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43-511: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine , was an English-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood . Fontaine appeared in more than 45 films in a career that spanned five decades. She was the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland . Their rivalry

86-661: A Hammer horror film, The Witches (1966) which she also co-produced. Her stage work included Cactus Flower and an Austrian production of The Lion in Winter . In 1967, she appeared in Dial M for Murder in Chicago . The following year she appeared in Private Lives . She played Forty Carats on Broadway. In the 1970s Fontaine appeared in stage shows and toured with a poetry reading. She returned to Hollywood for

129-584: A comedy with James Stewart. Fontaine starred in Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948), with Burt Lancaster , Nathan Juran and Bernard Herzbrun . Art directors, and set decorators created thirty blocks of huge sets to represent the waterfront district of London's East End in this successful film noir. At Paramount she did September Affair (1950) with Joseph Cotten for Wallis, Darling, How Could You! (1951) and Something to Live For (1952),

172-519: A different story in her autobiography, explaining that she was paralyzed with surprise when she won the Academy Award, and that de   Havilland insisted that she get up to accept it. "Olivia took the situation very graciously", Fontaine wrote. "I was appalled that I'd won over my sister." Several years later, however, de   Havilland apparently remembered what she perceived as a slight and exacted her own revenge by brushing past Fontaine, who

215-549: A party for Marlene Dietrich in 1967. Fontaine also visited de   Havilland in Paris in 1969. The sisters reportedly did not completely stop speaking to each other until 1975, after their mother's funeral, to which Joan, who was out of the country, was not invited. Hollywood (film industry) Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

258-696: A series of racist and bigoted jokes he made during a roast at the Lions Club in which he referred to female joggers as "jigglers" and described gay-friendly city of San Francisco as "Fairyland" and the city of Oakland, California , with its large African-American population, as "Jungleland." In 2021, Mark Rober used the school's football field to test his robotic field kicking machine. In 2021, NBC Bay Area published an investigative report about "a wave of sexual misconduct allegations by current and former Los Gatos High School students on social media". The report details an ongoing student-led movement to change

301-604: A special screen introduction, billed as the "new RKO screen personality" after the end credit. Fontaine later said it had "an A budget but a Z story". RKO put her in You Can't Beat Love (1937) with Preston Foster and Music for Madame (1937) with Nino Martini . She next appeared in a major role alongside Fred Astaire in his first RKO film without Ginger Rogers , A Damsel in Distress (1937). Despite its being directed by George Stevens , audiences were disappointed and

344-948: A third film with George Stevens. At RKO she was a femme fatale in Born to Be Bad (1950). MGM hired Fontaine to play the love interest in Ivanhoe (1952), a big success. She was reunited with Jourdan in Decameron Nights (1953) then went to Paramount for the low-budget Flight to Tangier (1953) with Jack Palance. Fontaine made The Bigamist (1953), directed by Ida Lupino . She began appearing in TV shows such as Four Star Playhouse , Ford Theatre , Star Stage , The 20th Century Fox Hour , The Joseph Cotten Show , and General Electric Theater . She won good reviews for her role on Broadway in 1954 as Laura in Tea and Sympathy , playing

387-715: A year for RKO. Their first film was Ivy (1947), a thriller where she played an unsympathetic part. Fontaine also appeared in Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948) directed by Max Ophüls , produced by John Houseman and co-starring Louis Jourdan . It was made by Rampart Productions and released through Universal. It is today considered to be a classic with one of the finest performances of her career. At Paramount, she appeared opposite Bing Crosby in Billy Wilder 's The Emperor Waltz (1948) then went to Universal for another film for Rampart, You Gotta Stay Happy (1948),

430-541: Is the only actress to have won an Oscar for acting in a Hitchcock film. She and her sister remain the only siblings to have won lead-acting Academy Awards . Joan de Beauvoir de   Havilland was born on October 22, 1917, in Tokyo City, in the then Empire of Japan , to English parents. Her father, Walter de Havilland (1872–1968), was educated at the University of Cambridge and served as an English professor at

