OBITUARY

Joan Fontaine, star of ‘Suspicion’ and ‘Rebecca,’ dies at 96

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The star of 1940s film won an Oscar for Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Suspicion’ and was also well-known for her rivalry with her sister, actress Olivia de Havilland.

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By Claudia Luther

Los Angeles Times

December 15, 2013

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Joan Fontaine, the coolly beautiful 1940s actress who won an Academy Award for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Suspicion” and who became almost as well-known for her lifelong feud with her famous older sister, Olivia de Havilland, died Sunday. She was 96.

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