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{{Infobox person
| name               = Olivia de Havilland
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|DBE}}
| image              = Olivia DeHavilland-2.JPG
| caption            = de Havilland in 1945
| birth_name         = Olivia Mary de Havilland
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1916|07|01}}
| birth_place        = [[Tokyo]], Japan
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2020|7|26|1916|7|1}}
| death_place        = [[Paris]], Fraunce
| resting_place = [[Tokyo]]
| other_names        = Livvie
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = 1935{{ndash}}1989
| religion           = [[Episcopal Kirk (Unitit States)|Episcopalian]]
| spouse             = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|()=small|[[Marcus Goodrich]]|1946|1953|end=div}}
* {{marriage|()=small|Pierre Galante|1955|1979|end=div}}
}}
| children           = {{Plainlist|
* Benjamin Goodrich {{small|(1949{{ndash}}91)}}
* Gisèle Galante {{small|({{abbr|b.|born}} 1956)}}
}}
| parents            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Walter Augustus de Havilland]] {{small|(1872{{ndash}}1968)}}
* [[Lillian Fontaine]] {{small|(1886{{ndash}}1975)}}
}}
| relatives          = [[Joan Fontaine]] {{small|(sister, 1917{{ndash}}2013)}}
| awards             = [[Olivia de Havilland#Honours an awairds|See ablo]]
| signature          = Olivia de Havilland Signature.png
}}
'''Olivia Mary de Havilland''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DBE}} (born Julie 1, 1916; deed Julie 26, 2020<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2020/07/26/olivia-de-havilland-gone-with-the-wind-dies-at-104/975380001/</ref>) wis an Breetish-American actress whase career spanned frae 1935 tae 1988. She kythed in fowerty-nine featur films, an wis ane o the leadin film stars in the gowden age o Clessical Hollywood. She is best kent for her early screen performances in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938) an ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' (1939), an her later awaird-winnin performances in ''To Each His Own'' (1946), ''The Snake Pit'' (1948), an ''The Heiress'' (1949). Born in [[Tokyo]] tae Inglis parents, de{{nbsp}}Havilland an her younger sister, actress [[Joan Fontaine]], flittit tae Californie in 1919. Thay war raised bi thair mither Lilian, a umwhile stage actress wha taucht them dramatic airt, [[muisic]], an elocution. De Havilland made her actin debut in amateur theatre in ''Alice in Wonderland'' an later appeared in a local production o Shakespeare's ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'', that led tae her playin Hermia in Max Reinhardt's stage production o the same play an a movie contract wi [[Warner Bros.]]

De{{nbsp}}Havilland made her screen debut in Reinhardt's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in 1935. She began her career playin demure ingénues alang wi popular leadin men, includin [[Errol Flynn]], wi wham she made aicht films. Thay became ane o Hollywood's maist popular romantic on-screen pairins. She achieved her initial popularity in romantic comedy films, lik ''The Great Garrick'' (1937), an in [[Western (genre)|Westerns]], sic as ''Dodge City'' (1939). Her naitural beauty an primsie actin style made her parteecularly feckfu in historical period dramas, lik ''Anthony Adverse'' (1936), an romantic dramas, lik ''Hold Back the Dawn'' (1941). In her later career, she wis maist sonsie in drama films, lik ''Light in the Piazza'' (1962), an unglamorous roles in psychological dramas includin ''Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte'' (1964).

As well as her film career, de{{nbsp}}Havilland continued her wirk in the theatre, appearin three times on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], in ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' (1951), ''Candida'' (1952), an ''A Gift of Time'' (1962). She wirkit in telly an aw, appearin in the sonsie miniseries, ''Roots: The Next Generations'' (1979), an telly featur films, sic as ''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'', for whilk she received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]]. Outthrou her film career, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wan twa [[Academy Awards]], twa [[Gowden Globe Awaird]]s, twa New York Film Critics Circle Awairds, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, an the [[Venice Film Festival]] Volpi Cup. For her contreibutions tae the motion pictur industry, she received a starn on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]]. For her lifetime contreibution tae the arts, she received the [[Naitional Medal o Airts]] frae Preses [[George W. Bush]], an wis appyntit a ''Chevalier'' o the [[Legion o Honour|Légion d'honneur]] bi French Preses [[Nicolas Sarkozy]].

