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Joan Fontaine

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Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films. [1]

163 relations: A Certain Smile (film), A Damsel in Distress, A Million to One (film), Academy Award (radio), Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Awards, Adlai Stevenson II, Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond, Alfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Aloha Paradise, American School in Japan, Ancestry.com, Anemia, Anglicanism, Anthony Perkins, Bare Essence, Berlin, Berlin International Film Festival, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956 film), Billy Wilder, Blond Cheat, Born to Be Bad (1950 film), Brian Aherne, Burt Lancaster, Cactus Flower (play), California, Call It a Day (play), Cannon (TV series), Carmel Highlands, California, Cary Grant, Casanova's Big Night, Channel Islands, Charles Boyer, Charles Higham (biographer), Checkmate (TV series), Collier Young, Cremation, Crossings (miniseries), Daphne du Maurier, Dark Mansions, Darling, How Could You!, David O. Selznick, Daytime Emmy Award, De Havilland Mosquito, Death by natural causes, Decameron Nights, Del Monte, California, Democratic Party (United States), Diction, ..., Elizabeth Taylor, Elkton, Maryland, Emmy Award, England, Flight to Tangier, Forty Carats, Four Star Playhouse, Fred Astaire, Frenchman's Creek (film), From This Day Forward, Geisha, General Electric Theater, Geoffrey de Havilland, Geoffrey de Havilland Jr., Ginger Rogers, Golden Apple Award, Good King Wenceslas, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Guernsey, Gunga Din (film), Hallmark Playhouse, Hereward de Havilland, Hold Back the Dawn, Hollywood, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hotel (U.S. TV series), Inca Empire, Island in the Sun (film), Ivanhoe (1952 film), Ivy (1947 film), Jane Eyre (1943 film), Japan, John de Havilland (pilot), Joseph Cotten, Katharine Hepburn, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands, Kitty Foyle (film), Kraft Television Theatre, Laurence Olivier, Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film), Lilian Fontaine, List of Academy Award-winning families, Los Gatos High School, Lux Radio Theatre, Maid's Night Out, Man of Conquest, Marlene Dietrich, Max Ophüls, McFarland & Company, Measles, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Music for Madame, New York Film Critics Circle, New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, New York Post, No More Ladies, Olivia de Havilland, Othello (1951 film), Patent attorney, Portrait of Jennie, Private Lives, Quality Street (1937 film), Rebecca (1940 film), Rebecca (novel), RKO Pictures, Robert Taylor (actor), Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Ryan's Hope, Saratoga, California, September Affair, Serenade (1956 film), Sky Giant, Something to Live For (film), Sports Illustrated, Star Stage, Startime (TV series), Streptococcus, Suspicion (1941 film), Tea and Sympathy (play), Tender Is the Night (film), The 20th Century Fox Hour, The Affairs of Susan, The Bigamist (1953 film), The Bing Crosby Show (1964 TV series), The Constant Nymph (1943 film), The Dick Powell Show, The Duke of West Point, The Emperor Waltz, The Guardsman, The Hollywood Reporter, The House of Mirth, The Joseph Cotten Show, The Lion in Winter, The Love Boat, The Man Who Found Himself, The Users (1978 film), The Witches (1966 film), The Women (1939 film), This Above All (film), Tokyo, Undercurrent (1946 film), United Kingdom, United States, University of Cambridge, University of Tokyo, Until They Sail, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Wagon Train, Walter de Havilland, Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse, William Dozier, You Can't Beat Love, You Gotta Stay Happy. Expand index (113 more) »

A Certain Smile (film)

A Certain Smile is a 1958 American drama film directed by Jean Negulesco, based on the book of the same name by Francoise Sagan.

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A Damsel in Distress

A Damsel in Distress is a 1937 English-themed Hollywood musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine, George Burns, and Gracie Allen.

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A Million to One (film)

A Million to One is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lynn Shores and written by John T. Neville.

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Academy Award (radio)

Academy Award was a CBS radio anthology series which presented 30-minute adaptations of plays, novels or films.

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Academy Award for Best Actress

The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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Adlai Stevenson II

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party.

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Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (also known as One Step Beyond) was an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard.

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Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series that was hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock; the program aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965.

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Aloha Paradise

Aloha Paradise is an American comedy series that aired on ABC on Wednesday night from February 25, 1981 to April 22, 1981.

