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She was born in Tokyo, Fontaine is the younger daughter of Walter Augustus de Havilland, a British patent attorney with a practice in Japan, and Lillian Augusta Ruse, a British actress known by her stage name of Lillian Fontaine. Her parents married in 1914, and were divorced in April 1925.[2]
Joan Fontaine is the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland. Her paternal cousin was Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, designer of the famous de Havilland Mosquito aeroplane. Fontaine became an American citizen in April 1943. Reportedly a sickly child who developed anaemia following a combined attack of the measles and a streptococcal infection,[3][dead link] her mother moved her and her sister to the United States upon the advice of a physician.
The family settled in Saratoga, California and Fontaine's health improved dramatically. She was educated at Los Gatos High School, and was soon taking diction lessons alongside her elder sister. When she was sixteen years old, Fontaine returned to Japan to live with her father. There she attended the American School in Japan where she graduated in 1935.

Old Actresses Still Alive

Old Actresses Still Alive

Old Actresses Still Alive

Old Actresses Still Alive

Old Actresses Still Alive

Old Actresses Still Alive

Old Actresses Still Alive

Old Actresses Still Alive

Old Actresses Still Alive