Historical FigureFemale
Olivia de Havillandová
1916 – 2020
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryDame Olivia Mary de Havilland was a British, American, and French actress. She appeared in 49 feature films throughout her career, with the major works of her cinematic career spanning from 1935 to 1988. Before her death in 2020 at the age of 104, she was the oldest living and earliest surviving Academy Award winner and was one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Her younger sister, with whom she had a noted rivalry that was well documented in the media, was the Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
July 1, 1916
Tokyo
Date of death
July 26, 2020
16th arrondissement of Paris
Citizenship
United States · United Kingdom · France
Occupations & fields
television actorstage actorfilm actorscreenwriteractor
Awards & honours
Knight of the Legion of HonourNational Medal of ArtsAcademy Award for Best ActressAcademy Award for Best ActressVolpi Cup for Best ActressGolden Globe for best actress
- Field and occupation
- americká filmová herečka
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