Joan Fontaine on Tomorrow with Tom Snyder (1980)

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    Hollywood actress, Joan Fontaine is interviewed on the Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder during this 1980 appearance.
    #tomsnyderinterviews #oliviadehavilland
    Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland (1917 - 2013), known professionally as Joan Fontaine, was a British-American actress who is best known for her starring roles in Hollywood films during the "Golden Age". Fontaine appeared in more than 45 films in a career that spanned five decades. She was the younger sister of actress Olivia de Havilland. Their rivalry was well-documented in the media at the height of Fontaine's career. She began her film career in 1935, signing a contract with RKO Pictures. Fontaine received her first major role in The Man Who Found Himself (1937) and in 1939 with Gunga Din. Her career prospects improved greatly after her starring role in Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940), for which she received her first of three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The following year, she won that award for her role in Hitchcock's Suspicion (1941). A third nomination came with The Constant Nymph (1943). She appeared mostly in drama films through the 1940s, including Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), which is now considered a classic. In the next decade, after her role in Ivanhoe (1952), her film career began to decline and she moved into stage, radio and television roles. She appeared in fewer films in the 1960s, which included Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1960), The Devil's Own (1966) and her final film role in The Witches (1966).
    She released an autobiography, No Bed of Roses, in 1978, and continued to act until 1994. Having won an Academy Award for her role in Suspicion, Fontaine is the only actor to have won an Academy Award for acting in a Hitchcock film. She and her sister remain the only siblings to have won lead-acting Academy Awards. (wikipedia)
    Tom Snyder (1936 - 2007) was an American pioneering television personality and figure in broadcast journalism who brought a no non-sense attitude to broadcast television news. He was best known for his late nigh talk shows Tomorrow (NBC) and The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (CBS). His engaging style combined with his irascible attitude, made him one of the best known journalists of his time, back when having a nationally televised and thought provoking late night talk show actually meant something. It was a totally different time in television, as the news was delivered as information with no spin or opinion of the newsman. He marked the end of an era.
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  • @lindaables7492
    @lindaables7492 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Joan Fontaine was delightful to listen to. I really enjoyed the interview.

  • @tomsarp2900
    @tomsarp2900 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What a lovely, classy, beautiful, intelligent, and talented lady she was. I so enjoy listening to her speak. Love her films. A true treasure.

  • @SM-gl8yo
    @SM-gl8yo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    We have quite a girl here. Besides being a beautiful highly accomplished actress and an Oscar winner, Miss Fontaine, according to IMDB, was a licensed pilot, champion balloonist, expert rider, prize-winning tuna fisherman, a hole-in-one golfer, Cordon Bleu chef and licensed interior decorator. Thank you for the video.

    • @scotnick59
      @scotnick59 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes: a very accomplished lady was she; Joan was 67 here and looked great!

    • @nsjx
      @nsjx ปีที่แล้ว

      Interesting. Striking beautiful girl. Watched Rebecca recently and she steals away the soul through her expressions. Too bad about her sister because she was striking as well.

  • @thomasbarrientos2516
    @thomasbarrientos2516 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    My absolute favorite of the two sisters.

    • @lettylynton1932
      @lettylynton1932 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too , Have you read "No bed of Roses" her autobiography. Olivia I always felt was the selfish one. Her autobiography confirmed my suspicions.

    • @johnfd0210
      @johnfd0210 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@lettylynton1932 I like both sisters, equally. Have to say, I think Joan would be more fun (her laugh at the end was so wonderful!).

  • @bridgettstephens5582
    @bridgettstephens5582 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My favorite interviewer mixed with one my favorite actresses; spectacular! My first time seeing her interviewed; she was fabulous!!

  • @simonebittencourt8251
    @simonebittencourt8251 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    What a fascinating woman Joan Fontaine was! So intelligent, independent, never afraid of speaking her mind, and what a divine sense of humor! She was surely a woman far ahead of her time and had a lot of culture. Thank you for sharing this extraordinary interview. She was so sharp and delightful!

    • @advids5572
      @advids5572  6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching and to the great Tom Snyder and his guests.

  • @cjordan1207
    @cjordan1207 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Joan Fontaine was one the best Hollywood golden age leading actresses. She was intelligent, independent and super beautiful... ❤

  • @bubblybubbles4326
    @bubblybubbles4326 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    She's Brilliant and well spoken♥️

  • @mingluke12
    @mingluke12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’ve just watched this film “Rebecca” over and over again not even tired of it. The whole plot of this movie has been hunting me for days. Joan Fontaine and Florence Olivier were great duo and impeccable acting in this film. I really love those productions in the Hollywood Golden Age in which actors not only had higher skills on performance and acting but also the way they were talking no actors today will talk like that anymore

  • @RussMcClay
    @RussMcClay ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Joan Fontaine was 63 in this interview. She lived to be 96.