473-580: The Academy Award for Best Actress . The following year, she won that award for her role in Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941). A third nomination came with The Constant Nymph (1943). She appeared mostly in drama films through the 1940s, including Letter from an Unknown Woman and the comedy You Gotta Stay Happy (both 1948), which she co-produced with her second husband William Dozier through their film production company Rampart Productions. In

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516-674: The Imperial University in Tokyo before becoming a patent attorney . Her mother, Lilian Augusta Ruse de Havilland Fontaine (1886–1975), was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a stage actress who left her career after going to Tokyo with her husband. Her mother returned to work with the stage name "Lilian Fontaine" after Joan and her elder sister Olivia de Havilland achieved prominence in

559-547: The 1940s. Joan's paternal cousin was Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (1882–1965), an aircraft designer known for the de Havilland Mosquito , and founder of the aircraft company which bore his name. Her paternal grandfather, the Reverend Charles Richard de   Havilland, was from a family from Guernsey , in the Channel Islands . De Havilland's parents married in 1914 and separated in 1919 when she

602-631: The 1986 television series Starman ; drama students played the role of some extras. The 1988 made-for-TV film Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story was based on the life of former Los Gatos High School head football coach Charlie Wedemeyer , who was stricken with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and continued to coach the football team for several years. The movie was actually filmed in Goose Creek, South Carolina , at Stratford High School . In 1992, Principal Ted Simonson, former Dean of Boys during earlier decades, attracted media controversy for

645-463: The Dawn . Higham states that Fontaine "felt guilty about winning given her lack of obsessive career drive ...". Higham has described the events of the awards ceremony, stating that as Fontaine stepped forward to collect her award, she pointedly rejected de   Havilland's attempts to congratulate her and that de   Havilland was both offended and embarrassed by her behaviour. Fontaine, however, tells

688-523: The award for Kitty Foyle ), but she did win the following year for Best Actress in Suspicion , which co-starred Cary Grant and was also directed by Hitchcock. This was the only Academy Award-winning acting performance to have been directed by Hitchcock. Fontaine was then one of the biggest female stars in Hollywood, although she was typecast in female melodrama. "They seemed to want to make me cry

731-522: The details below. Request from 172.68.168.150 via cp1114 cp1114, Varnish XID 929225113 Upstream caches: cp1114 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 08:44:31 GMT Los Gatos High School The school enrolls approximately 2,100 students and employs about 100 teachers. Los Gatos High School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and has regularly received six-year accreditations,

774-560: The early 1980s, after 25 years in New York, she moved to Carmel, California . "I have no family ties anymore, so I want to work", she said. "I still host an interview show for cable in New York. I lecture all over the country. But it wasn't enough. My theory is that if you stay busy, you haven't time to grow old. Or at least you don't notice it." She starred in Aloha Paradise , Bare Essence , and Crossings (1986). She played

817-785: The female lead in the popular Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) at Fox. She had a key role in Tender Is the Night (1962) also at Fox. Most of her 1960s work was done on television or stage. TV shows included General Electric Theater , Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse , Startime , Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond , Checkmate , The Dick Powell Show , Kraft Television Theatre , Wagon Train , Alfred Hitchcock Presents , and The Bing Crosby Show . In October 1964 she returned to Broadway to appear in A Severed Head . She tried

860-469: The film Jane Eyre that year, which was developed by Selznick then sold to Fox. During the war Fontaine occasionally worked as a nurse's aide. She starred in the film Frenchman's Creek (1944). Like Rebecca , this was based on a novel by Daphne du Maurier. Fontaine personally considered Frenchman's Creek one of her least favorites among the films she starred in. Selznick wanted to cast her in I'll Be Seeing You (1944) but she refused, saying she

903-575: The film flopped. She was top-billed in the comedies Maid's Night Out and Blond Cheat , then was Richard Dix 's leading lady in Sky Giant (all 1938). Edward Small borrowed her to play Louis Hayward 's love interest in The Duke of West Point (1938), then Stevens used her at RKO in Gunga Din (1939) as Douglas Fairbanks Jr. 's love interest. The film was a huge hit, but Fontaine's part

