Olivia de Havilland, the last living star from the epic film « Gone with the Wind » and the oldest living actor to have received an Academy Award,…
Olivia de Havilland, the last living star from the epic film « Gone with the Wind » and the oldest living actor to have received an Academy Award, has died.
The two-time Academy Award winner died « peacefully from natural causes on July 26 at her residence in Paris, France, » her publicist, Lisa Goldberg told « Good Morning America. »
She was 104 years old.
De Havilland was best known for playing the role of Melanie « Mellie » Hamilton in the Civil War drama — a role that her younger sister Joan Fontaine had reportedly turned down and suggested go to de Havilland instead. After appearing in « Gone with the Wind » in her early 20s, de Havilland went on to star in dozens of movies and TV shows.