  • @justinedean1917
    @justinedean1917 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This person who is interviewing "do you like saying that she's older...",
    Create issues...
    Joan handles everything amazingly .. very rarely I have seen actresses be so bold

    • @gingerlord4983
      @gingerlord4983 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That man is the great Tom Snyder.He was fantastic.

  • @marcco44
    @marcco44 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    one of my top favorites

  • @redcan5254
    @redcan5254 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Today would have been Joan's 105th Birthday ...
    Although Joan had a long Career in Film and TV ... She was Unbeatable as an Ingenue ... I wish that She had made 100 Movies between 1937 and 1947 ...
    She was Very good throughout her Entire Career ... but there was something Very Very Special about her during those years ... You were Drawn Right In ...
    I have Rebecca (1940) tied with two other movies for the Best Movie Ever ... And Suspicion (1941) is in my Top Five Movies ... In these two movies she costarred with two of Hollywood's biggest stars, Laurence Olivier (May 22 1907 - July 11 1989) and Cary Grant (January 18 1904 - November 29 1986) ... Yet both Movies were Hers ... Olivier and Grant were Subordinate Players ... How unusual (!) ...
    A few of her Bigger Movies are listed below:
    The Man Who Found Himself (1937) **
    Damsel In Distress (1937) *
    Maid's Night Out (1938) **
    The Women (1939)
    Gunga Din (1939)
    Rebecca (1940) **
    Suspicion (1941) **
    The Constant Nymph (1943) *
    Jane Eyre (1943) **
    Ivy (1947) *
    Born To Be Bad (1950) *
    Ivanhoe (1952) *
    The Bigamist (1953) *
    Beyond A Reasonable Doubt (1956) *
    Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea (1961)
    The Witches (1966) *
    * Personal Favorite
    ** Personal Favorite +
    So Happy Birthday Joan Fontaine ... You Live Forever (!) ...
    Great Interview (!) ... Thanks for posting (!) ...
    October 22 2022 (2007 hrs)

  • @luckychucky3426
    @luckychucky3426 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I like her so much better than her sister her sister to me is a phony she seems to be more down-to-earth

    • @bkynbiker19
      @bkynbiker19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Couldn't agree more. Olivia was a terrific actress, but always seemed like, exactly what you said, a phony

    • @quitequiet1
      @quitequiet1 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You’ve said what I always thought. Olivia was a wonderful actress but even in an interview one feels like she’s just putting on a performance, or in other words, phony. Joan was always much more sincere and down to earth.

  • @johnfd0210
    @johnfd0210 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Here comment at the end at that laugh...what fun!

  • @scronx
    @scronx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What an absolutely marvelous person -- a real lady. Except for those gliberal politics of course.

  • @tommoncrieff1154
    @tommoncrieff1154 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I wish actors today followed her advice on actors keeping their political opinions to themselves. The difference is stars of her generation had class.

    • @medeajerdana
      @medeajerdana ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Fontaine does talk politics in the interview, she discusses her beliefs on women in marriages, women's aging, etc., which are politically charged topics (even today, frankly). You can't avoid politics, the issues of our times are woven into everything we do and say; it shows up in all media and all art, which is always a reflection of the moment in which it's made.
      People discussing politics from fifty years ago might not sound as political because the things they discuss are not about our contemporary topics of politics, but that doesn't mean the things they speak about aren't political. It isn't a question of previous generations having more "class".

    • @dr.winstonsmith
      @dr.winstonsmith 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@medeajerdanaThere’s a difference between discussing civic issues in an intelligent, thoughtful, and balanced manner than the hyper-partisan, puerile, and shrill Hollywood Democrats of today. A big difference.

  • @texan903
    @texan903 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Franklin Roosevelt's father had died several years before he married. Maybe it was Eleanor Roosevelt's uncle Ted, who stood in for his deceased brother, to give the bride away, who pulled FDR aside.

    • @travelseatsyellowlab
      @travelseatsyellowlab 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt were fifth cousins​@robcardinal8430.

    • @robcardinal8430
      @robcardinal8430 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @travelingwithkaylon...I stand corrected.

  • @Magicalflyingkitty
    @Magicalflyingkitty 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Accent ❤❤

  • @santiagosantiagoramos5759
    @santiagosantiagoramos5759 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It would have been great to hear Olivia’s side of the story. Alas, we”ll probably never know 🤷🏾‍♂️

    • @travelseatsyellowlab
      @travelseatsyellowlab ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Olivia, being the elder sibling, had a strong sense of entitlement. So, the fact that Joan won the Oscar before her was a blow to de Havilland's ego. Joan and already married before Olivia. Also, when Joan and Olivia were born, most parents wanted male children and their mother hadn't wanted to become pregnant again; the marriage was failing. Then, the de Havillands had a second daughter, so that was a recipe for disaster Joan. It's a wonder that Joan was at all successful.
      For comparison, Bette Davis had a sister who was a year younger and if you examine that relationship, you will understand what I mean.

