Last of 'Gone with the Wind': actress Olivia de Havilland dies at 104
'27.07.2020'
Source: RBC
Actress Olivia de Havilland died at her home in Paris. In 1939, she played the role of Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind, for which she was first nominated for an Oscar. "RBK".
Actress Olivia de Havilland, who played Melanie Hamilton in Gone With the Wind, has died at the age of 104. This is reported by the publication Entertaiment Weekly.
De Havilland died in her sleep at her home in Paris, writes EW.
Olivia de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, where her father taught at a British college. She later moved to California and at the age of eighteen signed a contract with Warner Brothers.
In 1939, de Havilland starred in Victor Fleming's Gone With the Wind, where she played Melanie Hamilton Wilkes, Ashley Wilkes' wife, with whom the main character Scarlett O'Hara was in love. For this role, the actress was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for the first time, but she was not awarded the statuette.
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Later, in the late 1940s, de Havilland was nominated for Best Actress Oscar three times and received two statuettes. In 1947, she won the award for her role in the film To Each His Own, and in 1950, her role in The Heiress. She also won the Golden Globe Award twice.
Throughout her career, de Havilland has appeared in more than 50 films, including The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), My Cousin Rachel (1952) and Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte (1964).
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In November 2008, US President George W. Bush awarded de Havilland the US National Medal of the Arts. In addition, in 2010 in France, the actress was awarded the degree of Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honor, and in 2017 in the UK, de Havilland received the title of Lady Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