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American School in Japan

The American School in Japan (ASIJ; アメリカンスクール・イン・ジャパン) is an international private day school located in the city of Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is a privately held online company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Anemia

Anemia is a decrease in the total amount of red blood cells (RBCs) or hemoglobin in the blood, or a lowered ability of the blood to carry oxygen.

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Anglicanism

Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that evolved out of the practices, liturgy and identity of the Church of England following the Protestant Reformation.

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Anthony Perkins

Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer.

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Bare Essence

Bare Essence is an American television soap opera which aired on the NBC network during the 1982–1983 season.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and the largest city of Germany, as well as one of its 16 constituent states.

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Berlin International Film Festival

The Berlin International Film Festival (Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale, is a film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany.

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956 film)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is a 1956 film noir directed by Fritz Lang and written by Douglas Morrow.

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Billy Wilder

Samuel "Billy" Wilder (June 22, 1906March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist whose career spanned more than five decades.

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Blond Cheat

Blond Cheat is a 1938 film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Joan Fontaine, Derrick De Marney, and Cecil Kellaway.

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Born to Be Bad (1950 film)

Born to Be Bad is a 1950 melodrama film noir directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Joan Fontaine as a manipulative young woman who will stop at nothing to get what she wants.

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Brian Aherne

William Brian de Lacy Aherne (2 May 190210 February 1986) was an Anglo-American actor of both stage and screen.

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Burt Lancaster

Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer.

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Cactus Flower (play)

Cactus Flower is a farce by Abe Burrows.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Call It a Day (play)

Call It a Day is a play by the British writer Dodie Smith first staged in 1935.

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Cannon (TV series)

Cannon is an American detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from 1971 to 1976.

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Carmel Highlands, California

Carmel Highlands is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States.

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Cary Grant

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.

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Casanova's Big Night

Casanova's Big Night (1954) is a comedy film starring Bob Hope and Joan Fontaine, which is a spoof of swashbuckling historical adventure films.

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Channel Islands

The Channel Islands (Norman: Îles d'la Manche; French: Îles Anglo-Normandes or Îles de la Manche) are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy.

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Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer (28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976.

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Charles Higham (biographer)

Charles Higham (pronounced HYE-um), (18 February 1931 – 21 April 2012Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2012Fox, Margalit, The New York Times, May 3, 2012; "A cloying vulgarity and coarseness suffuse this book", Carolyn See wrote in the Los Angeles Times in 1986, reviewing his Lucy: The Life of Lucille Ball. "But the author is either so cunning — or so closely allied in emotional terms with the subject of this biography — that the reader can’t tell if the vulgarity comes from Charles Higham or from Lucille Ball herself.") was an English author, editor and poet.

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Checkmate (TV series)

Checkmate is an American detective television series created by Eric Ambler, starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure.

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Collier Young

Collier Young (August 19, 1908 – December 25, 1980) was an American film producer and writer, who worked on many films in the 1950s, before becoming a television producer for such shows as NBC's Ironside and CBS's The Wild, Wild West, as well as the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond (1959–61).

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Cremation

Cremation is the combustion, vaporization, and oxidation of cadavers to basic chemical compounds, such as gases, ashes and mineral fragments retaining the appearance of dry bone.

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Crossings (miniseries)

Crossings is a 1986 American TV mini series based on a novel by Danielle Steel.

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Daphne du Maurier

Dame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning, (13 May 1907 – 19 April 1989) was an English author and playwright.

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Dark Mansions

Dark Mansions is a 1986 television film starring Joan Fontaine, Michael York, Linda Purl, Paul Shenar, Melissa Sue Anderson, Steve Inwood, Lois Chiles, Nicollette Sheridan, Raymond St. Jacques, Grant Aleksander, Yves André Martin, and Dan O'Herilhy.

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Darling, How Could You!

Darling, How Could You! (1951) is a comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Joan Fontaine and John Lund.

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David O. Selznick

David O. Selznick (May 10, 1902June 22, 1965) was an American film producer, screenwriter and film studio executive.

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Daytime Emmy Award

The Daytime Emmy Award is an American accolade bestowed by the New York–based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming.

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De Havilland Mosquito

The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engine shoulder-winged multi-role combat aircraft.

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Death by natural causes

A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is the end result of an illness or an internal malfunction of the body not directly caused by external forces, typically due to old age.

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Decameron Nights

Decameron Nights is a 1953 anthology Technicolor film based on three tales from The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, specifically the ninth and tenth tales of the second day and the ninth tale of the third.

