Olivia de Havilland

Olivia Mary de Havilland is a BritishAmerican actress whose career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in fortynine feature films, and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. She is best known for her early screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hood and Gone with the Wind , and her later awardwinning performances in To Each His Own , The Snake Pit , and The Heiress . Born in Tokyo to English parents, de160 Havilland and her younger sister, actress Joan Fontaine, moved to California in 1919. They were raised by their mother Lillian, a former stage actress who taught them dramatic art, music, and elocution. De Havilland made her acting debut in amateur theatre in Alice in Wonderland and later appeared in a local production of Shakespeares A Midsummer Nights Dream, which led to her playing Hermia in Max Reinhardts stage production of the same play and a movie contract with Warner Bros.

De Havilland was born on July 1, 1916, in Tokyo, Japan, to English parents. Her father, Walter Augustus de Havilland , served as an English professor at the Imperial University in Tokyo before becoming a patent attorney. Her mother, Lillian Augusta , was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a stage actress. Lillian also sang with the Master of the Kings Music, Sir Walter Parratt, and toured England with the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Olivias paternal cousin was Sir Geoffrey de160 Havilland , an aircraft designer and founder of the de Havilland aircraft company. Lillian and Walter met in Japan in 1913 and were married the following year. They moved into a large house in Tokyo, where Lillian gave informal singing recitals for the European colony. The marriage was not a happy one due in part to Walters infidelities. Olivias younger sister Joanlater known as actress Joan Fontainewas born on October160 22, 1917. In February 1919 Lillian persuaded her husb

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