Photos: Oscar winner Joan Fontaine dies at 96
December 16, 2013
Actress Joan Fontaine poses for photographer in April 1985 in Beverly Hills on the set of her latest role, that of a shipping family matriarch. The dramatic film character is the first in several years for the veteran actress. (AP Photo/Michael Tweed) ( Joan Fontaine )
Actress Joan Fontaine wears this beautiful gown that fits her so well in photo from April of 1945. But, according to a Paramount designer, she's over-dressed. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine )
Joan Fontaine and escort George Oppenheimer at a gala on April 29,1974 at Lincoln Center in New York. Director Alfred Hitchcock was the guest of honor for a showing of his films. (AP Photo/John Lent) ( Joan Fontaine and George Oppenheimer )
Actress Joan Fontaine relaxes in her New York City apartment on Feb. 17, 1955, with daughters Martita Pareja, 9, left, and Debbie, 6. (AP Photo/Tom Fitzsimmons) ( Joan Fontaine family 1955 )
Actress Joan Fontaine wears a beige satin high-draped turban in Jan. 8, 1961 created by designer Mr. John. (AP Photo/Harry Harris) ( Joan Fontaine )
Hollywood screen actress Joan Fontaine arrives on Sept. 4, 1957 at London Airport, with her daughter Deborah, 8 (right) and her adopted daughter, Martita Pareja, 11 (left), from Paris, France. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine family 1957 )
Joan Fontaine, Walter Pidgeon, Jinx Falkenberg, Eleanor Roosevelt, Red Skelton, Lucille Ball, John Garfield and Maria Montez gather around a birthday cake at the president's birthday ball celebration for the benefit of the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation, at the Hotel Statler in Washington on Jan. 29, 1944. (AP Photo/Eugene Abbott) ( Eleanor Roosevelt )
Newest member of Joan Fontaine's family is Martita Pareja, (right), five-year-old Peruvian child shown on April 25, 1951, whom the screen star has adopted as a companion for her own daughter, Debbie (left). Miss Fontaine met Martita when she attended a recent film festival in South America. She made arrangements with the child's parents to become her legal guardian and bring her to the U.S. (AP Photo/Dick Strobel) ( Joan Fontaine family 1951 )
Actress Joan Fontaine at the 50th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on April 3, 1978. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine )
Princess Margaret of England greets Hollywood film actress Joan Fontaine in front of Carton Cinema Theater, Haymarket, on July 25, 1957 in London, England. The Princess attended the premiere of "Island in the Sun" in which Miss Fontaine stars. (AP Photo/Campress) ( Princess Margaret and Joan Fontaine )
Actress Joan Fontaine with escort George Stevens, arrives on Sept. 25,1962 at the National Theater in Washington for the premiere of the new Irving Berlin Musical, "Mr. President." (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs) ( Joan Fontaine and George Stevens )
Joan Fontaine, honored as the celebrity rose grower of the year by All-American Rose selections, is bedecked on a throne on June 25, 1963 made of the country's newest prize-winning roses Granada and Saratoga. The screen star and Academy winner was feted at a luncheon in New York City at which the 1964 All-America Rose winners were introduced. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine )
Joan Fontaine at Truman Capote's party with escort, Dr. Benjamin Kean in Nov. 28, 1966 at the Plaza Hotel in New York. They are arriving for Capote's Black and White Ball. Dr. Kean is a noted parasitologist. (AP Photo/ David Pickoff) ( Joan Fontaine and Benjamin Kean )
Actress Joan Fontaine, in white dress, is escorted by Dr. Benjamin Kean to Truman Capote's Black and White Ball at New York's Plaza Hotel on November 28, 1966. (AP Photo/ David Pickoff) ( Joan Fontaine and Benjamin Kean )
Actress Joan Fontaine at MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) Warner Gala held on Sept. 6, 1973. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine )
Actress Joan Fontaine, Oscar presenter, poses with a group of award recipients in Los Angeles on April 3, 1978. The men are unidentified. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine )
Actress Joan Fontaine arrives for the 50th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on April 3, 1978. Her escort is unidentified. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine )
Founding father of American cinema, director Henry King, 90, honored in New York in June 1978 at luncheon sponsored by Mrs. John D. Rockefeller III, president of the Museum of Modern Art, where a two-month King retrospective (June 19-August 15) of 45 major works will be shown. King, also a veteran private aviator, was once an actor and crossed the country in vaudeville and touring dramatic shows. He made his first movie in 1915. From left to right: Joan Fontaine, Lillian Gish, and Blanche Sweet reminisce with Henry King. (AP Photo) ( Director Henry King )
Actors Tony Curtis and Joan Fontaine are shown during a break in the filming of 20th Century Fox’s "The Users,” April 5, 1978. (AP Photo/George Brich) ( Tony Curtis )
U.S. star Joan Fontaine, chairwoman of the international jury for the "Berlinale", sits with Berlin's Mayor Richard Von Weizsaecker at the film festival which opened on Feb. 12, 1982 in Berlin. (AP Photo/Elke Bruhn-Hoffmann) ( Joan Fontaine )
Cartoonist Charles Addams and actress Joan Fontaine are seen in this 1962 file photo. (AP Photo) ( Addams Fontaine )
Like most mothers, actress Joan Fontaine wants to do as much for her child as possible. One of the chores that gives her a great deal of pleasure is trimming Deborah's hair. The tag on the scissors state that they are to be used for the exclusive use of cutting Debbie's hair. (AP Photo/Charles K. Lucas) ( Joan Fontaine )
Actress Joan Fontaine dines with director Otto Preminger at the old Stork Club in New York City 1954. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine with Otto Preminger )
Actress Joan Fontaine, escorted by Charles Addams, arrives at the Rivoli Theater for the world premiere of the film "Cleopatra" in New York on June 12, 1963. (AP Photo/Harvey Lippman) ( Cartoonist Charles Addams )
Ann Miller, second from left, star of “Sugar Babies,” holds up a birthday cake during a party marking her 59th birthday at Bruno's restaurant in New York on Monday, April 12, 1982. Joining the celebration, from left, are: Joan Fontaine, Miller, Arlene Dahl, Kay Ballard and Celeste Holm. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) ( Ann Miller )
Actress Joan Fontaine, center, shares a laugh with Alger Hiss, left, and TV game show host Gene Rayburn at the reception to celebrate Boston University's "20h Century Archivers," Apr. 19, 1985 in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) ( 20th Century Archives )
Actress Joan Fontaine (left) and Corinne Calvet talk over the next scene with Jack Palance as they rest on the rocks along the shore at Malibu, Calif. on Oct. 26, 1953. The threesomes are on location for their current film, "Flight to Tangier." (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine )
Actress Joan Fontaine is shown during a press reception at the Dorchester Hotel, London, England on Aug. 3, 1955. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine )
Hollywood actress Joan Fontaine, who was born in Tokyo and graduated Tokyo's American School, attended the Annual International Ball of her alma mater which was held at imperial Hotel on Friday, March 16,1962 in Tokyo, as the queen of the ball. (AP Photo) ( Joan Fontaine and Edwin O Reischauer )
Joan Fontaine, center with "Barabinieri" Irving Bauer and Gary Lasdun, arriving for opening of "Boccaccio 70" at Cinema 1 Theatre in New York City on June 25, 1962. (AP Photo/John Lent) ( Joan Fontaine actress 1962 )
Actress Joan Fontaine, left, and British comedienne Bea Lillie find something funny while going through program before New York opening of Britain's Royal Ballet at Metropolitan Opera House on April 17, 1963 in New York. (AP Photo/Marty Lederhandler) ( Joan Fontaine and Bea Lillie )
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