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Her first daughter, Olivia, was born in 1916, followed by her second daughter, Joan, the following year. Both children were born in Tokyo where their father was a law professor and a patent attorney.
They had a daughter, Deborah Leslie, in 1948, and separated in 1949. Deborah is Fontaine's only biological child. The following year, Fontaine filed for divorce, charging Dozier with desertion. Their divorce was final in January 1951. The two of them had a custody battle over their child which lingered through the 1950s.
May 22, 2020 · Fontaine’s mother had been an actress, and when both her daughters became famous, she returned to the profession. In a surprising twist, she chose to be billed as “Lillian Fontaine”—and actually appeared onscreen alongside her less-favored daughter Joan in two different films. Ivy,Universal Pictures. 4.
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland was born in Tokyo in 1917, the second daughter of British parents. Two years later her mother Lillian moved with Joan and Olivia to California, divorced their...
Oct 22, 2013 · Olivia de Havilland, her elder sister,was born Olivia Mary de Havilland on 1 July 1916. Both sisters were in born in Toyko, Japan. Their mother returned to acting as Lillian Fontaine in 1945 (after both daughters achieved fame) debuting in the film The Lost Weekend as Mrs. St. James. Sisters: Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.
de Havilland, Olivia and Joan Fontaine. English actresses and sisters who took on the Hollywood brass and shared eight Academy Award nominations between them. Olivia de Havilland (1916—). Born Olivia Mary de Havilland on July 1, 1916, in Tokyo, Japan; daughter of Walter (a patent attorney) and Lillian (Ruse) de Havilland; sister of actress ...
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Jan 8, 2015 · Her actress mother, Lillian, took her two daughters to California, where she married retail executive George Fontaine, whose surname Joan adopted as her stage name.
