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Lilian Augusta Fontaine (née Ruse, formerly de Havilland; 11 June 1886 – 20 February 1975) was an English actress and mother of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.
Lilian Fontaine was born on 11 June 1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Lost Weekend (1945), Ivy (1947) and The Locket (1946). She was married to George Milan Fontaine and Walter Augustus de Havilland.
- June 11, 1886
- February 20, 1975
Lilian Fontaine (Lilian Augusta Ruse) was born on 11 June, 1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, is an Actress. Discover Lilian Fontaine's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates.
- 89 years old
- Lilian Augusta Ruse
- actress
- Gemini
Lilian Fontaine was born on 11 June 1886 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Lost Weekend (1945), Ivy (1947) and The Locket (1946). She was married to George Milan Fontaine and Walter Augustus de Havilland.
- Actress
- June 11, 1886
- Lilian Fontaine
- February 20, 1975
When she appeared in the play Call It a Day, she was credited as Joan Fontaine, having assumed her mother's (Lilian Fontaine) stage name. Biographer Charles Higham records that the sisters had an uneasy relationship from early childhood, when Olivia would rip up the clothes Joan had to wear as hand-me-downs, forcing Joan to sew them back together.
Feb 23, 1975 · SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Feb. 22 (UPI)—Lillian Fontaine, actress and the mother of the Academy Award‐winning actresses Joan Fontaine and Olivia De Havilland died on Thursday She was 88 years...
Oct 22, 2013 · Fontaine won the Best Actress Oscar in 1942 for her role as Lina in Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion (1941), and de Havilland won Best Actress in 1947 for her role as Jody Norris in Mitchell Leisen’s To Each His Own (1946), followed by a second Best Actress Oscar in 1950 for her role as Catherine Sloper in William Wyler’s The Heiress (1949).
