As Lina McLaidlaw Aysgarth in
Hitchcock's SUSPICION (1941). Fontaine won her only Best Actress Oscar for
her role in this Best Picture-nominated, mystery thriller also starring
Cary Grant and Dame May Whitty. The
film's musical score by Franz Waxman
also earned an Oscar nomination.
A poster from LETTER FROM AN UNKNOWN WOMAN (1948) and a studio publicity shot
of Fontaine.