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Del Monte, California

Del Monte (also, Delmonte) is a formerly unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, now a part of the city of Monterey, California.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party (nicknamed the GOP for Grand Old Party).

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Diction

Diction (dictionem (nom. dictio), "a saying, expression, word"), in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story.

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Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-born American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian.

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Elkton, Maryland

Elkton is a town in and the county seat of Cecil County, Maryland, United States.

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Emmy Award

An Emmy Award, or simply Emmy, is an American award that recognizes excellence in the television industry, and is the equivalent of an Academy Award (for film), the Tony Award (for theater), and the Grammy Award (for music).

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Flight to Tangier

Flight to Tangier is a 1953 film noir action film, directed by Charles Marquis Warren.

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Forty Carats

Forty Carats is a play by Jay Allen.

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Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956.

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Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer and television presenter.

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Frenchman's Creek (film)

Frenchman's Creek is a 1944 adventure film adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel of the same name, about an aristocratic English woman who falls in love with a French pirate.

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From This Day Forward

From This Day Forward is a 1946 American drama film directed by John Berry, starring Joan Fontaine and Mark Stevens.

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Geisha

(),, or are Japanese women who study the ancient tradition of art, dance and singing, and are distinctively characterized by traditional costumes and makeup.

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General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater was an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television.

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Geoffrey de Havilland

Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was a British aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer.

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Geoffrey de Havilland Jr.

Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland Jr., OBE (18 February 1910 – 27 September 1946) was a British test pilot and the son of Geoffrey de Havilland, the English aviation pioneer and aircraft designer.

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Ginger Rogers

Virginia Katherine Rogers (née McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer, and singer.

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Golden Apple Award

The Golden Apple Award was an American award presented to entertainers by the Hollywood Women's Press Club, usually in recognition not of performance, but of behavior.

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Good King Wenceslas

"Good King Wenceslas" is a Christmas carol that tells a story of a Bohemian king going on a journey and braving harsh winter weather to give alms to a poor peasant on the Feast of Stephen (December 26, the Second Day of Christmas).

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Grauman's Chinese Theatre

TCL Chinese Theatre is a movie palace on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California, United States.

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Guernsey

Guernsey is an island in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

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Gunga Din (film)

Gunga Din is a 1939 RKO adventure film directed by George Stevens and starring Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., loosely based on the poem of the same name by Rudyard Kipling combined with elements of his short story collection Soldiers Three.

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Hallmark Playhouse

Hallmark Playhouse is an American old-time radio dramatic anthology series.

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Hereward de Havilland

Hereward de Havilland (born 2 December 1894 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, died 12 September 1976 in Australia) was a pioneer British aviator, test pilot and member of the de Havilland company.

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Hold Back the Dawn

Hold Back the Dawn is a 1941 romantic film in which a Romanian gigolo marries an American woman in Mexico in order to gain entry to the United States, but winds up falling in love with her.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,600 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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Hotel (U.S. TV series)

Hotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983, to May 5, 1988, in the timeslot following Dynasty.

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Inca Empire

The Inca Empire (Quechua: Tawantinsuyu, "The Four Regions"), also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America, and possibly the largest empire in the world in the early 16th century.

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Island in the Sun (film)

Island in the Sun is a 1957 De Luxe in CinemaScope drama film produced by Darryl F. Zanuck and directed by Robert Rossen.

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Ivanhoe (1952 film)

Ivanhoe is a 1952 British-American film in Technicolor, directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman for MGM.

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Ivy (1947 film)

Ivy is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by Sam Wood and written by Charles Bennett, based on The Story of Ivy, the novel written by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes.

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Jane Eyre (1943 film)

Jane Eyre is an American film adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name, released by 20th Century Fox.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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John de Havilland (pilot)

John de Havilland (17 October 1918 in Edgware, Middlesex – 23 August 1943 near Hatfield, Hertfordshire) was a British test pilot.

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Joseph Cotten

Joseph Cheshire Cotten Jr. (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American film, stage, radio and television actor.

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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress.

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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands is a 1948 American film noir crime film directed by Norman Foster starring Burt Lancaster, Joan Fontaine and Robert Newton.

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Kitty Foyle (film)

Kitty Foyle, subtitled The Natural History of a Woman, is a 1940 film starring Ginger Rogers, Dennis Morgan, and James Craig, which is based on Christopher Morley's 1939 bestseller also titled Kitty Foyle.

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Kraft Television Theatre

Kraft Television Theatre is an American drama/anthology television series that began May 7, 1947, on NBC, airing at 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings until December of that year.

