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
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

Movies List of Olivia de Havilland

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Gone with the Wind

1939 Movie
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Santa Fe Trail

1940 Movie
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The Fifth Musketeer

1979 Movie
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Murder Is Easy

1982 Movie
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Airport '77

1977 Movie
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Princess O'Rourke

1943 Movie
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The Heiress

1949 Movie
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Lady in a Cage

1964 Movie
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In This Our Life

1942 Movie
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Anthony Adverse

1936 Movie
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The Snake Pit

1948 Movie
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The Dark Mirror

1946 Movie
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Light in the Piazza

1962 Movie
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Captain Blood

1935 Movie
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Four's a Crowd

1938 Movie
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The Swarm

1978 Movie
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Dodge City

1939 Movie
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Hold Back the Dawn

1941 Movie
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Government Girl

1943 Movie
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Devotion

1946 Movie
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To Each His Own

1946 Movie
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The Male Animal

1942 Movie
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The Strawberry Blonde

1941 Movie
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Not as a Stranger

1955 Movie
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My Cousin Rachel

1952 Movie
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Libel

1959 Movie
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The Proud Rebel

1958 Movie
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The Adventurers

1970 Movie
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It's Love I'm After

1937 Movie
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Wings of the Navy

1939 Movie
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Inside 'the Swarm'

1978 Movie
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Alibi Ike

1935 Movie
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The Great Garrick

1937 Movie
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The Screaming Woman

1972 Movie
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Call It a Day

1937 Movie
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That Lady

1955 Movie
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Raffles

1939 Movie
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The Irish in Us

1935 Movie
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My Love Came Back

1940 Movie
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Hard to Get

1938 Movie
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The Woman He Loved

1988 Movie
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Noon Wine

1966 Movie
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Night of 100 Stars II

1985 Movie
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Pope Joan

1972 Movie
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Night

1946 Movie
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A Day at Santa Anita

1937 Movie
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A Dream Comes True

1935 Movie
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Breakdowns of 1944

1944 Movie
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Show-Business at War

1943 Movie
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Stars on Horseback

1943 Movie
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Breakdowns of 1942

1942 Movie