If you ever meet Olivia, be sure that you don’t mention how much you also enjoyed seeing her sister on the silver screen.
Olivia and sister Joan Fontaine were bitter rivals and enemies for decades. Nobody fully knows why. Joan died at age 96 in 2013
Read recently that Mom preferred older sis Olivia and insisted Joan use “Fontaine” when acting to avoid name confusion with her sis. Sibling rivalry exacerbated by jealousy, resentment....
>>Olivia and sister Joan Fontaine were bitter rivals and enemies for decades. Nobody fully knows why.<<
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They certainly were professional competitors, and I believe they had a falling out over the care for their mother in her declining years.