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RIP Joan Fontaine

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#1RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/15/13 at 7:30pm

Several people thought it was a hoax given that Peter O'Toole and Tom Laughlin were reported to have died earlier in the day, but reporters from The Hollywood Reporter confirm an earlier report.

Anyway, RIP to a legend.

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#2RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/15/13 at 7:56pm

And I thought we were finally gonna get a year without an Oscar-winner dying. Just two weeks to go. It's like getting tackled at the one yard line.

I suppose Olivia got the last laugh.


Salve, Regina, Mater misericordiae
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia

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#3RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/15/13 at 8:09pm

"I suppose Olivia got the last laugh."

I don't usually bother taking issue with stuff on the internet but for the love of fvck.


Rest in peace, lovely lady.


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Updated On: 12/15/13 at 08:09 PM

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#4RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/15/13 at 8:35pm

TV stations mentioning O'toole but no mention of her. No idea why.


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#5RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/15/13 at 8:36pm

It was just confirmed less than 2 hours ago for one thing.

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#6RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/15/13 at 8:54pm

That has to be the reason.


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#7RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/15/13 at 9:34pm

The last star of "The Women" to pass on.

And so great in "Rebecca" in a truly difficult role to pull off (as I said on the main board, if you doubt it, take a look at all the other screen tests for "I" and you'll see why Joan got the part).

RIP


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#8RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/16/13 at 1:56pm

I saw The Lady in a stock package of Dial M For Murder in 1972 or 1973 in Guilford, NH. She was way too old for the role, but worked it anyway.


"If my life weren't funny, it would just be true. And that would be unacceptable." --Carrie Fisher

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#9RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/16/13 at 3:52pm

;o(


It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story... AGATHA CHRISTIE, Life magazine, May 14, 1956

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#10RIP Joan Fontaine
Posted: 12/16/13 at 3:55pm

From film critic Carrie Rickey.
http://www.carrierickey.com/blog/joan-fontaine-1917-2013/

"Famous for their talent and radiant beauty, the sisters were infamous for a longstanding feud that de Havilland declined to confirm and Fontaine liked to talk about. She once explained the feud was due to her getting married first, winning an Oscar nomination and an Oscar before her sister did. When she and her sister were children, Fontaine wrote a will that read, “I bequeath my beauty to my sister,because she has none.” A reliable source tells me that during the last few years the sisters were speaking.)"


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