Olivia De Havilland

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".

Known For	Acting
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Birthday	1916-07-01
Place of Birth	Tokyo, Japan
Also Known As	Olivia Mary de Havilland, Livvie, Olivia De Havilland, Olivia DeHavilland, Олівія де Гевіленд, 올리비아 드 하빌랜드, الیویا دی هاویلند,

Gone with the Wind

Santa Fe Trail

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

The Fifth Musketeer

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Murder Is Easy

Airport '77

Princess O'Rourke

The Heiress

Lady in a Cage

Thank Your Lucky Stars

In This Our Life

Anthony Adverse

The Snake Pit

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Dark Mirror

Light in the Piazza

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Captain Blood

They Died with Their Boots On

Four's a Crowd

The Swarm

Dodge City

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Hold Back the Dawn

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Government Girl

Devotion

To Each His Own

The Male Animal

The Strawberry Blonde

Not as a Stranger

My Cousin Rachel

Libel

The Proud Rebel

The Ambassador's Daughter

The Adventurers

It's Love I'm After

Wings of the Navy

The Adventures of Errol Flynn

Out Where the Stars Begin

Inside 'the Swarm'

Alibi Ike

The Great Garrick

The Screaming Woman

Call It a Day

That Lady

Raffles

The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

The Irish in Us

My Love Came Back

Gold Is Where You Find It

Hard to Get

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

The Woman He Loved

The Well Groomed Bride

Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

Noon Wine

Night of 100 Stars II

Pope Joan

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

A Dream Comes True

A Day at Santa Anita

Breakdowns of 1944

Show-Business at War

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

The Making of a Great Motion Picture

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

Stars on Horseback

Breakdowns of 1942

The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland

The Extraordinary Seaman