Efter romantic relationships wi [[Howard Hughes]], [[James Stewart]], an [[John Huston]], de{{nbsp}}Havilland mairit author [[Marcus Goodrich]], wi wham she haed a son, Benjamin. Follaein her divorce frae Goodrich in 1953, she flittit tae [[Paris]] an mairit Pierre Galante, an executive eeditor for the French jurnal ''Paris Match'', wi wham she haed a dauchter, Gisèle. In 1962 she published ''Every Frenchman Has One'', an accoont o her life in Fraunce. De{{nbsp}}Havilland an Joan Fontaine are the anly siblings tae hae wan Academy Awairds in a lead actin category. A lifelang rivalry atween the twa resultit in an estrangement that lestit ower three decade. She haes steyed in Paris syne 1956, an celebrate her 100t birthday on Julie 1, 2016.<ref name=Meseguer>{{cite news|last={{Smallcaps|Meseguer}}|first=Astrid|title=Olivia de Havilland: los 100 años de una leyenda del cine|url=http://www.lavanguardia.com/cine/20160629/402842217473/olivia-de-havilland-100-anos-leyenda-cine.html|accessdate=1 July 2016|publisher=[[La Vanguardia]]|date=1 July 2016|location=Barcelona|language=Spanish}}</ref> On 26 Julie 2020, it wis propaled that de Havilland haed deed the previous day at her hame in [[Paris]], aged 104.

==Early life==
De{{nbsp}}Havilland wis born on Julie 1, 1916, in Tokyo, Japan, tae Inglis parents.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=20}} Her faither, Walter Augustus de Havilland (August 31, 1872{{snds}}Mey 23, 1968), serd as an Inglis professor at the [[Varsity o Tokyo|Imperial Varsity]] in Tokyo afore becomin a [[patent attorney]].{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=20}} Her mither, Lilian Augusta ({{née}} Ruse; Juin 11, 1886 – Februar 20, 1975),<ref name="peerage-olivia"/> wis educate at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] in Lunnon an became a stage actress.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=20}} Lilian sang wi the [[Master of the Queen's Music|Master of the Keeng's Music]], Sir Walter Parratt an aa, an toured Ingland wi the composer [[Ralph Vaughan Williams]].{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|pp=16–17}} Olivia's paternal cousin wis [[Geoffrey de Havilland|Sir Geoffrey de{{nbsp}}Havilland]] (1882–1965),<ref name="french-observer"/> an aircraft designer an foonder o the [[de Havilland]] aircraft company.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=32}} Lilian an Walter met in Japan in 1913 an war mairit the follaein year.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=16}} Thay flittit intae a lairge hoose in Tokyo, whaur Lilian gae informal sangin recitals for the European colony.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=16}} The marriage wisnae a happy ane due in pairt tae Walter's infidelities.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=22}} Olivia's younger sister Joan{{nsmdns}}later kent as actress [[Joan Fontaine]]{{nsmdns}}wis born on October{{nbsp}}22, 1917.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=18}} In Februar 1919 Lilian persuaded her guidman tae tak the faimily back tae Ingland tae a climate better suited for thair ailin dauchters.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=22}} Thay sailed abuird the SS{{nbsp}}''Siberia Maru'' tae [[San Francisco]],{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=18}} whaur the faimily stoppit tae treat Olivia's tonsillitis.{{sfnm|1a1=Thomas|1y=1983|1pp=22–23|2a1=Matzen|2y=2010|2p=2}} Efter Joan developed pneumonia, Lilian decidit tae remain wi her dauchters in Californie, whaur thay hinderly settled in the veelage o Saratoga, {{convert|50|mi|km}} sooth o San Francisco.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=23}}{{#tag:ref|Efter livin in an apairtment near [[Golden Gate Park]] while the sisters war bein treatit, the faimily muived tae [[San Jose, Californie|San Jose]] an stayed at the Hotel Vendome.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|pp=18, 23}} Suin efter, thay flittit tae the fithills o the [[Santa Cruz Moontains]], whaur thay steyed at a buirdin hoose cried Lundblad's Lodge, a buirdin hoose on Oak Street ained bi a Swadish faimily.<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/>{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=25}}|group=Note}} Her faither abandoned the faimily an returned tae his Japanese hoosekeeper, that hinderly became his seicont wife.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=23}}<ref name="peerage-walter"/>

