Olivia de Havilland
British actress (1916-2020) · United States · Actors · Died at 104 · also United Kingdom · also France
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Something wrong?She played Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind, partnered with Errol Flynn in grand Hollywood adventures, then won two Oscars playing women undone or denied. She also sued her own studio - and changed contract law for every actor who came after.
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1939: Hollywood's Greatest YearFilm2008National Medal of ArtsAward1998Honorary Doctor of the University of HertfordshireAward1986
Anastasia - The Mystery of AnnaSeries, Dowager Empress Maria1982
Murder Is EasyFilm, Honoria Waynflete1979
Roots: The Next GenerationsSeries, Mrs. Warner1978
The SwarmFilm, Maureen1977
The Love BoatSeries, Aunt Hilly1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series1972
The Screaming WomanFilm, Laura Wynant1966
ABC Stage 67Series, Ellie Thompson1964
The Hollywood PalaceSeries
Hush... Hush, Sweet CharlotteFilm, 1964Miriam Deering1961
The Mike Douglas ShowSeries1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1959
LibelFilm, Lady Margaret Anne Loddon1955
Not as a StrangerFilm, Kristina Hedvigson / Kristina Marsh1953
The OscarsSeries1952
My Cousin RachelFilm, Rachel Ashley1950Academy Award for Best ActressAwardGolden Globe for best actressAward
What's My Line?Series, 19501949Volpi Cup for Best ActressAward1948
The Snake PitFilm, Virginia Cunningham1947Academy Award for Best ActressAward1944
Golden Globe AwardsSeries1943
Princess O'RourkeFilm, Princess Maria1941
Hold Back the DawnFilm, Emmy Brown1939
Dodge CityFilm, Abbie Irving1937
It's Love I'm AfterFilm, Marcia West1935
A Midsummer Night's DreamFilm, Hermia1916Born1 July 1916Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 40
HY1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
SSStardust: The Bette Davis StoryMEMurder Is Easy
TMThe Fifth MusketeerTSThe Swarm
AIAirport '77TWThe Screaming Woman
TAThe AdventurersHCHush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
LCLady in a Cage
LPLight in the PiazzaLILibel
TRThe Proud RebelNSNot as a StrangerMRMy Cousin Rachel
THThe HeiressTPThe Snake Pit
TMThe Dark Mirror
TOTo Each His Own
DEDevotion
TSThank Your Lucky StarsPRPrincess O'Rourke
ILIn This Our Life
TAThe Male Animal
TOThey Died with Their Boots On
TBThe Strawberry BlondeHDHold Back the Dawn
STSanta Fe Trail
GWGone with the WindDCDodge City
TEThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
RARaffles
THThe Adventures of Robin Hood
FCFour's a Crowd
GIGold Is Where You Find ItIAIt's Love I'm After
TBThe Charge of the Light Brigade
AAAnthony Adverse
CBCaptain BloodADA Midsummer Night's Dream101 credits on file
Television 17
AAAnastasia - The Mystery of Anna
NSNorth and SouthRGRoots: The Next GenerationsTBThe Love Boat
PAPeople's Choice AwardsTTThe American Film Institute Salute to ...ASABC Stage 67TPThe Hollywood Palace
TCThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TSThe Merv Griffin ShowTSThe Mike Douglas Show
RCReflets de CannesTOThe OscarsWLWhat's My Line?
TSThe Ed Sullivan ShowGAGolden Globe AwardsAwards
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Born in Japan in 1916, de Havilland became a star opposite Errol Flynn in Captain Blood and The Adventures of Robin Hood before earning her first nomination for Gone with the Wind in 1939. Through the 1940s she left ingénue parts behind, winning Best Actress for To Each His Own and The Heiress and collecting three more nominations for roles in Hold Back the Dawn and The Snake Pit. She moved to Paris in the 1950s, returned intermittently to Broadway and television - earning a Golden Globe for Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna - and at 101 was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She died in 2020 at 104, the oldest living Oscar winner, the last major star of Hollywood's Golden Age, and one half of the only sibling pair to win Academy Awards for acting - the other being her sister Joan Fontaine, with whom she shared a famously bitter rivalry.
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