Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland
E613098
Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, better known as Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award–winning British-American actress renowned for her roles in classic films such as "Rebecca" and "Suspicion."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6711752 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland Context triple: [Joan Fontaine, birthName, Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland]
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A.
Marie-Claire Follett
Marie-Claire Follett is a daughter of the Welsh novelist Ken Follett.
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B.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an American author and pioneering aviator who collaborated with her husband Charles Lindbergh on historic flights and wrote the influential memoir "Gift from the Sea."
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C.
Dorothy Cheston Bennett
Dorothy Cheston Bennett was a British actress and writer best known as the long-term partner and later wife of novelist Arnold Bennett.
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D.
Florence Trenchard
Florence Trenchard is a central young English gentlewoman in the 1858 comic play "Our American Cousin," whose romantic storyline and social position help drive the play’s themes of class and transatlantic contrast.
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E.
Blanche Coudert
Blanche Coudert was the wife of American cinematographer Arthur C. Miller, known for her connection to his life and career in early Hollywood.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland Target entity description: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, better known as Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award–winning British-American actress renowned for her roles in classic films such as "Rebecca" and "Suspicion."
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A.
Marie-Claire Follett
Marie-Claire Follett is a daughter of the Welsh novelist Ken Follett.
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B.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Anne Morrow Lindbergh was an American author and pioneering aviator who collaborated with her husband Charles Lindbergh on historic flights and wrote the influential memoir "Gift from the Sea."
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C.
Dorothy Cheston Bennett
Dorothy Cheston Bennett was a British actress and writer best known as the long-term partner and later wife of novelist Arnold Bennett.
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D.
Florence Trenchard
Florence Trenchard is a central young English gentlewoman in the 1858 comic play "Our American Cousin," whose romantic storyline and social position help drive the play’s themes of class and transatlantic contrast.
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E.
Blanche Coudert
Blanche Coudert was the wife of American cinematographer Arthur C. Miller, known for her connection to his life and career in early Hollywood.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
film actress
ⓘ
human ⓘ stage actress ⓘ television actress ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Joan Burfield
NERFINISHED
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Joan Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan St. John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Actress
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Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceivedFor | Suspicion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| citizenship |
United Kingdom
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1917-10-22 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2013-12-15 ⓘ |
| father | Walter de Havilland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre | drama film ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mother | Lilian Fontaine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ |
| nominatedForWork | Rebecca NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Gunga Din
NERFINISHED
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Jane Eyre NERFINISHED ⓘ Letter from an Unknown Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ Rebecca NERFINISHED ⓘ Suspicion NERFINISHED ⓘ The Constant Nymph NERFINISHED ⓘ The Women NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 1 ⓘ |
| occupation |
actress
ⓘ
film producer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, United States
NERFINISHED
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Hollywood, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sibling | Olivia de Havilland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Alfred Wright, Jr.
NERFINISHED
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Brian Aherne NERFINISHED ⓘ Collier Young NERFINISHED ⓘ William Dozier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workedWith |
Alfred Hitchcock
NERFINISHED
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Cary Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ Laurence Olivier NERFINISHED ⓘ Orson Welles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearsActive | 1935–1994 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland Description of subject: Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, better known as Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award–winning British-American actress renowned for her roles in classic films such as "Rebecca" and "Suspicion."
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.