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Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

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Joan Fontaine - what members say


  • Rebecca
  • Rebecca review by A customer from Fife
    Rated - 5 stars Sumptuous 12 September 2005
    ...ritish nobleman but lives in shadow of his former wife. Stunning performance by Joan Fontaine. ...  
  • Jane Eyre
  • Jane Eyre review by A customer from Scotland
    Rated - 5 stars I Love It 13 October 2006
    ... a fantastic version. The characters are played brilliantly by Orson Welles and Joan Fontaine. Even the short appearance by a very young Elizabeth Taylor is fantastic. Hope ...  

Joan Fontaine - filmography


  • The Witches on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Kay Walsh,  Joan Fontaine
    Director: Cyril Frankel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    This Hammer Production set in the English countryside pits Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine), the newly appointed headmistress of Haddaby Academy against a coven of witches. Tormented by memories of experiences with African witch doctors, Gwen thinks that working at a quiet English countryside school ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 156 members
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  • The Bigamist on DVD (1953)
    Starring: Joan Fontaine,  Ida Lupino,  Edmund Gwenn
    Director: Ida Lupino
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    A salesman marries a wealthy woman from a blue-blooded L.A. family (Fontaine) and a street-smart waitress in a San Francisco Chinese restaurant. Driven to this agonizing extreme more by his big heart than lust, the bigamist strains to keep his double life a secret from the women he truly loves. ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 33 members
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  • Ivanhoe (1952)
    Starring: Robert Taylor,  Elizabeth Taylor,  Joan Fontaine
    Director: Richard Thorpe
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the centre of this Walter Scott classic fiction inspired film the chivalrousness and the daring stand. Ivanhoe, the disowned knight join to the bravehearted and high-minded Robin Hood, the valiant of Forest Sherwood. They want King Richard to rule the kingdom instead of evil Prince John.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 19 members
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  • Suspicion on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Cary Grant,  Joan Fontaine,  Cedric Hardwicke
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Cary Grant and Oscar-winner Joan Fontaine star in this Hitchcock thriller in which Fontaine (as Lina) suspects Grant (as her husband) of trying to murder her. The plot is typical of Hitchcock, a brain twister sewing together a series of circumstantial events that leads Lina to the inevitable ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 1,940 member
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  • Rebecca on DVD (1940)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Joan Fontaine,  George Sanders
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A string of classic suspense films produced in England had earned Alfred Hitchcock a reputation in the United States, and his first American production, REBECCA, cemented his fame. Based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier, REBECCA was conceived to rival producer David O. Selznick's previous epic, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 7,544 members
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  • The Bigamist to Watch Now (1953)
    Starring: Joan Fontaine,  Ida Lupino,  Edmund Gwenn
    Director: Ida Lupino
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
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    Run time: 80 minutes
    Harry and Eve Graham are trying to adopt a baby. The head of the agency senses Harry is keeping a secret and does some investigating. He soon discovers Harry has done an unusual amount of traveling from his home in San Francisco to Los Angeles. Harry gets tracked down in LA where he has a second ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4 members
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Joan Fontaine facts

5 most recent films

Fantastic Voyage - 3.5 stars
The Witches - 3.0 stars
The Bigamist - 2.5 stars
Ivanhoe - 3.0 stars
Letter from an Unknown Woman - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Letter from an Unknown Woman - 4.0 stars
Rebecca - 3.5 stars
Fantastic Voyage - 3.5 stars
Jane Eyre - 3.5 stars
Suspicion - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Bigamist - 2.5 stars
Ivanhoe - 3.0 stars
3 Leading Ladies Of The Silver Screen - Vol. 3 - Bigamist / Hell's House / High Voltage - 2.5 stars
The Witches - 3.0 stars
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Edmund Gwenn - 2 times - show films
Barbara Eden - 2 times - show films
Ida Lupino - 2 times - show films
Edmond O'Brien - 2 times - show films
Cary Grant - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ida Lupino - 3 times - show films
Alfred Hitchcock - 2 times - show films
Richard Fleischer - 1 times - show films
Irwin Allen - 1 times - show films
Robert Stevenson - 1 times - show films