Quote of the day
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
Joan Fontaine
Born: October 22, 1917
Died: December 15, 2013 (aged 96)
Bio: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland was a British-American actress, best known for her starring roles in classic Hollywood films. Fontaine appeared in over 45 feature films in a career that spanned five decades.
Known for:
- Rebecca (1940)
- Suspicion (1941)
- The Constant Nymph (1943)
- Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
- Jane Eyre (1943)