Olivia wis raised tae appreciate the arts, beginnin wi ballet lessons at the age o fower, an piano lessons a year later.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=24}} She learned tae read afore she wis sax,{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=27}} an her mither, wha occasionally taucht dramatic airt, muisic, an elocution,{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=21–22}} haed her recitin passages frae [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] tae strenthen her diction.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=24}}{{#tag:ref|Olivia wis named efter a  [[Olivia (Twelfth Night)|chairacter]] in ''[[Twelfth Night]]''.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=17}}|group=Note}} In this period, her younger sister Joan first stairtit cawin her "Livvie"{{nsmdns}}a eikname that wad lest ootthrou her life.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=24}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland entered Saratoga Grammar School in 1922 an did weel in her studies.<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/> She enjoyed readin, writin poetry, an drawin, an ance representit her grammar schuil in a coonty spellin bee, comin in seicont place.<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/> In 1923 Lilian haed a new Tudor-style hoose biggit at 231{{nbsp}}La{{nbsp}}Paloma Avenue (nou 20250),<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/><ref name="saratoga-history"/> whaur the faimily bidit till the early 1930s.{{sfnm|1a1=Fontaine|1y=1978|1pp=23, 32|2a1=Thomas|2y=1983|2p=23}}

In Aprile 1925, efter her divorce wis finalized, Lilian mairit George Milan Fontaine, a depairtment store manager for O.{{nbsp}}A.{{nbsp}}Hale & Co. in San Jose.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|pp=23–24}} Fontaine wis a guid provider an respectable businessman, but his strict parentin style generated animosity an later rebellion in baith o his new stepdauchters.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=25}}{{#tag:ref|Lilian an George wis introduced tae ilk anither in 1920 bi fower-year-old Olivia wha noticed him sittin on a pairk bench an referred tae him in Japanese as "Daddy".{{sfnm|1a1=Fontaine|1y=1978|1p=23|2a1=Thomas|2y=1983|2p=25}}|group=Note}}
[[File:Olivia De Haviland 1933.jpg|thumb|upright|left|alt=At the age of fifteen|Olivia de Havilland appearin in the stage play ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'', 1933]]
De{{nbsp}}Havilland continued her eddication at Los Gatos High School, near Saratoga.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=25}} Thare she excelled in oratory an field hockey an participated in schuil plays an the schuil drama club, eventually becomin the club's secretary.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=26}} Wi plans o becomin a Inglis an speech dominie,{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=25}} she an aa attendit Notre Dame Convent in Belmont.{{sfn|Jensen|1942|p=91}} In 1933 de{{nbsp}}Havilland made her debut in amateur theatre in ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland|Alice in Wonderland]]'', a production o the Saratoga Community Players based on the novel bi [[Lewis Carroll]].{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=26}} She appeared in several schuil plays an aa, includin ''[[The Merchant of Venice]]'' an ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]''.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|pp=47–48}} Her passion for drama eventually led tae a confrontation wi her stepfaither, wha forbade her frae pairteecipatin in further extracurricular activities.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=48}} Whan he learned that she haed wan the lead role o Elizabeth Bennet in a schuil fund-raisin production o [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', he gae her an ultimatum tae aither stay hame or nae return hame.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=48}} Nae wantin tae lat her schuil an clessmates doun, she left hame forever, flittin in wi a faimily friend.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=48}}

