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Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

33 movies on Netflix

Biography

Olivia de Havilland was a British, American, and French actress whose acting career lasted more than 50 years and included 49 feature films, with her major film work spanning 1935 to 1988. She first gained prominence opposite Errol Flynn in adventure films such as Captain Blood (1935) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and she played Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind (1939), earning the first of five Academy Award nominations. In the 1940s she moved away from ingenue roles and won Academy Awards for Best Actress for To Each His Own (1946) and The Heiress (1949), with further nominations for Hold Back the Dawn (1941) and The Snake Pit (1948). She appeared on Broadway in Romeo and Juliet (1951), Candida (1952), and A Gift of Time (1962), and on television in Roots: The Next Generations (1979) and Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna (1986). She died in 2020.

104years old at death

  • Born Tokyo
  • Died 16th arrondissement of Paris
  • Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
  • Olivia Mary de Havilland (birth name)Also credited as Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland

Movie Career

Films
33
Career span
47 years1935 to 1982

Genres

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  1. A first

    De Havilland was the first woman to serve as president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival, doing so in 1965.

  2. Big break

    One week before the premiere, both Gloria Stuart, the lead actress, and the understudy Jean Rouverol left the project, so de Havilland, who was 18, took over as Hermia.

  3. Getting ready for a role

    De Havilland prepared for one of her hardest film roles by losing weight on purpose for a gaunt look on screen. She also met often with psychiatrists working on the film and went to Camarillo State Mental Hospital to study the patients.

  4. Getting ready for a role

    De Havilland used a different perfume for each of the story's four periods, a way to help her define her character.

Olivia de Havilland movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Gone with the Wind1939 Drama, History, Romance, Waras Melanie Hamilton

    IMDb rating 8.2359K votes

  2. The Adventures of Robin Hood1938 Action, Adventureas Maid Marian

    IMDb rating 7.958K votes

  3. The Heiress1949as Catherine Sloper

    IMDb rating 8.119K votes

  4. The Snake Pit1948as Virginia Cunningham

    IMDb rating 7.59.2K votes

  5. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964as Miriam

    IMDb rating 7.518K votes

  6. Captain Blood1935as Arabella Bishop

    IMDb rating 7.718K votes

  7. The Dark Mirror1946as Terry Collins / Ruth Collins

    IMDb rating 7.06.4K votes

  8. They Died with Their Boots On1941as Elizabeth Bacon

    IMDb rating 7.27.6K votes

Most often with

Michael Curtiz directed eight of these films, Raoul Walsh three and Mitchell Leisen two. Errol Flynn appears in ten of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Olivia de Havilland's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$544 million

10 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 33 films: 10 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 20 figure not found.

  • 10Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 1Never in cinemas
  • 20Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 99% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Gone with the Wind1939as Melanie Hamilton
    $402M73.9% of the total
  2. 2
    Airport '771977as Emily Livingston
    $91M16.7% of the total
  3. 3
    $25M4.6% of the total
  4. 4
    The Swarm1978as Maureen Schuester
    $7.7M1.4% of the total
  5. 5
    $4.0M0.7% of the total
  6. 6
    $4.0M0.7% of the total
  7. 7
    Thank Your Lucky Stars1943as Olivia de Havilland
    $3.6M0.7% of the total
  8. 8
    $2.7M0.5% of the total
The Heiress (1949), $2.3 millionThe Proud Rebel (1958), $1.5 million

$3.8 millionfrom the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 1% of the total

Awards

Nine awards and honors from 1947 to 2017, four of them major.

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Olivia de Havilland's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Academy Awards
1950Best ActressThe HeiressWon
1947Best ActressTo Each His OwnWon
Golden Globes
1950For best actressThe HeiressWon
Venice Film Festival
1949Volpi Cup for Best ActressThe Snake PitWon
Other honors
2017Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireWon
2010Knight of the Legion of HonourWon
2008National Medal of ArtsWon
1998Honorary doctor of the University of HertfordshireHonorary
1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHonored

Online

Official profiles and reference pages.

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