No Bed of RosesThe autobiography of Joan Fontaine, born in Japan of British parents, and who rose to fame in America as the star of such movies as Suspicion (for which she won the Academy Award as best actress), Rebecca and Letter from an Unknown Woman. She was also sister to another well-known, Oscar-winning actress, Olivia de Havilland. |
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