De Havilland, Olivia, 1916-2020

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Olivia Mary de Havilland (b. July 1, 1916, Tokyo, Japan-died July 26, 2020, Paris, France), British-born American actress. Her major works of her cinematic career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. At the time of 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. Her younger sister was Oscar-winning actress Joan Fontaine. De Havilland is best known for her role as Melanie Hamilton Wilkes in Gone With the Wind.
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referencedIn United Service Organizations (U.S.). Camp Shows Publicity Records, 1941-1955. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Souvenir programs of motion pictures, 1915-1978. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [APR. 15] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Hartsfield, William Berry. William Hartsfield Gone With the Wind Premiere Film, 1939. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
referencedIn Photographs of motion pictures and television programs, 1915-1999. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Kurtz, Annie Laurie. Gone with the wind literary estate papers, 1910-1988, bulk 1936-1983.
referencedIn Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording] The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
referencedIn John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Goetz, Ruth. Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966. New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Louis Kraft Collection, 1982 - (open end) Fray Angélico Chávez History Library, New Mexico History Museum.
referencedIn Webb, David A., 1917-. Collection of photographs taken during World War II service in the Aleutian Islands, 1942-1944. University of North Texas Library, UNT
referencedIn Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949. Margaret Mitchell collection, 1936-1990. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Thornton, H. Marion. H. Marion Thornton photograph collection [graphic], 1942-1945. Alaska State Library
referencedIn Jones, Morgan David, b.1862. Papers, 1914-[194-?]. Alabama Department of Archives and History
referencedIn Biography -- Goodrich family. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library
referencedIn Olivia de Havilland collection, [ca. 1946-ongoing]. Museum of Performance & Design
referencedIn The Railroad hour, radio program [sound recording], 1948-1954 The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
creatorOf Selznick, David O., 1902-1965. Studio archive, 1904-1980 (bulk 1936-1955). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Ruth and Augustus Goetz papers, 1930-1966 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Kurtz, Wilbur G. (Wilbur George), 1882-1967. Wilbur G. Kurtz, Sr. visual arts collection, 1859-1972, undated. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
creatorOf Dan H. Laurence Collection. Candida / by Bernard Shaw ; directed by Herman Shumlin - program of production at the National Theatre [New York], May 12, 1952. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
referencedIn Kurtz, Eugene, 1923-2006. Eugene A. Kurtz papers, 1931-1988, undated. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
creatorOf De Havilland, Olivia. Olivia de Havilland oral history interview : Tape and transcript, 1977 October 6 [sound recording] / conducted by James V. D'Arc. Harold B. Lee Library
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [FEB. 25] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Hoode, Elmer H. World War II scrapbook, 1943. UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library
referencedIn Camp Shows Publicity Records, 1941-1955 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAY 6] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Folsom, William J. William J. Folsom Gone With the Wind Premiere Film, 1939. Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center / Cherokee Garden Library
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