Getty Images De Havilland ditched Hollywood and moved to France in the 1950s, spending the rest of her life in Paris. In 1975, their mother died, and de Havilland tried blocking Fontaine from ...

Bob Landry—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Olivia De Havilland, 1942. Bob Landry—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Joan Fontaine with her husband Brian Aherne and her dog, 1942.

Joan Fontaine, seen here acting in the 1944 film "Frenchman's Creek" died Monday, December 16, according to longtime friend Noel Beutel. The Oscar-winning actress was 96. Mondadori Portfolio/Getty ...

Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine in 1943. Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images. Joan won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Suspicion ...

Joan Fontaine, seen here acting in the 1944 film "Frenchman's Creek" died Monday, December 16, according to longtime friend Noel Beutel. The Oscar-winning actress was 96. Mondadori Portfolio/Getty ...