A true lady of American cinema with his noble blood and rarely equaled class, Olivia de Havilland is celebrating its 100 years. It is the oldest past three living legends of Hollywood.
The career of Olivia de Havilland is one of the most impressive in the history of cinema. The actress turns 100 today, and is considered the dean of the last three legends of Hollywood , with Kirk Douglas (also born in 1916) and Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917). Its major movie Gone with the Wind Not a small role, far from it
His career, she punctuate later.. two best actress Oscars in 1947 and 1950, started in 1935 in the film Like Alibi . a success which then leads to play in a Midsummer night ‘ was and the Charge of the light Brigade , the Adventures of Robin Hood , and especially Gone with the wind where she played the role of Melanie Wilkes. for the latter, she was named for an Oscar as best Supporting actress. It is then still British, daughter of a prominent lawyer and actress Lillian Fontaine, but is naturalized American in 1941.
His career already at the tops, takes on even greater proportions when is named for the first time for the Academy Award for best actress in by the door (1941) of Mitchell Leisen. It’s his sister, Joan Fontaine (died 2013), who is ahead. But the statue does not escape him in 1946 for his role in another film Leisen, To each his destiny in 1946 performance she repeated in 1950 with The Héritère by William Wyler. she withdrew large screens in 1953, only 37 years, but scores the cinema footprint. in 2011, the Cesar Awards ceremony, which she attends, pays him tribute during a standing ovation.
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