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Acting

Joan Fontaine

Career: Active from 1936 to 1994, with a break from 1967 to 1977, busiest in 1937 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 39
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Letter from an Unknown Woman
90/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1942 · Won · 14th Academy Awards
Suspicion
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1944 · Nominated · 16th Academy Awards
The Constant Nymph
Source: Wikidata
Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role
1941 · Nominated · 13th Academy Awards
Rebecca
Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Joan Fontaine played, best-known titles first.

Joan Fontaine as Gwen Mayfield

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 37 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Joan Fontaine Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
1.7, average 5.4
Pop Culture
0.4, average 2.2
Violence
2.7, average 4.1
Adrenaline
3.5, average 4.8

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Hollywood 3
Psychological Suspense 3
Historical Drama 3
Slow Burn 3
Wholesome Entertainment 3
Social Commentary 2
Nostalgic 2
Period Drama 2
Period Piece 2
Witty Banter 2
Slow-Burn Mystery 2
British Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

62

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1990s

1 title · average score 53

Good King Wenceslas

53

as Queen Ludmilla

1980s

4 titles · average score 61

Dark Mansions

as Margaret Drake

Crossings

56

TV show · as Alexandra Markham

Hotel

65

TV show

Aloha Paradise

TV show

1970s

3 titles · average score 60

The Users

as Grace St. George

The Love Boat

53

TV show · as Jennifer Langley

Cannon

67

TV show · as Thelma Cain

1960s

6 titles · average score 55

The Witches

59

as Gwen Mayfield

The Bing Crosby Show

TV show

The Paragon

as Alice Pemberton

Tender Is the Night

58

as Baby Warren

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Alice Pemberton

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

51

as Dr. Susan Hiller

1950s

21 titles · average score 64

A Certain Smile

59

as Françoise Ferrand

Until They Sail

61

as Anne Leslie

Island in the Sun

63

as Mavis Norman

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

67

as Susan Spencer

Serenade

51

as Kendall Hale

Casanova's Big Night

68

as Francesca Bruni

The Bigamist

67

as Eve Graham

Ivanhoe

71

as Rowena

Something to Live For

66

as Jenny Carey

Darling, How Could You!

67

as Alice Grey

Born to Be Bad

54

as Christabel

September Affair

58

as Manina Stuart

1940s

13 titles · average score 67

Letter from an Unknown Woman

90

as Lisa Berndle

The Emperor Waltz

64

as Johanna Augusta Franziska

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

63

as Jane Wharton

You Gotta Stay Happy

59

as Dee Dee Dillwood

Ivy

68

as Ivy

From This Day Forward

59

as Susan

The Affairs of Susan

65

as Susan Darell

Jane Eyre

70

as Jane Eyre

The Constant Nymph

65

as Tessa Sanger

This Above All

64

as Prudence Cathaway

Suspicion

79

as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

Rebecca

83

as Mrs. de Winter

1930s

14 titles · average score 62

The Women

75

as Peggy Day

Gunga Din

79

as Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins

Blond Cheat

65

as Julie Evans

Maid's Night Out

51

as Sheila Harrison

The Duke of West Point

57

as Ann Porter

Sky Giant

55

as Meg Lawrence

You Can't Beat Love

62

as Trudy Olson

The Man Who Found Himself

72

as Doris King

Quality Street

60

as Charlotte Parratt

Music for Madame

61

as Jean Clemens

A Damsel in Distress

68

as Alyce Marshmorton

A Million to One

as Joan Stevens