Efter graduatin frae heich schuil in 1934, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis offered a scholarship tae Mills College in Oakland tae pursue her chosen career as an Inglis teacher.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=27}} She wis offered the role o [[Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]] in the Saratoga Community Theater production o Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' an aa.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=26}} That simmer, Austrick director Max Reinhardt came tae Californie for a major new production o the same play tae premiere at the Hollywood Bowl.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=27}} Efter ane o Reinhardt's assistants saw her perform in Saratoga, he offered her the seicont unnerstudy poseetion for the role o Hermia.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=27}} Ane week afore the premiere, the unnerstudy Jean Rouverol an lead actress [[Gloria Stuart]] baith left the project, leavin echteen-year-auld de{{nbsp}}Havilland tae play Hermia.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=27}} Impressed wi her performance, Reinhardt offered her the pairt in the fower-week hairst tour that follaed.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=27}} While that tour wis on, Reinhardt received wird that he wad direct the [[Warner Bros.]] film version o his stage production, an he offered her the film role o Hermia. Wi her mind still set on becomin a teacher, de{{nbsp}}Havilland initially wavered, but eventually Reinhardt an executive producer Henry Blanke persuaded her tae sign a five-year contract wi Warner Bros. on November{{nbsp}}12, 1934, wi a stairtin salary o twa hunder dollars a week.{{sfnm|1a1=Thomas|1y=1983|1p=28|2a1=Matzen|2y=2010|2p=11}}

==Career==
===Early films, 1935–37===
De{{nbsp}}Havilland made her screen debut in Reinhardt's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'',{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=28}} whilk wis filmed at Warner Bros. studios frae December{{nbsp}}19, 1934, tae March{{nbsp}}9, 1935.<ref name="tcm-midsummer-op"/> Throuch the production, de{{nbsp}}Havilland picked up film actin techniques frae the film's co-director William Dieterle, an camera techniques frae cinematographer Hal Mohr, wha wis impressed wi her quaistiens aboot his wirk.<ref name="tcm-midsummer-miller"/> Bi the end o filmin, she haed learned the effect o lichtin an camera angles on hou she appeared on screen an hou tae find her best lichtin.<ref name="tcm-midsummer-miller"/> Follaein premieres in New York an Beverly Hills, the film wis released on October{{nbsp}}30, 1935.<ref name="tcm-midsummer-op"/> In maugre o the publicity campaign, the film luntit little greeshoch wi audiences.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=28}} While the creetical response wis mixed, de{{nbsp}}Havilland's performance wis praised bi ''The San Francisco Examiner'' creetic.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=58}} In his review in the ''Brooklyn Daily Eagle'', Winston Burdett notit that de{{nbsp}}Havilland "acts couthie an daes greater juistice tae Shakespeare's leid nor onybody ense in the cast".<ref name="brooklyn-daily-burdett"/> Twa minor comedies follaed, ''Alibi Ike'' wi Joe E. Brown an ''The Irish in Us'' wi [[James Cagney]].{{sfnm|1a1=Thomas|1y=1983|1p=28|2a1=Brown|2y=1995|2p=125}} In baith films, she played the douce an winsome luve interest{{nsmdns}}a role intae whilk she wad later become typecast.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=22}} Efter the experience o bein a Reinhardt player, de{{nbsp}}Havilland felt disappyntit bein assigned thir routine heroine roles.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=28}}{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=24}} In Mairch, de{{nbsp}}Havilland an her mither flittit intae a flat at the Chateau des Fleurs at 6626 Franklin Avenue in Hollywood.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=13}}
[[File:Olivia de Havilland Publicity Photo for Captain Blood 1935.jpg|thumb|right|upright|alt=Climbin a ladder wearin a pirate's outfit|Publicity photo, 1935]]

