Olivia de Havilland actress
- All known tv series 17
- Total known movies 74
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 Reinhardts A Midsummer Nights 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 Hollywoods 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 dhonneur 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.
Princess Maria
Movie 1943
Catherine Sloper
Movie 1949
Mrs. Cornelia Hilyard
Movie 1964
Self
Movie 1943
Roy Timberlake
Movie 1942
Terry / Ruth Collins
Movie 1946
Meg Johnson
Movie 1962
Lorri Dillingwell
Movie 1938
Hermia
Movie 1935
Emmy Brown
Movie 1941
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie 1983
Charlotte Brontë
Movie 1946
Miss Josephine 'Jody' Norris
Movie 1946
Ellen Turner
Movie 1942
Amy Lind
Movie 1941
Rachel Sangalletti Ashley
Movie 1952
Lady Margaret Anne Loddon
Movie 1959
Marcia West
Movie 1937
Irene Dale
Movie 1939
Self - Actress (also archive footage)
Movie 2005
Self
Movie 1978
Dolly Stevens
Movie 1935
Catherine 'Cath' Hilton
Movie 1937
Ana de Mendoza
Movie 1955
Gwen
Movie 1939
Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
Movie 1982
Lucille Jackson
Movie 1935
Amelia Cornell
Movie 1940
Margaret "Maggie" Richards
Movie 1938
Self
Movie 1995
Aunt Bessie Merryman
Movie 1988
Margie Dawson
Movie 1946
Herself
Movie 2004
Ellie Thompson
Movie 1966
Self
Movie 1985
Mother Superior
Movie 1972
Self
Movie 1983
Olivia de Havilland (uncredited)
Movie 1937
Herself (uncredited)
Movie 1935
Self
Movie 1944
Self
Movie 1943
Self
Movie 1940
Movie 1936
Self - Cast Member in 'Gone with the Wind' (archive footage)
Movie 1988
Self
Movie 1936
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2009
Self
Movie 1983
Movie 1943
Self
Movie 1942
Self - Actress
Movie 2021
Self
Tv 1962
Self
Tv 1964
Self
Tv 1953
Self
Tv 1961
Mrs. Neal
Tv 1985
Self
Tv 1948
Self
Tv 1973
Self - Mystery Guest
Tv 1950
Aunt Hilly
Tv 1977
Self
Tv 1962
Self (archive footage)
Tv 1990
Self - Winner/Presenter
Tv 1944
Self
Tv 1954
Self - Presenter
Tv 1944
