Oscar-winning actor Joan Fontaine dies

December 16, 2013 08:28 am | Updated 08:31 am IST - CARMEL, California

Joan Fontaine

Joan Fontaine

Oscar-winning actor Joan Fontaine has died at the age of 96.

Long-time friend Noel Beutel said she died in her sleep in her Carmel home on Sunday morning.

Fontaine won an Academy Award as a naive wife in Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller Suspicion and also starred in Hitchcock’s Rebecca . Her other films included The Women, Jane Eyre and Born to be Bad .

Fontaine was the sister of fellow actress Olivia de Havilland.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.