In Julie 1935 Warner Bros. paired de{{nbsp}}Havilland wi an unkent [[Australie]] actor named [[Errol Flynn]] in the swashbuckler film ''Captain Blood'' (1935).{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=19}} Accordin tae film historian Tony Thomas, baith actors haed "classic guid leuks, cultured speakin vyces, an a sense o distant aristocracy aboot them".{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=68}} Filmed atween August{{nbsp}}5 an October{{nbsp}}29, 1935,<ref name="tcm-cb-opi"/> ''Captain Blood'' gae de{{nbsp}}Havilland the opportunity tae appear in her first costumed historical romance an adventur epic{{nsmdns}}a genre tae whilk she wis weel suitit, gien her brawness an elegance.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=29}} In the film, she played Arabella Bishop, the dauchter o a Jamaica plantation ainer, wha coffs at auction an Erse pheesician wrang duimed tae servitude. The on-screen chemistry atween de{{nbsp}}Havilland an Flynn wis evident frae thair first scenes thegither,{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=29}} whaur clashes atween her chairacter's spiritit hauteur an his chairacter's playful braggadocio didna mask thair mutual attraction tae ilk anither.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=27}}{{#tag:ref|The on-screen attraction o the characters reflectit the actual feelins o the actors at the time.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=29}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland would later admit that she haed a crush on him throu the entire production, an he would later acknawledge the same.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=29}}|group=Note}} Unlik her twa previous roles, Arabella is a feisty young woman wha kens whit she wants an is willin tae fecht for it.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=72}} The banterin tone o thair exchanges in the film{{nsmdns}}the kneef gie-and-tak an mutual respect{{nsmdns}}became the basis for thair on-screen relationship in follaein films.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=27}} ''Captain Blood'' wis released on December{{nbsp}}28, 1935,<ref name="tcm-cb-opi" /> an received guid reviews an wide public appeal.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=71–72}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland's performance wis singled oot in ''[[The New York Times]]'' an ''Variety''.<ref name="nytimes-cb-sennwald"/><ref name="variety-cb"/> The film wis nominatit for fower Academy Awairds, includin Best Pictur.<ref name="tcm-cb-awards"/> The popular success o the film, as weel as the creetical response tae the on-screen couple, led tae seiven addeetional collaborations.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=29}}

In 1936 de{{nbsp}}Havilland appeared in Mervyn LeRoy's historical period drama ''Anthony Adverse'' wi Fredric March.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=75}} Based on the popular novelle bi Hervey Allen, the film follaes the adventures o an orphan raised bi a Scottish merchant, whase pursuit o fortune separates him frae the innocent paisant lass he luves, mairries, an hinderly loses.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=75–76}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland played the paisant girl Angela wha, efter bein separatit frae her sclave trader guidman, becomes opera starn Mademoiselle Georges, the mistress o [[Napoleon]].{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=77–78}} The film earned sax Academy Awaird nominations, includin Best Picture.<ref name="tcm-aa-steinberg"/> It garnered de{{nbsp}}Havilland guid exposure an aa an the opportunity tae portray a chairacter as she develops ower time.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=78}} Howard Barnes o the ''New York Herald Tribune'' foond her later scenes as Mademoiselle Georges "not very credible",{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=43}} but Frank S. Nugent o ''The New York Times'' cried her "a winsome Angela".<ref name="nytimes-aa-nugent"/> That same year, she wis reunitit wi Flynn in Michael Curtiz's period action film ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'', set during the [[Crimean War]]{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=81}}{{sfnm|1a1=Kass|1y=1976|1pp=27, 29|2a1=Thomas|2y=1983|2p=82}} whilk gied thrive at the box office.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=85}} While the film wis bein produced, de{{nbsp}}Havilland renegotiatit her contract wi Warner Bros. an signed a seiven-year contract on Aprile{{nbsp}}14, 1936, wi a stairtin weekly salary o five hunder dollar ({{Inflation|US|500|1936|fmt=eq|r=-2}}).{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=33}}{{#tag:ref|De Havilland hired the Ivan Kahn Agency tae represent her in the contract negotiations wi Warner Bros.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=32}} The contract she signed providit for yearly increases in her weekly salary, stairtin at $500, an then increasin tae $750, $1000, $1250, $1500, $2000, an $2500 in her last year ({{Inflation|US|2500|1934|fmt=eq|r=-2}}).{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=33}}|group=Note}} Toward the end o the year, twinty-year-auld de{{nbsp}}Havilland an her mither muived tae 2337 Nella Vista Avenue in the Los Feliz section o Los Angeles.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=50}}

