
Later career
During the 1960s, Fontaine appeared in several stage productions, including Private Lives, Cactus Flower and an Austrian production of The Lion in Winter. Her last theatrical film was The Witches (1966), which she also co-produced. She continued appearing in film and television roles throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the soap opera Ryan's Hope in 1980.
Fontaine's autobiography, No Bed of Roses, was published in 1978.
Fontaine's last role for television was in the 1994 TV film Good King Wenceslas, after which she retired to her estate, Villa Fontana, in Carmel Highlands, California where she would spend time in her gardens and with her dogs.[14]
For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Fontaine has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1645 Vine Street. She left her hand and foot prints in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on May 26, 1942.
Personal life
Fontaine held dual citizenship; she was British by birthright (both her parents were British) and became an American citizen in April 1943.[15][16]
Marriages and children
Fontaine was married and divorced four times. Her first marriage was to actor Brian Aherne, in 1939 in Del Monte, California; they divorced in April 1945.[17] In May 1946, she married actor/producer William Dozier in Mexico City. They had a daughter, Deborah Leslie, in 1948 and separated in 1949. Deborah is Fontaine's only biological child. [18] The following year, Fontaine filed for divorce, charging Dozier with desertion. Their divorce was finalized in January 1951.[19][20] Fontaine's third marriage was to producer and writer Collier Young on November 12, 1952. They separated in May 1960, and Fontaine filed for divorce in November 1960.[21] Their divorce was finalized in January 1961.[22] Fontaine's fourth and final marriage was to Sports Illustrated golf editor Alfred Wright, Jr, on January 23, 1964 in Elkton, Maryland; they divorced in 1969.[23]
While in South America for a film festival in 1951, Fontaine met a 4-year-old Peruvian girl named Martita, and informally adopted her.[24] Fontaine met Martita while visiting Incan ruins where Martita's father worked as a caretaker. Martita's parents allowed Fontaine to become Martita's legal guardian in order to give the child a better life.[24] Fontaine promised Martita's parents she would send the girl back to Peru to visit when Martita was 16 years old. When Martita turned 16, Fontaine bought her a round-trip ticket to Peru, but Martita refused to go and opted to run away. Fontaine and Martita became estranged following the incident. While promoting her autobiography in 1978, Fontaine addressed the issue stating, "Until my adopted daughter goes back to see her parents, she's not welcome. I promised her parents. I do not forgive somebody who makes me break my word."[25]
Sibling rivalry
Fontaine and her sister, Olivia de Havilland, are the only set of siblings to have won lead acting Academy Awards. Olivia was the first to become an actress; when Fontaine tried to follow her lead, their mother, who allegedly favored Olivia, refused to let Joan use the family name. Subsequently, Fontaine had to invent a name, taking first Joan Burfield, and later Joan Fontaine. Biographer Charles Higham records that the sisters had an uneasy relationship from early childhood, when Olivia would rip up the clothes Joan had to wear as hand-me-downs, forcing Joan to sew them back together. A large part of the friction between the sisters allegedly stemmed from Fontaine's belief that Olivia was their mother's favorite child.[26]
De Havilland and Fontaine were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942. Fontaine won for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion over de Havilland's performance in Hold Back the Dawn. Higham states that Fontaine "felt guilty about winning given her lack of obsessive career drive...". Higham has described the events of the awards ceremony, stating that as Fontaine stepped forward to collect her award, she pointedly rejected de Havilland's attempts at congratulating her and that de Havilland was both offended and embarrassed by her behavior. Fontaine, however, tells a different story in her autobiography, explaining that she was paralyzed with surprise when she won the Academy Award, and that de Havilland insisted she get up to accept it. "Olivia took the situation very graciously," Fontaine wrote. "I was appalled that I'd won over my sister."[27] Several years later, however, de Havilland apparently remembered what she perceived as a slight and exacted her own revenge by brushing past Fontaine, who was waiting with her hand extended, because de Havilland allegedly took offense at a comment Fontaine had made about de Havilland's husband.
Contrary to press reports, the sisters continued their relationship after the 1940s. After Fontaine's separation from her husband in 1952, de Havilland came to her apartment in New York often, and at least once spent Christmas together there, in 1961. They were photographed laughing together at a party for Marlene Dietrich in 1967.[28] Joan also went to visit Olivia in Paris in 1969.[29]
The sisters reportedly did not completely stop speaking to each other until 1975, after their mother's funeral, to which Joan, who was out of the country, was not invited.