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946-551: The first time in 15 years in 1975 to appear in an episode of Cannon especially written for her. She was in The Users (1978) and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the soap opera Ryan's Hope in 1980. Fontaine published her autobiography, No Bed of Roses , in 1978. In 1982, she traveled to Berlin, Germany, and served as a jury president for the Berlin International Film Festival . In

989-580: The highest possible. It has been recognized twice as a National School for Excellence. LGHS is also notable for its sports programs, most recently winning a Central Coast Section football title in 2019. The Los Gatos Wildcats are part of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League of the CIF Central Coast Section . Los Gatos High School, originally Los Gatos Union High School, was founded in 1908 and remains

1032-553: The lead in a TV movie, Dark Crossings (1986), replacing Loretta Young . She said, "At my time in life, I don't want to do bit parts. Also, Rosalind Russell once said, 'Always escape the mother parts.' And I've avoided them." Fontaine's last role for television was in the 1994 TV film Good King Wenceslas , after which she retired to her estate, Villa Fontana, in Carmel Highlands, California , where she spent time in her gardens and with her dogs. For her contribution to

1075-518: The motion picture industry, Fontaine has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1645 Vine Street. She left her hand and foot prints in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre on May 26, 1942. She was a practicing Episcopalian and a member of Episcopal Actors Guild. Fontaine and her elder sister, Olivia de Havilland , are the only siblings to have won lead acting Academy Awards . Olivia

1118-602: The next decade, after her role in Ivanhoe (1952), her film career began to decline and she moved into stage, radio and television roles. She appeared in fewer films in the 1960s, which included Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), and her final film role in The Witches (1966), also known as The Devil's Own . She released an autobiography, No Bed of Roses , in 1978, and continued to act until 1994. Having won an Academy Award for her role in Suspicion , Fontaine

1161-536: The only high school in Los Gatos. From the late 1880s until then, high school age students were taught at Los Gatos Central School, a grammar school which was established in 1886. The original building was in Mission Revival style, and on the site of the current library. The current Neoclassical main building was dedicated on January 17, 1925; it was built using a $ 250,000 bond measure passed in 1923, and

1204-545: The part of the unnamed heroine. She endured a grueling six-month series of film tests along with hundreds of other actresses before securing the part sometime before her 22nd birthday. Rebecca (1940), starring Laurence Olivier alongside Fontaine, marked the American debut of British director Alfred Hitchcock . The film was released to glowing reviews, and Fontaine was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress . Fontaine did not win that year ( Ginger Rogers took home

1247-892: The role originated by Deborah Kerr . She appeared opposite Anthony Perkins and toured the show for a few months. She was Bob Hope 's leading lady in Casanova's Big Night , then supported Mario Lanza in Serenade (both 1956). She was in Fritz Lang 's Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) at RKO. Fontaine had a big hit with Island in the Sun (1957) having a romance with Harry Belafonte . At MGM she appeared with Jean Simmons and Paul Newman in Until They Sail (1957) then she made A Certain Smile (1958) at Fox. Fontaine had

1290-494: The school was shown on The Amanda Show starring Amanda Bynes . It was used in the show's soap opera spoof segment called "Moody's Point". The front exterior of the school was also used on Saved by the Bell . The school was also used as a filming location for several scenes in the 1996 made-for-TV movie Lying Eyes . The school, its stadium and track, and nearby Santa Cruz Avenue were also used for filming an episode of

1333-631: The sisters had an uneasy relationship from early childhood, when Olivia would rip up the clothes Joan had to wear as hand-me-downs, forcing Joan to sew them back together. A large part of the friction between the sisters stemmed from Fontaine's belief that Olivia was their mother's favorite child. De Havilland and Fontaine were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1942. Fontaine won for her role in Alfred Hitchcock's Suspicion over de   Havilland's performance in Hold Back

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1376-700: The title of home team rotated between them each year. Los Gatos High School is well known for its rigorous academics. In 2021, Niche ranked Los Gatos High School as #37 with California. In 2021, 96% of graduating seniors went on to attend college, including 74% to four-year colleges, and had an average SAT score of 1326 and average ACT composite score of 29.8. During 2019–2020, 73% (387 students) of LGHS class of 2021 took at least one AP course. Students participate in over 70 academic, athletic and community service activities that annually raise over $ 100,000 for charities and non-profit organizations. Notable alumni at Los Gatos High School include: The front façade of

