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Olivia de Havilland

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Olivia de Havilland

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Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland, DBE (English: Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland, July 1, 1916 - July 26, 2020), was born in Tokyo, Japan, and is a British film actress. She became famous in 1939's "Gone with the Wind" and reached the peak of her acting career in the 1940s. Her representative works include "The Merry Seeds", "Snake's Den" and "Dream in the Boudoir". Her awards include two Academy Awards for Best Actress, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress. De Havilland has lived in Paris, France since the 1950s and was awarded the French Legion of Honor in 2010. In 2017, two weeks before her 101st birthday, Queen Elizabeth II awarded her the Order of the British Empire, making de Havilland the oldest person to be awarded the medal. Since 2014, de Havilland and the actor who played her son in "Gone with the Wind" have become the last two living actors from the film. During her nearly 60-year acting career, she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. De Havilland's biological sister is another Oscar-winning actress, Joan Fontaine. They are the only biological siblings in the world who have both won Oscar acting awards. Xia Huilan passed away in Paris, France on July 25, 2020, at the age of 104.

Category
Film & TV
Nationality
United States
Born
1916-07-01
Died
2020-07-26
Wikidata
Q95068
Occupations television actorstage actormovie actorscreenwriteractor
Aliases Dame Olivia Mary de HavillandOlivia De HavillandOlivia Mary de HavillandOlivia de HavillandOlivia de Havilland

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