Both sisters largely refused to comment publicly about their relationship. In a 1978 interview, however, Fontaine said of the sibling rivalry, "I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!"[30] The following year, in a 1979 interview, Fontaine claimed the reason she and her sister stopped speaking to each other was that de Havilland wanted their mother (who was suffering from cancer) to be treated surgically at the advanced age of 88, which Fontaine apparently did not think was a good idea. Fontaine claims that after their mother died, de Havilland did not bother to try to find where Fontaine could be reached (Fontaine was on tour in a play). Instead, de Havilland sent a telegram, which did not arrive until two weeks later at Fontaine's next stop.[31] According to Fontaine, de Havilland did not invite her to a memorial service for their mother. De Havilland claims she informed Fontaine, but Fontaine brushed her off, claiming she was too busy to attend. Higham records that Fontaine had an estranged relationship with her own daughters as well, possibly because she discovered that they were secretly maintaining a relationship with de Havilland.[26]
Death and legacy
On December 15, 2013, Fontaine died in her sleep of natural causes at the age of 96 in her Carmel Highlands home. Her longtime friend Noel Beutel said, "She had been fading in recent days and died peacefully."[32] Her Academy Award for best actress in Suspicion was initially going to be sold at an animal rights auction; however, the Academy threatened to sue since it was not offered back to them for $1.[33]
After Fontaine's death, Olivia de Havilland released a statement saying she was "shocked and saddened" by the news.[34] Fontaine was cremated.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | No More Ladies | Caroline 'Carrie' Rumsey | Credited as Joan Burfield |
| 1937 | A Million to One | Joan Stevens | |
| Quality Street | Charlotte Parratt | Uncredited | |
| The Man Who Found Himself | Nurse Doris King | ||
| You Can't Beat Love | Trudy Olson | ||
| Music for Madame | Jean Clemens | ||
| A Damsel in Distress | Lady Alyce Marshmorton | ||
| 1938 | Maid's Night Out | Sheila Harrison | |
| Trade Wind | Kay Kerrigan | ||
| Blond Cheat | Juliette 'Julie' Evans | ||
| Sky Giant | Meg Lawrence | ||
| The Duke of West Point | Ann Porter | ||
| 1939 | Gunga Din | Emmy | |
| Man of Conquest | Eliza Allen | ||
| The Women | Mrs. John Day (Peggy) | ||
| 1940 | Rebecca | The second Mrs. de Winter | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
| 1941 | Suspicion | Lina | Academy Award for Best Actress New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
| 1942 | This Above All | Prudence Cathaway | |
| 1943 | The Constant Nymph | Tessa Sanger | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress |
| Jane Eyre | Jane Eyre (as an adult) | ||
| 1944 | Frenchman's Creek | Dona St. Columb | |
| 1945 | The Affairs of Susan | Susan Darell | |
| 1946 | From This Day Forward | Susan Cummings | |
| 1947 | Ivy | Ivy | |
| 1948 | Letter from an Unknown Woman | Lisa Berndle | |
| The Emperor Waltz | Countess Johanna Augusta Franziska | ||
| You Gotta Stay Happy | Dee Dee Dillwood | ||
| Kiss the Blood Off My Hands | Jane Wharton | ||
| 1950 | September Affair | Marianne 'Manina' Stuart | |
| Born to Be Bad | Christabel Caine Carey | ||
| 1951 | Darling, How Could You! | Alice Grey | |
| 1952 | Something to Live For | Jenny Carey | |
| Othello | Page | Uncredited | |
| Ivanhoe | Rowena | ||
| 1953 | Decameron Nights | Fiametta/Bartolomea/Ginevra/Isabella | |
| Flight to Tangier | Susan Lane | ||
| The Bigamist | Eve Graham | ||
| 1954 | Casanova's Big Night | Francesca Bruni | Alternative title: Mr. Casanova |
| 1956 | Serenade | Kendall Hale | |
| Beyond a Reasonable Doubt | Susan Spencer | ||
| 1957 | Island in the Sun | Mavis Norman | |
| Until They Sail | Anne Leslie | ||
| 1958 | A Certain Smile | Françoise Ferrand | |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Dr. Susan Hiller | |
| 1962 | Tender Is the Night | Baby Warren | |