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Laurence Olivier

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.

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Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948 film)

Letter from an Unknown Woman is a 1948 American drama romance film directed by Max Ophüls.

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Lilian Fontaine

Lilian Augusta Fontaine (née Ruse, formerly de Havilland; 11 June 1886 – 20 February 1975) was a British actress and mother of Academy Award-winning British-American actresses Dame Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.

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List of Academy Award-winning families

This is a list of Academy Award winners related to other winners.

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Los Gatos High School

Los Gatos High School (LGHS) is a high school in Los Gatos, California, a small high income town near San Jose in the Silicon Valley.

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Lux Radio Theatre

Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company in 1943 /1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954–55).

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Maid's Night Out

Maid's Night Out is a 1938 American romantic comedy film made by RKO Radio Pictures and starring Joan Fontaine and Allan Lane.

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Man of Conquest

Man of Conquest is a 1939 American Western film directed by George Nicholls, Jr. and starring Richard Dix, Gail Patrick and Joan Fontaine.

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Marlene Dietrich

Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich (27 December 1901 – 6 May 1992) was a German actress and singer who held both German and American citizenship.

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Max Ophüls

Maximillian Oppenheimer (6 May 1902 – 26 March 1957), known as Max Ophüls, was a German-born film director who worked in Germany (1931–1933), France (1933–1940 and 1950–1957), and the United States (1947–1950).

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McFarland & Company

McFarland & Company, Inc. is an independent book publisher based in Jefferson, North Carolina that specializes in academic and reference works, as well as general interest adult nonfiction.

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Measles

Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by the measles virus.

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Music for Madame

Music for Madame is a 1937 American musical comedy film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Gertrude Purcell and Robert Harari.

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New York Film Critics Circle

The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC) is an American film critic organization founded in 1935 by Wanda Hale from the New York Daily News.

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New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress

The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honor the finest achievements in filmmaking.

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New York Post

The New York Post is the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States and a leading digital media publisher that reached more than 57 million unique visitors in the U.S. in January 2017.

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No More Ladies

No More Ladies is a 1935 American romantic comedy film directed by Edward H. Griffith.

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Olivia de Havilland

Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (born July 1, 1916) is a British-American actress, whose career spanned from 1935 to 1988.

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Othello (1951 film)

Othello (also known as The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice) is a 1951 drama film directed and produced by Orson Welles, who also adapted the Shakespearean play and played the title role.

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Patent attorney

A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition.

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Portrait of Jennie

Portrait of Jennie is a 1948 fantasy film based on the novella by Robert Nathan.

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Private Lives

Private Lives is a 1930 comedy of manners in three acts by Noël Coward.

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Quality Street (1937 film)

Quality Street is a 1937 period film made by RKO Radio Pictures.

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Rebecca (1940 film)

Rebecca is a 1940 American romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

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Rebecca (novel)

Rebecca is a thriller novel by English author Dame Daphne du Maurier.

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RKO Pictures

RKO Pictures was an American film production and distribution company.

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Robert Taylor (actor)

Robert Taylor (born Spangler Arlington Brugh; August 5, 1911 – June 8, 1969) was an American film and television actor who was one of the most popular leading men of his time.

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Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) is a drama school in London, England that provides training for film, television and theatre.

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Ryan's Hope

Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, originally airing for 13 years on ABC from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989.

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Saratoga, California

Saratoga is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States.

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September Affair

September Affair is a 1950 film directed by William Dieterle and starring Joan Fontaine, Joseph Cotten and Jessica Tandy.

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Serenade (1956 film)

Serenade is a 1956 film directed by Anthony Mann and starring tenor Mario Lanza, Joan Fontaine, Sara Montiel (billed as Sarita Montiel), and Vincent Price.

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Sky Giant

Sky Giant, also known as Ground Crew and Northern Flight, is a 1938 drama film directed by Lew Landers.

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Something to Live For (film)

Something to Live For is a 1952 American drama film starring Joan Fontaine, Ray Milland, and Teresa Wright, directed by George Stevens, and released by Paramount Pictures.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Star Stage

Star Stage was a half-hour US anothology series.

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Startime (TV series)

Startime is an anthology show of drama, comedy, and variety, and was one of the first American television shows broadcast in color.

