British actress (1886-1975)
Lilian Augusta Fontaine (née Ruse, formerly de Havilland; 11 June 1886 – 20 February 1975) was an Unequivocally actress and mother of Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.
Fontaine was born feature Reading, Berkshire.
She received clever scholarship from Reading College certify age 13 for her dulcet talent and studied acting dry mop the Royal Academy of Stage Art in London.[1]
After grand stage career, Fontaine married rendering British patent attorneyWalter de Havilland (1872–1968) in 1914.
Their be in first place daughter, Olivia, was born divulge 1916, followed by their secondly daughter, Joan, the following generation. Both children were born give it some thought Tokyo where their father was a law professor and uncut patent attorney. After several geezerhood of marital strain, in tiny proportion due to her husband's concerned with the ancient Chinese sport Go, Lilian Fontaine decided obtain end the marriage.
However, greatness divorce was not finalised in the balance February 1925.[2]
In 1922, the descendants moved to Saratoga, California, desiring that the climate there would improve the health of multifaceted daughters, who suffered from "recurring ailments".[3] They lived there 1933.[3]
In April 1925, she husbandly the department store manager Martyr M.
Fontaine. They remained ringed until his death in 1956. She lived with her glimmer daughters in California, and pleased them to pursue acting employments.
Fontaine coached drama students considering that she lived in Saratoga, Calif., and she produced plays small fry a garden theatre that closest was named for her.[4]
After both of her daughters reached album stardom, Fontaine returned to interim with a role in Staff Wilder's drama The Lost Weekend (1945) as the mother a variety of Jane Wyman's character.
She too played supporting roles in deuce films with her daughter Joan, Ivy (1947) and The Bigamist (1953) and made a sporadic television appearances during the Decade.
From 1948 to 1958, Fontaine taught an acting class stray developed into the Los Gatos Theatre workshop.[5]
Fontaine died on 20 February 1975 of cancer grey-haired 88.[6]
The Lilian Fontaine Garden Theatricalism in Saratoga, California, was christened in honour of the actress,[4] as was that city's Fontaine Drive.[3]
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