| 1966 | The Witches | Gwen Mayfield | Alternative title: The Devil's Own |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953–1954 | Four Star Playhouse | Trudy | episode: Trudy episode: The Girl on the Park Bench |
| 1956 | The Ford Television Theatre | Julie | episode: Your Other Love |
| 1956 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Lynne Abbott | episode: Stranger In the Night |
| 1956–1957 | The Joseph Cotten Show | Adrienne | episode: Fatal Charm episode: The De Santre Story |
| 1956–1960 | General Electric Theater | Linda Stacey Judith Laurel Chapman Melanie Langdon Countess Irene Forelli |
episode: A Possibility of Oil episode: The Story of Judith episode: At Miss Minner's episode: The Victorian Chaise Lounge episode: In Summer Promise |
| 1959 | Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Margaret Lewis | episode: Perilous |
| 1960 | Startime | Julie Forbes | episode: Closed Set |
| 1960 | Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond | Ellen Grayson | episode: The Visitor |
| 1961 | The Light That Failed | Hostess | (TV movie) |
| 1961 | Checkmate | Karen Lawson | episode: Voyage Into Fear |
| 1962 | The Dick Powell Show | Valerie Baumer | episode: The Clocks |
| 1963 | Wagon Train | Naomi Kaylor | episode: The Naomi Kaylor Story |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Alice Pemberton | episode: The Paragon |
| 1965 | The Bing Crosby Show | Mrs. Taylor | episode: Operation Man Save |
| 1975 | Cannon | Thelma Cain | episode: The Star |
| 1978 | The Users | Grace St. George | |
| 1980 | Ryan's Hope | Paige Williams | 5 episodes Nominated – Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Guest/Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series |
| 1981 | The Love Boat | Jennifer Langley | episode: Chef's Special/Beginning Anew/Kleinschmidt |
| 1983 | Bare Essence | Laura | episode: Hour Four episode: Hour Five |
| 1986 | Crossings | Alexandra Markham | |
| 1986 | Hotel | Ruth Easton | episode: Harassed |
| 1986 | Dark Mansions | Margaret Drake | (TV movie) |
| 1994 | Good King Wenceslas | Queen Ludmilla | (TV movie) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Hallmark Playhouse | Episode: The Professor[35] | |
Broadway credits
| Date | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|
| September 30, 1953 – June 18, 1955 | Tea and Sympathy | Laura Reynolds |
| December 26, 1968 – November 7, 1970 | Forty Carats | Ann Stanley |
Radio appearances
| Year | Program | Episode/source |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Lux Radio Theatre | From This Day Forward[36] |
| 1946 | Academy Award | Portrait of Jennie[37] |
| 1946 | Hollywood Players | The Constant Nymph[38] |
| 1952 | Hallmark Playhouse | Miracle on the Blotter[39] |
| 1952 | Broadway Playhouse | Manhattan Serenade[40] |
| 1952 | Theatre Guild on the Air | The House of Mirth[40] |
| 1952 | Hollywood Sound Stage | Ivy[41] |
| 1953 | Theater of Stars | The Guardsman[42] |
| 1953 | Radio Theater | Undercurrent[43] |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Title of work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | Academy Award | Best Actress | Rebecca | Nominated |
| 1941 | Academy Award | Best Actress | Suspicion | Won |
| 1941 | NYFCC Award | Best Actress | Suspicion | Won |
| 1943 | Academy Award | Best Actress | The Constant Nymph | Nominated |
| 1947 | Golden Apple Award | Most Cooperative Actress | Won | |
| 1980 | Daytime Emmy Award | Outstanding Guest/Cameo Appearance in a Daytime Drama Series | Ryan's Hope | Nominated |
References
Notes
- ↑ Weatherford 2010, p. 302.
- 1 2 Booker 2011, p. 134.
- 1 2 Thomas 1983, p. 20.
- ↑ "Olivia Mary de Havilland at ThePeerage.com. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
- ↑ Olivia de Havilland profile at FilmReference.com. Retrieved February 15, 2013.
- ↑ French, Philip. "Screen Legends No.73". The Observer, Review Section, 2009.
- ↑ Beeman 1994, p. 24.
- ↑ Thomson 2010, p. 339.
- ↑ Bubbeo, Daniel (2002). The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies, with Filmographies for Each. McFarland & Company. p. 55. ISBN 978-0-7864-1137-5. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
- ↑ Fontaine 1978, p. 19.
