BREAKING: Legendary film icon Olivia de Havilland dies aged 104
Legendary film actress Olivia de Havilland has died aged 104.
The Oscar-winning star was a recognisable screen presence during the Golden Age of Hollywood and logged roles in film classics like Gone With The Wind.Born in Tokyo to British parents, de Havilland would make her film debut in the 1930s, and would go on to be one of the biggest on-screen stars of her time.de Havilland resided in Paris, and was also the elder sister of fellow Hollywood icon Joan Fontaine, with whom she had a famously strained relationship.
She sued studio Warner Brothers after they attempted to extend her seven-year contract. de Havilland saw this as a penally for her continued refusal of roles she feared would typecast her as a damsel in distress, and was detemined to fight for her rights.As an actress, she was nominated for five Oscars, winning two as Lead Actress for her role in 1946’s To Each His Own and 1949’s The Heiress.
Perhaps her best-known work is in Gone With The Wind alongside Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, where she played the role of Scarlett O’Hara’s sister Melanie, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Although de Havilland retired from acting in the 1970s, her last on-screen appearance would be in the 2009 documentary I Remember Better When I Paint.
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