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Joan Fontaine

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Actress

The Resume

    (October 22, 1917-December 15, 2013)
    Birth name is Joan de Beauvior de Havilland
    Portrayed Paige Williams on 'Ryan's Hope (1979)'
    Was a regular panelist on 'To Tell the Truth'
    Starred in 'Good King Wenceslas (1994),' 'Busby Berkeley (1974),' 'Tender Is the Night (1962),' 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961),' 'Serenade (1956),' 'Flight to Tangier (1953),' 'Something to Live for (1952),' 'Ivanhoe (1952),' 'Born to Be Bad (1950),' 'Ivy (1947),' 'From This Day Forward (1946),' 'Affairs of Susan (1945),' 'Frenchman's Creek (1944),' 'Jane Eyre (1944),' 'Suspicion (1941),' 'Rebecca (1940),' 'Gunga Din (1939),' 'Sky Giant (1938)' and 'Damsel in Distress (1937)'
    Won the 1941 Oscar for Best Actress (Suspicion)
    Hosted 'The Joan Fontaine Show'

Why she might be annoying:

    She used the names Joan St. Joan and Joan Burfield (for Burfield Street in Hollywood). She change to Joan Fontaine (her step father's name) on the advice of a fortune teller.
    She and her sister Olivia De Havilland never really got along.
    Their jealousy erupted when both were nominated for the 1941 Oscar, and she won. The feud grew and they never spoke to each other again.
    Their hatred goes back to their childhood when, at age 9, Olivia wrote a mock will stating 'I bequeath to my sister Joan the ability to attract boys, which she doesn't have at present.'
    She was married and divorced four times.
    A Peruvian girl who she adopted in 1952 ran away.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her IQ is in the genius level.
    She adopted a Peruvian girl (1952).
    She has a pilot's license.
    While golfing, she had a hole in one.
    She is a recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Humanitarian Award.
    She was Vice President Emeritus of the Episcopal Actors’ Guild of America.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 115 Votes: 42.61% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 113 Votes: 59.29% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 47.06% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 31 Votes: 83.87% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 68 Votes: 61.76% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 319 Votes: 67.40% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 79 Votes: 46.84% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 41.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 738 Votes: 35.64% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 1290 Votes: 31.01% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 3040 Votes: 43.55% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 1621 Votes: 39.42% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 958 Votes: 54.28% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 9311 Votes: 40.73% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 3653 Votes: 42.18% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 1810 Votes: 38.73% Annoying
    In 2001, Out of 17 Votes: 29.41% Annoying