Olivia de Havilland, a two-time Oscar winner and one of the last links to Hollywood’s Golden Age, died Sunday at the age of 104. …
Olivia de Havilland, a two-time Oscar winner and one of the last links to Hollywood’s Golden Age, died Sunday at the age of 104. The actress, who starred in blockbusters like «Gone With the Wind» and played opposite such dashing leading men as Errol Flynn, personified the glamour and elegance of a bygone age of moviemaking. In a statement, her publicist Lisa Goldberg said de Havilland «died peacefully from natural causes» at her home in Paris, France, where she had lived for years. «She was a queen of Hollywood, and will go down in cinematic history as such,» Thierry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, told AFP. «There aren’t many who deserve to be called a ‘legend,'» tweeted Hollywood columnist Scott Feinberg, «but Olivia de Havilland… certainly was one.» De Havilland, pictured in 1970 in Paris, was nominated for five Oscars -, AFP/File And a Twitter account run by screen legend Humphrey Bogart’s son said, «We have lost a true Classic Hollywood icon.» De Havilland, who built a reputation for being a bankable star for any genre, starred in 49 movies from 1935 to 2009. She was also known for her colorful off-screen life, including a landmark legal battle against Warner Bros. and a secret and bitter feud with sister and fellow actress Joan Fontaine. — The De Havilland Law — She earned the enduring appreciation of fellow actors when a suit she brought against Warner Bros. — who had repeatedly extended her contract even as she rejected script after script — led to a far-reaching 1945 ruling that gave actors far more power to choose their own roles. Jared Leto, pictured at the 2019 LACMA Art + Film Gala in Los Angeles, described De Havilland as a ‘legend’ Emma McIntyre, GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz tweeted that even beyond her two Oscars, «her greatest contribution came in court against Warner Bros, setting a template for labor rights in Hollywood.
