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Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (October 22, 1917 – December 15, 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was an English-American actress best known for her roles in Hollywood films during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Fontaine appeared in more than 45 films in a career that spanned five decades.
Cusack has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Mike Nichols' Working Girl (1988) and for the Frank Oz comedy In & Out (1997). She has also received five consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her performance as Sheila Gallagher in Shameless .
For her role as Lina, Joan Fontaine won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1941. This is the only Oscar-winning acting performance in an Alfred Hitchcock film. In the film, a romantically inexperienced woman marries a charming playboy after initially rejecting him.
References External links Awards and nominations Award Year Work Category Result Ref. Academy Awards 1996 Nixon Best Supporting Actress Nominated 1997 The Crucible Nominated 2001 The Contender Best Actress Nominated Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 1998 Face/Off Favorite Supporting Actress – Action or Adventure Nominated 2001 The Contender Favorite Actress – Drama Nominated Boston Society ...
The Golden Globe winner died surrounded by her loved ones, her family said in a statement on Friday, Jan. 17 Dame Joan Plowright, Oscar Nominee and Widow of Laurence Olivier, Dies at 95 Skip to ...
This is a list of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees in the award categories. This list is based on "statistics valid through the nomination announcement for the 88th Academy Awards, announced on January 14, 2016", as documented in The Official Academy Awards Database. [1]
The 70th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 23, 1998, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the show, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 1997.
Joan Mary Cusack (/ ˈ k juː s æ k /; born October 11, 1962) [1] [2] is an American actress. She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the comedy-drama Working Girl (1988) and the romantic comedy In & Out (1997).