Joan Fontaine
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
following renew
It's better to be on a soap opera to renew your career and following than to be on any other medium.
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.
damage family relations uneasy wears
That Oscar can be a jinx... It can... damage irreparably one's relations with family, friends. It's an uneasy head that wears the crown.
man married virtually
Goodness knows, I tried. But I think it's virtually impossible for the right kind of man to be married to a movie star.
children peculiar my-sister
My sister is a very peculiar lady. When we were young, I wasn't allowed to talk to her friends. Now I'm not allowed to talk to her children, nor are they permitted to see me. This is the nature of the lady. Doesn't bother me at all.
race acting done
You know, I've had a helluva life. Not just the acting part. 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,
hobbies ifs marrying
If you keep marrying as I do, you learn everybody's hobby.
bird dodo-bird institutions
Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird.
dog sex men
The main problem in marriage is that for a man sex is a hunger like eating. If the man is hungry and can't get to a fancy French restaurant, he goes to a hot dog stand. For a woman, what is important is love and romance.
daughter children giving
[On her troubled relationships with her daughters:] You can acquire enemies. Why give birth to them?
knows
You know, I've had a helluva life,
sex men instinct
One puzzling thing about men -- they allow their sex instinct to drive them to where their intelligence never would take them.
thinking blue world
It seems there's just no room left for elegance in this paper-plate, blue-jean world. And I, for one, think it's a shame.
olivia oscars firsts
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!