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Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

Actor · 1916–2020 · Tokyo, Japan

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Biography

Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (July 1, 1916 – July 26, 2020) was a British, American, and French actress. She appeared in 49 feature films throughout her career, with the major works of her cinematic career spanning from 1935 to 1988. Before her death in 2020 at the age of 104, she was the oldest living and earliest surviving Academy Award winner and was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Her younger sister, with whom she had a noted rivalry that was well documented in the media, was the Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine.

Acted in 64

2020s

  1. 2021

    Jacques Tati, tombé de la lune

    Movie

  2. The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland

    (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2015

    Destins secrets d’étoiles - Grace, Jackie, Liz, Marilyn…

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1988
  2. 1986

    Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna

    Dowager Empress Maria · 2 episodes

  3. 1985
  4. 1982

    The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana

    Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother

  5. Murder Is Easy

    Honoria Waynflete

1970s

  1. 1979

    The Fifth Musketeer

    Anne d'Autriche

  2. 1978
  3. 1977
  4. 1972

    Pope Joan

    Mother Superior

  5. The Screaming Woman

    Laura Wynant

  6. 1970

    The Adventurers

    Deborah Hadley

1960s

  1. 1966
  2. 1964
  3. Lady in a Cage

    Mrs. Cornelia Hilyard

  4. 1962

    Light in the Piazza

    Meg Johnson

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. 1948
  3. 1946
  4. The Well Groomed Bride

    Margie Dawson

  5. Devotion

    Charlotte Brontë

  6. 1943

    Government Girl

    Elizabeth 'Smokey' Allard

  7. Princess O'Rourke

    Princess Maria

  8. Stars on Horseback

    Movie

  9. 1942

    In This Our Life

    Roy Timberlake

  10. The Male Animal

    Ellen Turner

  11. 1941
  12. Hold Back the Dawn

    Emmy Brown

  13. 1940
  14. My Love Came Back

    Amelia Cornell

1930s

  1. 1939
  2. Raffles

    Gwen

  3. Wings of the Navy

    Irene Dale

  4. 1938

    Hard to Get

    Margaret "Maggie" Richards

  5. Four's a Crowd

    Lorri Dillingwell

  6. Out Where the Stars Begin

    Serena Ferris (archive footage)

  7. Gold Is Where You Find It

    Serena Ferris

  8. 1937

    The Great Garrick

    Germaine de la Corbe

  9. A Day at Santa Anita

    Olivia de Havilland (uncredited)

  10. Call It a Day

    Catherine 'Cath' Hilton

  11. 1936
  12. The Making of a Great Motion Picture

    Movie

  13. 1935

    Captain Blood

    Arabella Bishop

  14. A Midsummer Night's Dream

    Hermia

  15. The Irish in Us

    Lucille Jackson

  16. Alibi Ike

    Dolly Stevens

Appearances35

2020s

  1. 2020

    Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2017
  2. 2015

    Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

    Self (archive footage)

2000s

  1. 2009

    1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 2006

    Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

    Self (archive footage)

  3. 2005
  4. 2004

    Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

    Herself

  5. 2001

    Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

    Self (archive footage)

1990s

  1. 1995

    The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

    Self

1980s

  1. 1988

    The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

    Self - Cast Member in 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage)

  2. 1985

    Night of 100 Stars II

    Self

  3. 1983

    Bette Davis: The Benevolent Volcano

    Self

  4. Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  5. Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

    Self

1950s

  1. 1954

    Reflets de Cannes

    Self · 1 episode

  2. 1953
  3. 1950

1940s

  1. 1948
  2. 1944

    Breakdowns of 1944

    Self

  3. 1943
  4. Show-Business at War

    Self

  5. 1942

    Breakdowns of 1942

    Self

  6. 1940

    Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

    Self

1930s

  1. 1939

    British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind

    Self (archive footage)

  2. 1936

    Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1)

    Self

  3. 1935

    A Dream Comes True

    Herself (uncredited)