JOAN FONTAINE , JAPANESE TURNED TO AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN OCTOBER 22, 1917
JOAN FONTAINE , JAPANESE TURNED TO AMERICAN ACTRESS BORN OCTOBER 22, 1917 Born October 22, 1917 in Tokyo, Japan Died December 15, 2013 in Carmel, California, USA Birth Name Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland Height 5' 3½" (1.61 m) Mini Bio (1) Born Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland on October 22, 1917, in Tokyo, Japan, in what was known as the International Settlement. Her father was a British patent attorney with a lucrative practice in Japan, but due to Joan and older sister Olivia de Havilland's recurring ailments the family moved to California in the hopes of improving their health. Mrs. de Havilland and the two girls settled in Saratoga while their father went back to his practice in Japan. Joan's parents did not get along well and divorced soon afterward. Mrs. de Havilland had a desire to be an actress but her dreams were curtailed when she married, but now she hoped to pass on her dream to Olivia and Joan. While Olivia pursued a stage career...