Olivia de Havilland
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland DBE (; July 1, 1916 – July 25, 2020) was a French-British-American actress. The major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films, and was one of the leading actresses of her time. She was also one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood Cinema, until her death in 2020. Her younger sister was actress Joan Fontaine.
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| Full name at birth | Olivia Mary De Havilland
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| Claim to fame | Gone With the Wind
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| Date of birth | 1 July 1916
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| Place of birth | Tokyo, Japan
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| Date of death | 25 July 2020
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| Age | 104 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Paris, France
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| Occupation | Actress
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| Height | 5' 4" (163 cm)
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| Weight | 107 lbs (49 kg)
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| Residence | Paris, France
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| Net worth | $20,000,000 USD
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| High school | Los Gatos High School, Los Gatos, CA (1934)
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| University | Mills College
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- In the 1950s, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum near Tucson, AZ, named one of their female javalinas "Olivia de Javalina" in her honor; incidentally, their male was named "Gregory Peckory" to honor actor Gregory Peck.
- When she was 9 years old, she made a will in which she stated, "I bequeath all my beauty to my younger sister Joan [Joan Fontaine], since she has none".
- Showed flair as a writer when "Every Fenchman Has One," a lighthearted autobiographical account of her attempts at adapting to French life, was published in 1962.
- She had two children (one from each of her marriages): Benjamin (1949-1991), who became a mathematician, and Gisele (b. 1956), who followed in her father's footsteps by becoming a journalist.
- Only surviving star (who received star billing) of Gone with the Wind (1939). Other surviving minor stars are Ann Rutherford, Fred Crane, Mickey Kuhn, 'Alicia Rhett', Mary Anderson and Evelyn Keyes.
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