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Streptococcus

Streptococcus (term coined by Viennese surgeon Albert Theodor Billroth (1829-1894) from strepto- "twisted" + Modern Latin coccus "spherical bacterium," from Greek kokkos meaning "berry") is a genus of coccus (spherical) Gram-positive bacteria belonging to the phylum Firmicutes and the order Lactobacillales (lactic acid bacteria).

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Suspicion (1941 film)

Suspicion is a 1941 romantic psychological thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine as a married couple.

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Tea and Sympathy (play)

Tea and Sympathy is a 1953 stage play in three acts by Robert Anderson about a male private school student, Tom Lee, who faces accusations of homosexuality.

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Tender Is the Night (film)

Tender Is the Night is a 1962 film directed by Henry King (his last film), based on the novel of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957.

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The Affairs of Susan

The Affairs of Susan is a 1945 romance comedy film directed by William A. Seiter starring Joan Fontaine, Walter Abel, George Brent, Dennis O'Keefe and Don DeFore.

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The Bigamist (1953 film)

The Bigamist is a 1953 American drama film noir directed by Ida Lupino starring Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmund Gwenn and Edmond O'Brien.

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The Bing Crosby Show (1964 TV series)

The Bing Crosby Show is a 28-episode sitcom television program starring crooner, film star, iconic phenomenon, and businessman Bing Crosby and actress Beverly Garland as a married couple, Bing and Ellie Collins, rearing two teenaged daughters during the early 1960s.

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The Constant Nymph (1943 film)

The Constant Nymph is a 1943 romantic drama film starring Charles Boyer, Joan Fontaine, Alexis Smith, Brenda Marshall, Charles Coburn, May Whitty, and Peter Lorre.

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The Dick Powell Show

The Dick Powell Show is an American anthology series that ran on NBC from 1961 to 1963, primarily sponsored by the Reynolds Metals Company.

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The Duke of West Point

The Duke of West Point is a 1938 American drama film directed by Alfred E. Green.

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The Emperor Waltz

The Emperor Waltz (Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame) is a 1948 American musical film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Bing Crosby and Joan Fontaine.

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The Guardsman

The Guardsman is a 1931 American pre-Code film based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth is a 1905 novel by the American author Edith Wharton.

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The Joseph Cotten Show

The Joseph Cotten Show (also known as On Trial)Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979).

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The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter is a 1966 play by James Goldman, depicting the personal and political conflicts of Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their children and their guests during Christmas 1183.

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The Love Boat

The Love Boat is an American comedy television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from May 5, 1977, until May 24, 1986; three-hour specials aired in 1986–87 and 1990.

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The Man Who Found Himself

The Man Who Found Himself (1937), also known as Wings of Mercy, is an American aviation film based on the unpublished story "Wings of Mercy" by Alice F. Curtis.

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The Users (1978 film)

The Users is a 1978 television film directed by Joseph Hardy.

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The Witches (1966 film)

The Witches (US: The Devil's Own) is a 1966 British horror film made by Hammer Films.

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The Women (1939 film)

The Women is a 1939 American comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor.

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This Above All (film)

This Above All is a 1942 American romance film set in World War II adapted from the Eric Knight novel of the same name, directed by Anatole Litvak, and starring Tyrone Power and Joan Fontaine as a couple from different social classes who fall in love in wartime England.

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Tokyo

, officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and has been the capital since 1869.

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Undercurrent (1946 film)

Undercurrent is a 1946 American film noir drama directed by Vincente Minnelli.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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University of Tokyo

, abbreviated as or UTokyo, is a public research university located in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan.

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Until They Sail

Until They Sail is a 1957 American black-and-white CinemaScope drama film directed by Robert Wise.

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Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film from 20th Century Fox, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, that stars Walter Pidgeon as Admiral Harriman Nelson, and Robert Sterling as Captain Lee Crane.

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Wagon Train

Wagon Train is an American Western series that aired on NBC 1957–62 and then on ABC 1962–65.

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Walter de Havilland

Walter Augustus de Havilland (31 August 1872 – 20 May 1968) was a British patent attorney who became professor of Law at Waseda University and was one of the first Westerners to play the game of Go at a high level.

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Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions.

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William Dozier

William McElroy Dozier (February 13, 1908 – April 23, 1991) was an American film and television producer and actor.

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You Can't Beat Love

You Can't Beat Love is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne and written by Maxwell Shane and David Silverstein.

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You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy is a 1948 American romantic comedy film distributed by Universal-International, directed by H.C. Potter, produced by Karl Tunberg, and stars Joan Fontaine, James Stewart and Eddie Albert.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Fontaine

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