Was she coughing? I just finally watched (read: suffered through) The Constant Nymph and what Joan Fontaine's Tessa seemed to be suffering from throughout the film were painful "stitches" in her side. I'm not sure I ever saw her cough once. Some completely unknown ailment that is never addressed in any way during the run of the film until she collapses and dies alone at the end. A terrible performance in a truly forgettable film. How she was nominated for that is a mystery.The Original BJ wrote:The Constant Nymph is a truly negligible movie, and Fontaine's performance isn't that much more notable. In many ways, her character's arc is similar to her arc in Letter From an Unknown Woman, except that movie is great and Constant Nymph is pretty hoary. (Gee, I wonder why she's coughing so much?)
Not for one second, does Fontaine look like this in the film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Const ... phfilm.jpg
No wonder this movie has all but vanished from the Earth!