Olivia de Havilland

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Olivia de Havilland was a British-American actress of Hollywood’s Golden Age, renowned for her nuanced dramatic performances and two Academy Award-winning roles.

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instanceOf British-American person
film actress
human
stage actress
television actress
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Actress
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award (namesake honor)
surface form: Cecil B. DeMille Award

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Légion d'honneur
National Board of Review Award for Best Actress
National Medal of Arts
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress
causeOfDeath natural causes
child Benjamin Goodrich
Gisèle Galante
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1916-07-01
dateOfDeath 2020-07-26
familyName de Havilland Aircraft Company
surface form: de Havilland
fullName Olivia de Havilland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Olivia Mary de Havilland
genre adventure film
drama
romantic drama
givenName Olivia
knownFor legal challenge to studio contracts in the De Havilland Law
nuanced dramatic performances
languagesSpoken English
French
notableWork Captain Blood (1935 film)
surface form: Captain Blood

Gone with the Wind
Hold Back the Dawn
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
My Cousin Rachel
Robin Hood films
surface form: The Adventures of Robin Hood

Charge of the Light Brigade
surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Heiress
The Snake Pit
To Each His Own
occupation actress
participatedIn Hollywood Golden Age
placeOfBirth Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan

Tokyo
placeOfDeath France
Paris
relative Lilian Fontaine
Walter de Havilland
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Paris
sibling Joan Fontaine
spouse Marcus Goodrich
Pierre Galante
yearsActive 1935–1988

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