Olivia de Havilland
1916-07-01 ( 108 years old ) in Tokyo, Japan

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".

Movies

The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland 2021-07-02
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year 2009-07-02
The Adventures of Errol Flynn 2005-04-05
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland 2004-11-09
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies 1995-06-05
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind 1988-10-01
The Woman He Loved 1988-04-03
Night of 100 Stars II 1985-03-10
Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano 1983-11-02
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983-02-25
Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler 1983-01-01
The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana 1982-09-20
Murder Is Easy 1982-01-02
The Fifth Musketeer 1979-04-06
The Swarm 1978-07-14
Inside 'the Swarm' 1978-01-01
Airport '77 1977-03-11
Pope Joan 1972-08-16
The Screaming Woman 1972-01-29
The Adventurers 1970-03-25
The Extraordinary Seaman 1969-05-14
Noon Wine 1966-11-23
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964-12-15
Lady in a Cage 1964-06-10
Light in the Piazza 1962-02-07
Libel 1959-10-23
The Proud Rebel 1958-07-01
The Ambassador's Daughter 1956-07-26
Not as a Stranger 1955-07-01
That Lady 1955-03-05
My Cousin Rachel 1952-12-25
The Heiress 1949-10-06
The Snake Pit 1948-11-04
The Dark Mirror 1946-10-17
The Well Groomed Bride 1946-05-17
Devotion 1946-04-05
To Each His Own 1946-03-12
Breakdowns of 1944 1944-12-31
Government Girl 1943-11-05
Princess O'Rourke 1943-10-23
Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943-09-25
Show-Business at War 1943-05-21
Stars on Horseback 1943-04-23
Breakdowns of 1942 1942-12-31
In This Our Life 1942-05-08
The Male Animal 1942-03-12
They Died with Their Boots On 1941-11-20
Hold Back the Dawn 1941-09-26
The Strawberry Blonde 1941-02-21
Santa Fe Trail 1940-12-20
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards 1940-07-31
My Love Came Back 1940-07-13
Gone with the Wind 1939-12-15
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex 1939-11-11
Raffles 1939-11-11
Dodge City 1939-04-08
Wings of the Navy 1939-02-11
Hard to Get 1938-11-05
Four's a Crowd 1938-08-04
Out Where the Stars Begin 1938-05-28
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938-05-13
Gold Is Where You Find It 1938-02-12
The Great Garrick 1937-10-30
It's Love I'm After 1937-10-08
A Day at Santa Anita 1937-05-22
Call It a Day 1937-04-17
The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936-10-20
Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) 1936-09-11
Anthony Adverse 1936-08-26
The Making of a Great Motion Picture 1936-04-15
A Dream Comes True 1935-12-31
Captain Blood 1935-12-26
A Midsummer Night's Dream 1935-10-09
The Irish in Us 1935-07-31
Alibi Ike 1935-06-15

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