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person_profile-Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland Died at age: 104

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Olivia de Havilland

Date of Birth:

Jul 01, 1916

Country of birth:

Japan

Died:

Jul 26, 2020

Biography of

Olivia de Havilland

    Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland DBE (July 1, 1916 - July 25, 2020) was a British-American actress, whose career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films, and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. She is best known for her early screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Gone with the Wind (1939), and her later award-winning performances in To Each His Own (1946), The Snake Pit (1948), and The Heiress (1949). Born in Tokyo to British parents, de Havilland and her younger sister, actress Joan Fontaine, moved with their mother to California in 1919. They were brought up by their mother Lilian, a former stage actress who taught them drama, music, and elocution. Olivia de Havilland made her screen debut in Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1935. During her career, she often played demure ingénues opposite popular leading men, including Errol Flynn, with whom she made nine films. They became one of Hollywood's most popular romantic on-screen pairings. She achieved her initial popularity in romantic comedy films, such as The Great Garrick (1937), and in Westerns, such as Dodge City (1939). Her natural beauty and refined acting style made her particularly effective in historical period dramas, such as Anthony Adverse (1936), and romantic dramas, such as Hold Back the Dawn (1941). In her later career, she was most successful in dramas, such as Light in the Piazza (1962), and unglamorous roles in psychological dramas including Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964). In addition to her film career, de Havilland continued her work in the theatre, appearing three times on Broadway. She also worked in television, appearing in the successful miniseries, Roots: The Next Generations (1979), and television feature films, such as Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. During her film career, de Havilland won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup. For her contributions to the motion picture industry, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. For her lifetime contribution to the arts, she received the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush, and was appointed a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy. De Havilland and Joan Fontaine are the only siblings to have won Academy Awards in a lead acting category. A lifelong rivalry between the two actresses resulted in an estrangement that lasted over three decades. De Havilland lived in Paris since 1956, and celebrated her 100th birthday on July 1, 2016. In June 2017, two weeks before her 101st birthday, de Havilland was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to drama. She was the oldest woman ever to receive the honour. In a statement, she called it "the most gratifying of birthday presents".

Photos of

Olivia de Havilland

Photos ( 13 Photos

Filmography of

Olivia de Havilland

Found 65 Movies in total

Witches

(archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2024

The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland

Self - Actress ( Actor )

... 2021

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Self - Actress (also archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

... 1995

... 1988

The Woman He Loved

Aunt Bessie Merryman ( Actor )

... 1988

... 1985

... 1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother ( Actor )

... 1982

Murder Is Easy

Honoria Waynflete ( Actor )

... 1982

The Fifth Musketeer

Anne d'Autriche ( Actor )

... 1979

The Swarm

Maureen Schuester ( Actor )

... 1978

Airport '77

Emily Livingston ( Actor )

... 1977

Pope Joan

Mother Superior ( Actor )

... 1972

The Screaming Woman

Laura Wynant ( Actor )

... 1972

The Adventurers

Deborah Hadley ( Actor )

... 1970

The Extraordinary Seaman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

Noon Wine

Ellie Thompson ( Actor )

... 1966

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Miriam Deering ( Actor )

... 1964

Lady in a Cage

Mrs. Cornelia Hilyard ( Actor )

... 1964

Hollywood Without Make-Up

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1963

Light in the Piazza

Meg Johnson ( Actor )

... 1962

Libel

Lady Margaret Anne Loddon ( Actor )

... 1959

The Proud Rebel

Linnett Moore ( Actor )

... 1958

The Ambassador's Daughter

Joan Fisk ( Actor )

... 1956

Not as a Stranger

Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh ( Actor )

... 1955

That Lady

Ana de Mendoza ( Actor )

... 1955

My Cousin Rachel

Rachel Sangalletti Ashley ( Actor )

... 1952

The Heiress

Catherine Sloper ( Actor )

... 1949

The Snake Pit

Virginia Stuart Cunningham ( Actor )

... 1948

The Dark Mirror

Terry / Ruth Collins ( Actor )

... 1946

The Well Groomed Bride

Margie Dawson ( Actor )

... 1946

Devotion

Charlotte Brontë ( Actor )

... 1946

To Each His Own

Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris ( Actor )

... 1946

Government Girl

Elizabeth 'Smokey' Allard ( Actor )

... 1943

Princess O'Rourke

Princess Maria ( Actor )

... 1943

... 1943

In This Our Life

Roy Timberlake ( Actor )

... 1942

The Male Animal

Ellen Turner ( Actor )

... 1942

They Died with Their Boots On

Elizabeth Bacon ( Actor )

... 1941

Hold Back the Dawn

Emmy Brown ( Actor )

... 1941

The Strawberry Blonde

Amy Lind ( Actor )

... 1941

Santa Fe Trail

Kit Carson Holliday ( Actor )

... 1940

My Love Came Back

Amelia Cornell ( Actor )

... 1940

Gone with the Wind

Melanie Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1939

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Lady Penelope Gray ( Actor )

... 1939

Raffles

Gwen ( Actor )

... 1939

Dodge City

Abbie Irving ( Actor )

... 1939

Wings of the Navy

Irene Dale ( Actor )

... 1939

Hard to Get

Margaret "Maggie" Richards ( Actor )

... 1938

Four's a Crowd

Lorri Dillingwell ( Actor )

... 1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Maid Marian ( Actor )

... 1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

Serena Ferris ( Actor )

... 1938

The Great Garrick

Germaine de la Corbe ( Actor )

... 1937

It's Love I'm After

Marcia West ( Actor )

... 1937

Call It a Day

Catherine 'Cath' Hilton ( Actor )

... 1937

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Elsa Campbell ( Actor )

... 1936

Anthony Adverse

Angela Guiseppe ( Actor )

... 1936

Captain Blood

Arabella Bishop ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

The Irish in Us

Lucille Jackson ( Actor )

... 1935

Alibi Ike

Dolly Stevens ( Actor )

... 1935