# RIP Joan Fontaine **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427 "2013-12-16T01:22:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UntouchedTakeaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d78d45/32.png) [@UntouchedTakeaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UntouchedTakeaway)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/1 "2013-12-16T01:22:34Z")
…what an utterly _ **shite** _ day for film fans. > **[Joan Fontaine, Oscar-Winning Star of Hitchcock Classics, Dies at 96](https://variety.com/2013/film/news/joan-fontaine-oscar-winning-star-of-hitchcock-classics-dies-at-96-1200960743/)** > > Cool beauty Joan Fontaine, who gave strong performances in a number of classic films including Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rebecca” and Max Ophuls’ “Letter From an Unknown Woman,” died Sunday at her home i… …as Olivia de Havilland phones her bookie. UT~ ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/2 "2013-12-16T02:15:59Z")
Jeeze!☹ ---
**Author:** ![rsat3acr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@rsat3acr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsat3acr)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/3 "2013-12-16T03:00:43Z")
Three big ones in one day ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/4 "2013-12-16T03:42:38Z")
So I wonder if a sympathy card or a congratulations card is more appropriate to Ms. DeHavilland. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/5 "2013-12-16T04:06:43Z")
I missed one. Who’s the third (O’Toole, Fontaine, and …). **ETA** : Never mind, Tom Laughlin ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/6 "2013-12-16T04:30:31Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > I missed one. Who’s the third (O’Toole, Fontaine, and …). > > **ETA** : Never mind, Tom Laughlin Yeah, not exactly in the same league. I’m sure Olivia will be going soon, now that her life goal has been achieved. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/7 "2013-12-16T05:17:20Z")
Eleanor Parker died on the 9th, age 91. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/8 "2013-12-16T12:31:18Z")
Ray Price, the country singer, also died yesterday ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/9 "2013-12-16T14:44:32Z")
Maybe Livvy will final spill the story on the decades long feud between Joan and her. Even though I don’t know what it was about, I’m on Livvy’s side. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/10 "2013-12-16T15:08:45Z")
Man oh man oh man. Livvie wins the bet. Interesting thread by our very own Eve: [So I was having brunch with Olivia de Havilland in Paris last week . . .](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653317) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/11 "2013-12-16T16:11:25Z")
Joan Fontaine quote from wiki: > [@wiki](#): > > In a 1978 interview, Fontaine was quoted as saying of the sibling rivalry: > > “I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, she’ll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!” I guess there’s now one livid Livvie. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-joan-fontaine/676427/12 "2013-12-16T16:11:34Z")
Aw, I just watched her on the \*\*Alfred Hitchcock Hour \*_from 1963. The episode “The Paragon” is described on IMDB as_ A man tries to stop his insensitive wife from alienating their family and friends. \* She was definitely the best part of the episode.