- ↑ "Prominent Alumni." asij.ac.jp. Retrieved: October 6, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Quinlan 1996, pp. 172–173.
- ↑ Fristoe, Roger. "Articles: The Man Who Found Himself." Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
- ↑ Rush, George, Joanna Molloy and Barid Jones. "A Catalogue Of Complaints For Fontaine." Daily News (New York), June 23, 1996. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine To Seek Divorce." The Evening Independent, March 28, 1944. Retrieved December 8 2012.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine Now a Citizen." The Milwaukee Journal, April 23, 1943, p. 1. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine, A Guest No More, Wins Freedom." St. Petersburg Times, June 3, 1944, p. 5. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine And Husband Separate." Daytona Beach Morning Journal, August 4, 1949, p. 14. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine Sues Producer for Divorce." The Los Angeles Times, November 9, 1950, p. 2. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Husband Just Walked Out, Joan Fontaine Asserts." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 26, 1951, p. 2. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine Sues 3rd Mate For Divorce." Ocala Star-Banner, November 6, 1960, p. 3. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine Gets Divorce." The New York Times, January 4, 1961. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- ↑ "Names In The News." Tri City Herald, January 24, 1964, p. 7. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- 1 2 Wilson, Earl (July 11, 1954). "Joan Fontaine Describes How She Adopted Inca Girl". New York Post via Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 9. Retrieved December 2012.
- ↑ Flander, Judy (September 30, 1978). "Former Movie Queen Joan Fontaine Turns Author at 60". The Times-Union. p. 7. Retrieved December 8, 2012.
- 1 2 Higham 1984, p. 257.
- ↑ Fontaine, Joan (1978). No Bed of Roses: An Autobiography. New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-68803-344-6.
- ↑ Ron Galella. "Marlene Dietrich's Opening Party - September 9, 1967". Getty Images.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine-Olivia de Havilland Feud: New Details Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Interview in The Hollywood Reporter (1978), quoted in "Joan Fontaine profile in". The Washington Post. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2013.
- ↑ "RetroBites: Joan Fontaine – Sisters (1979)" on YouTube, December 2, 2010.
- ↑ "Oscar winner Joan Fontaine dies at 96 – lived in Carmel Highlands". montereyherald.com. December 15, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
- ↑ "Dispute derails auction of Joan Fontaine's Oscar". BBC News. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ↑ "Olivia de Havilland 'shocked and saddened' by sister Joan Fontaine's death". CBS News. December 16, 2013. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ↑ Kirby, Walter (April 20, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 46. Retrieved May 9, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "LRT Guest". Harrisburg Telegraph. October 26, 1946. p. 21. Retrieved September 29, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Joan Fontaine Heard Wednesday In "Oscar" Role". Harrisburg Telegraph. November 30, 1946. p. 17. Retrieved September 12, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "'Nymph'". Harrisburg Telegraph. December 14, 1946. p. 17. Retrieved September 11, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kirby, Walter (December 7, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 52. Retrieved June 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Kirby, Walter (December 14, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 54.
- ↑ Kirby, Walter (March 9, 1952). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 42. Retrieved May 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kirby, Walter (February 22, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 40. Retrieved June 23, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kirby, Walter (November 29, 1953). "Better Radio Programs for the Week". The Decatur Daily Review. p. 50. Retrieved July 14, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
Bibliography
- Beeman, Marsha Lynn. Joan Fontaine: A Bio-Bibliography. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood, 1994. ISBN 978-0-31328-409-0.
- Booker, M. Keith. Historical Dictionary of American Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2011. ISBN 0-8108-7192-0.
- Current Biography 1944. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1945.
- Fontaine, Joan. No Bed of Roses: An Autobiography. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1978. ISBN 978-0-68803-344-6.
- Higham, Charles. Sisters: The Story of Olivia De Havilland and Joan Fontaine. New York: Coward McCann, 1984. ISBN 978-0-69811-268-1.
- Laufenberg, Norbert B. Entertainment Celebrities. London: Trafford Publishing, 2005. ISBN 1-4120-5335-8.
- Quinlan, David. Quinlan's Film Stars. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1996. ISBN 0-7134-7751-2.
- Weatherford, Doris. American Women During World War II: An Encyclopedia. London: Taylor & Francis, 2010. ISBN 978-0-41599-475-0.
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