Oscar Photos

Gary Cooper (Best Actor)

Joan Fontaine (Best Actress)

Mary Astor (Best Supporting Actress) 

Donald Crisp (Best Supporting Actor)

1942

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Family Ties

Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland were sisters. They are the only sisters to have won acting Oscars. Apparently the two did not get along well and spent many of their famous years not speaking.

***Joan is best known for her roles in "Rebecca", "The Women", and "Jane Eyre". Olivia is famous for "Gone with the Wind", "The Snake Pit", and "Devotion".

Quote of the Day

"There's a name for you ladies, but it isn't used in high society... outside of a kennel."

Joan Crawford as 'Crystal Allen', "The Women", 1939

Reincarnations

Scottish actor Kelly Macdonald is the modern day Joan Fontaine. Both possess a quiet beauty and grace on screen... and they look so much alike too. I know someone who'd be perfect to star in a Joan Fontaine biopic.

***Macdonald is best known for her roles in "Trainspotting", "Nanny McPhee", and "No Country For Old Men". Oscar winner Fontaine, a megastar in the 1940s, was best known for "Rebecca", "The Women", and "Suspicion".

Oscar Photos

Gary Cooper (Best Actor for "Sergeant York") and

Joan Fontaine (Best Actress for "Suspicion")

celebrate at an after-party, 1942