Biographies: Olivia de Havilland - Actor

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Olivia de Havilland was born in Tokyo on July 1, 1916. Olivia's father was an English professor and patent lawyer and her mother was a former actress. She was the older sister of actress Joan Fontaine. Her parents divorced when she was three, and she moved with her mother and sister to Saratoga, California. Upon finishing high school, Olivia attended Mills College in Oakland, and after appearing in a play, she was signed on by Warner Bros. In 1935, she appeared in supporting roles in film like Captain Blood, then appeared in the film classic Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she received her first Oscar nomination. In 1941, she received a second nomination for Hold Back the Dawn. She went on to win an Oscar in 1947, and a second time in 1950, for the movies To Each His Own, and The Heiress respectively. In 1965, she became the first woman to serve as President of the Jury at Cannes Film Festival. In 1987, she won a Golden Globe Award for Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. Olivia de Havilland died on July 26, 2020 in Paris, France.

• 27 August 2021
• Dalia Saad