    • @gingermurray
      @gingermurray 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@travelseatsyellowlab you’re only hearing Joan’s version of events here. Everything has two sides. Olivia had too much class to respond to Joan’s lies. Their mother turned the sisters against each other at a very early age. Joan being a sickly child may have gotten more attention from mother. But, Olivia was mother’s favorite child, not Joan. When Joan arrived in Hollywood, Olivia, let her stay with her, let her borrow her clothes, let her use her car to go on auditions. Olivia was maid of honor at Joans wedding. They would visit each other on movie sets. The bad blood began when Joan insulted Olivia’s husband to the press. More bad blood was when their mother died. Olivia sent Joan a telegram saying their mother died. Joan on tour with a play received the telegram too late. She never forgave Olivia for that. The final straw was when Joan’s daughters went to Paris to visit Olivia. The girls were with Olivia when Joan passed away. Neither daughter attended Joan’s funeral. Joan’s daughters wanted nothing to do with her. Who needed an attitude adjustment?

    • @travelseatsyellowlab
      @travelseatsyellowlab 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @gingermurray Olivia and Joan hadn't gotten along that well for a long time. Lilian and Olivia didn't want Joan in pictures because they thought Joan would damage Olivia's brand, hence the stage name, a source of resentment on Joan's part. Then, Joan won the Oscar, and Olivia became upset by Joan's career taking off and Olivia, having little sway over Joan, unlike before. Joan had every right to be angry at Olivia, not making a better effort to reach out to Joan after her mother died. As for Joan's children, they had been manipulated, brainwashed, and turned against their own mother by their aunt, intentionally, which is as low as it gets.

    • @gingerlord4983
      @gingerlord4983 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Olivia didn't talk about it because she was completely guilty.She didn't like Joan simply because she wanted to be the only child.

  • @adamodeo9320
    @adamodeo9320 ปีที่แล้ว

    back in the time when demos had integrity

  • @gwalchirk2072
    @gwalchirk2072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    These actressesdont want to be married

    • @Dory8
      @Dory8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Good for them. What of it?

    • @gingerlord4983
      @gingerlord4983 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Dory8What's wrong with marriage? I love it!

  • @peteradaniel
    @peteradaniel ปีที่แล้ว

    I have a feeling Joan had been very liberal with truth and was very much the attention seeking younger sibling, she certainly resembles it here.

    • @travelseatsyellowlab
      @travelseatsyellowlab ปีที่แล้ว +3

      From what I've read, Joan was the accidental pregnancy in an already flagging marriage and the fact that she was a girl didn't help matters. It's easy to see how she could become attention seeking, especially given that her parents seemed narcissistic, had huge problems of their own and openly showed their preference for Olivia.

    • @tomsarp2900
      @tomsarp2900 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Joan was honest and spoke about it in a healthy way. Olivia was slick and knew how to keep silent. She knew it made herself look innocent.

    • @travelseatsyellowlab
      @travelseatsyellowlab ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tomsarp2900 Despite Olivia keeping silent during Joan's lifetime, after Joan's death, Olivia gave big clues on how strongly she despised her sister. The first came in the days immediately following Joan's death, when Olivia released a statement through her publicist, saying she was "shocked" by a 96 year old woman's death, and "saddened."
      She further emphasized and low-key shaded Joan again by saying how she and Deborah Potter appreciated the kind expressions of sympathy, highlighting the estrangement between Joan and her only biological child.
      A few years later, when Olivia turned 100, she couldn't help but make another jab at her late sister by saying how she referred to her as "dragon lady," and placing the entire responsibility for the fractured relationship on Joan, accepting no accountability whatsoever. I can see how the de Havilland sisters would not be in contact for going on 40 years at the time of Joan's death.

    • @peliasadventurer602
      @peliasadventurer602 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@Adventures, Exploration & Learning Through Travel Spot on. What though is your opinion on Olivia taking issue with the series Feud/calling Joan the b word?

    • @travelseatsyellowlab
      @travelseatsyellowlab ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@peliasadventurer602 Olivia, by the time of the Feud series, was over 100 years of age, and was concerned about her reputation for posterity. She was willing to go to ANY length to protect that, as proven by her decision to file suit. I commend Ms. De Havilland for being someone who stood up for the things she believed in, she was a businesswoman, through and through. However, most of the people who knew both Olivia and Joan, had died long before both sisters died, making the job of the producers of the series a lot more difficult to prove. I do believe that both women, given some of their disagreements, applied harsh language towards each other in private, with family and friends. It's a shame that two driven, motivated, ambitious, talented people could not come together in the end, as family, but chose instead, to remain adversaries for the ages.