Joan Fontaine

Actor 1935–2017 (82 year career)

5.9 avg rating

Highest Rated

Rebecca

1940 · as Mrs. de Winter

7.9

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962 · as Alice Pemberton

7.9

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948 · as Lisa Berndle

7.8

Known For

Film

Rebecca

Mrs. de Winter

Film

Suspicion

Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

Film

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Lisa Berndle

Film

Othello

Page

Film

The Women

Peggy Day

Film

Ivanhoe

Rowena

Film

Jane Eyre

Film

Gunga Din

Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins

Filmography

Acting (80)

Movies (60)

Becoming Cary Grant

2017

as Self (archive footage)

6.6

Before the Fact: Suspicious Hitchcock

2004

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Howard Hughes: His Women and His Movies

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

1999

as Self (archive footage)

Good King Wenceslas

as Queen Ludmilla

Dark Mansions

as Margaret Drake

All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

1982

as Self

Showbiz Ballyhoo

1982

as Self (archive footage)

The Users

1978

as Grace St. George

1.0

Songs for After a War

1976

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Witches

as Gwen Mayfield

Tender Is the Night

as Baby Warren

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

as Self (uncredited)

3.5

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Dr. Susan Hiller

A Certain Smile

as Françoise Ferrand

Island in the Sun

as Mavis Norman

Until They Sail

as Anne Leslie

Serenade

as Kendall Hale

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt

as Susan Spencer

Casanova's Big Night

as Francesca Bruni

Flight to Tangier

as Susan Lane

The Bigamist

as Eve Graham

Decameron Nights

as Fiametta / Bartolomea / Ginevra / Isabella

4.4

The Girl on the Park Bench

1953

as Trudy

Ivanhoe

1952

as Rowena

6.8

Something to Live For

as Jenny Carey

Othello

as Page

Darling, How Could You!

1951

as Alice Grey

6.0

Born to Be Bad

1950

as Christabel Caine Carey

September Affair

as Manina Stuart

The Art Director

as Self / Jane Eyre (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.0

Letter from an Unknown Woman

1948

as Lisa Berndle

7.8

The Emperor Waltz

1948

as Johanna Augusta Franziska

6.1

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

as Dee Dee Dillwood

6.7

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

as Jane Wharton

Ivy

as Ivy

From This Day Forward

as Susan

The Affairs of Susan

as Susan Darell

Frenchman's Creek

as Dona St. Columb

Jane Eyre

as Jane Eyre

The Constant Nymph

as Tessa Sanger

This Above All

as Prudence Cathaway

Breakdowns of 1942

as Self

Suspicion

as Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth

Rebecca

as Mrs. de Winter

The Women

as Peggy Day

Man of Conquest

as Eliza Allen

Gunga Din

as Emmaline "Emmy" Stebbins

6.5

Joan Fontaine, "Rebecca" Screen Test

1939

as Self

Blond Cheat

as Julie Evans

Maid's Night Out

as Sheila Harrison

The Duke of West Point

as Ann Porter

Sky Giant

as Meg Lawrence

Music for Madame

as Jean Clemens

Quality Street

as Charlotte Parratt

A Damsel in Distress

as Alyce Marshmorton

The Man Who Found Himself

as Doris King

You Can't Beat Love

as Trudy Olson

A Million to One

as Joan Stevens

No More Ladies

as Caroline Rumsey

Television (20)

Talking Pictures

2013

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

The World of Hammer

1994

as Self (archive footage)

Crossings

as Alexandra Markham

Hotel

Aloha Paradise

The Love Boat

as Jennifer Langley

Cannon

The Bing Crosby Show

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

as Alice Pemberton

7.9

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Co-Host

One Step Beyond

as Ellen Grayson

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Oscars

as Self

General Electric Theater

1953

as Countess Irene Forelli

Letter to Loretta

as Self - Guest Host

Four Star Playhouse

as Trudy

What's My Line?

as Self