1419-523: The unusual joint cooperative nature of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District, until 2005, Saratoga High School shared Los Gatos High School's Prentiss Brown Auditorium for performing arts and, until 2006, they shared Helm Field for football games. Both are on the grounds of Los Gatos High School but are available for equal use by both schools. When the two schools played each other,

1462-553: The whole Atlantic", she later said. However, historically, she had become the top female star of the 1940s. 20th Century Fox borrowed her to appear opposite Tyrone Power in This Above All (1942) then she went to Warner Brothers to star alongside Charles Boyer in The Constant Nymph . She was nominated for a third Academy Award for her performance in this film. She also starred as the titular protagonist in

1505-596: Was "sick of playing the sad sack". Selznick suspended her for eight months. Eventually she went back to work in The Affairs of Susan (1945) for Hal Wallis at Paramount, her first comedy. She returned to RKO for From This Day Forward (1946). In August 1946 Fontaine set up her own company, Rampart Productions , with her then-husband William Dozier . Her contract with Selznick ended in February 1947 and Fontaine would work exclusively for Rampart apart from one film

1548-484: Was credited as Joan Burfield. She was leading lady to Bruce Bennett (billed as Herman Brix) in a low-budget independent film, A Million to One (1937). Fontaine signed a contract with RKO Pictures. Her first film for the studio was Quality Street (1937) starring Katharine Hepburn , in which Fontaine had a small unbilled role. The studio considered her a rising star, and touted The Man Who Found Himself (1937) with John Beal as her first starring role, placing

1591-459: Was designed by W. H. Weeks , a famous architect of schools in California. The former building continued in use but was gradually demolished and by 1955 had entirely disappeared. The main building was extensively renovated in the mid-1960s, reopening in 1967. In 2001, the town of Los Gatos passed a $ 79 million bond measure for a new renovation, which included several new buildings. Due to

1634-587: Was educated at nearby Los Gatos High School and was soon taking diction lessons alongside Olivia. When she was 16 years old, Joan returned to Japan to live with her father. There she attended the Tokyo School for Foreign Children , graduating in 1935. Fontaine made her stage debut in the West Coast production of Call It a Day (1935) and made her film debut in MGM's No More Ladies (1935), in which she

1677-517: Was relatively small. Republic borrowed her to support Dix in Man of Conquest (1939) but her part was small. George Cukor gave her a small role in MGM's The Women (1939). Fontaine's luck changed one night at a dinner party when she found herself seated next to producer David O. Selznick . Selznick and she began discussing the Daphne du Maurier novel Rebecca , and Selznick asked her to audition for

1720-404: Was the first to become an actress; when Fontaine tried to follow her lead, their mother, who favored Olivia, refused to let Joan use the family name. Subsequently, Fontaine had to invent a name, taking first Joan Burfield. When she appeared in the play Call It a Day , she was credited as Joan Fontaine, having assumed her mother's (Lilian Fontaine) stage name. Biographer Charles Higham records that

1763-557: Was two; the divorce was not finalized, however, until February 1925. Taking a physician's advice, Lilian de   Havilland moved Joan‍—‌reportedly a sickly child who had developed anaemia following a combined attack of the measles and a streptococcal infection‍—‌and her sister to the United States. The family settled in Saratoga, California , and Fontaine's health improved dramatically during her teen years. She

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1806-454: Was waiting with her hand extended, because de   Havilland took offense at a comment Fontaine had made about de   Havilland's husband. Contrary to press reports, the sisters continued their relationship after the 1940s. After Fontaine's separation from her husband in 1952, de   Havilland went to her apartment in New York often, and at least once they spent Christmas together there, in 1961. They were photographed laughing together at

1849-561: Was well-documented in the media at the height of Fontaine's career. She began her film career in 1935, signing a contract with RKO Pictures . Fontaine received her first major roles in The Man Who Found Himself (1937) and in Gunga Din (1939). Her career prospects improved greatly after her starring role in Alfred Hitchcock 's Rebecca (1940), for which she received her first of three nominations for

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