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Number9Dream

(1,914 posts) Wed Jul 1, 2026, 04:40 PM 2 hrs ago

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Born July 1, 1916 - Olivia de Havilland - British & American actress

"Before her death in 2020 at age 104, she was the oldest living and earliest surviving Academy Award winner and was widely considered as being the last surviving major star from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema." "De Havilland first came to prominence with Errol Flynn as a screen couple in adventure films such as Captain Blood (1935) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). One of her best-known roles is that of Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she received the first of her five Oscar nominations."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_de_Havilland

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Born July 1, 1916 - Olivia de Havilland - British & American actress (Original Post) Number9Dream 2 hrs ago OP

I always liked her. Great last name too--almost lyrical. hlthe2b 2 hrs ago #1

I remember watching those old movies LuvLoogie 2 hrs ago #2

I always thought she was the most beautiful woman on the planet. CanonRay 1 hr ago #3

The Heiress is one of my favorite movies. Raven123 1 hr ago #4

A favorite, I loved her early films, esp costume dramas - Captain Blood and The Heiress. appalachiablue 1 hr ago #5

hlthe2b

(115,262 posts)

1. I always liked her. Great last name too--almost lyrical.

Reply to Number9Dream (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 04:42 PM

2 hrs ago

LuvLoogie

(9,067 posts)

2. I remember watching those old movies

Reply to Number9Dream (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:03 PM

2 hrs ago

and crushing on her when I was a kid.

Joan Fontaine's sister, BTW.

CanonRay

(16,321 posts)

3. I always thought she was the most beautiful woman on the planet.

Reply to Number9Dream (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:43 PM

1 hr ago

Rebecca De Mornay a close 2nd.

Raven123

(8,054 posts)

4. The Heiress is one of my favorite movies.

Reply to Number9Dream (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:57 PM

1 hr ago

Very classy on and off screen

appalachiablue

(44,326 posts)

5. A favorite, I loved her early films, esp costume dramas - Captain Blood and The Heiress.

Reply to Number9Dream (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 06:09 PM

1 hr ago

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