Joan Fontaine Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Joan: Marriage, as an institution, is as dead as the dodo bird.

Trivia

A the premiere of Joan's movie A Damsel in Distress, a woman sitting behind her shouted "Isn't she awful!" at Joan's on-screen attempt at dancing.

Joan was married to Alfred Wright, Jr. from 1964 to 1969.

Joan was married to show creator Collier Young from 1952 until they divorced in 1961.

In 1979, Joan published her autobiography No Bed of Roses. Her ex-husband William Dozier suggested the title should have been "No Shred of Truth".

Howard Hughes, who dated Joan's sister Olivia, proposed to Joan many times but she refused all his proposals.

Joan had two miscarriages in 1964, at the age of 46.

Joan married Brian Aherne in 1939 but they divorced in 1945.

Joan is the sister of Academy Award winning actress Olivia de Havilland.