[[File:Olivia de Havilland in Call It a Day trailer.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Smiling|In ''Call It a Day'', 1937]]
In 1937 de{{nbsp}}Havilland haed her first tap billin in Archie Mayo's comedy ''Call It a Day'',{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=30, 89}} aboot a middle cless Inglis faimily chauvin wi the romantic effects o ware fiver in the course o a single day.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=89}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland played dochter Catherine Hilton, wha faws in luve wi the eesome airtist hired tae paint her portrait.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=89}} The film didnae dae weel at the box office an did little tae advance her career.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=30}} She fared better in Mayo's screwball comedy ''It's Love I'm After'' wi [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]] an [[Bette Davis]].{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=99}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland played Marcia West, a young debutante an theater fan enamored wi a Barrymore-lik matinee idol wha decides tae help the lass' fiancé bi pretendin tae be an abominable cad.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=99–100}} The film received guid reviews, wi ''Variety'' cryin it "fresh, clever, excellently directit an produced, an actit bi an ensemble that clicks frae stairt tae finish", an praisin de{{nbsp}}Havilland.<ref name="variety-ilia" />

That same year, de{{nbsp}}Havilland made twa mair period films, beginnin wi ''The Great Garrick'', a feectional romantic comedy aboot the echteent-century Inglis actor's encounter wi jealous players frae the [[Comédie-Française]] wha plot tae embarrass him on his wey tae Paris.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=93–94}} Wise tae thair pliskie, Garrick plays alang wi the whimple determined tae get the last lauch{{nsmdns}}even on a luesome young aristocrat, de{{nbsp}}Havilland's Germaine Dupont, wham he mistakenly believes tae be ane o the players.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=94}} With her refined demeanor an diction,{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=30}} de{{nbsp}}Havilland delivers a performance that is "lichthertit an thoroughly believable", accordin tae Judith Kass.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=45}} ''Variety'' praised the film, cryin it "a production o superlative wirkmanship".<ref name="variety-gg"/><ref name="tcm-gg-arnold"/>

In maugre o the positive reviews, the film didna dae sae weel at the box office.<ref name="tcm-gg-arnold"/>{{#tag:ref|During the production, [[Brian Aherne]] foond de Havilland "young an entrancin" an organised her twenty-first birthday pairty on the set.<ref name="tcm-gg-arnold"/> Thay datit throuch the makkin o the picture an aa.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=96}} He later wrote, "I little thocht that I would ane day marry her younger sister, Joan Fontaine."<ref name="tcm-gg-arnold"/> Aherne an Fontaine married twa years later, on August 19, 1939.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=104}}|group=Note}} Her final film that year wis Michael Curtiz's romantic drama ''Gold Is Where You Find It'',{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=103}} a film aboot the late nineteent century conflict in the Sacramento Valley atween gowd miners an thair hydraulic equipment an farmers whase land is bein fluidit.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=103–104}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland played the dauchter o a fermer, Serena Ferris, wha faws in luve wi the minin engineer responsible for the fluidin.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=104}} The film wis released in Februar 1938,<ref name="tcm-gold-opi" /> an wis her first appearance in three-strip [[Three-strip Technicolor|Technicolor]].{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=103}}

===Movie starndom, 1938–40===
In September 1937 de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis selectit bi Warner Bros. studio heid Jack L. Warner tae play [[Maid Marian]] opposite Errol Flynn in ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1938).{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=56}} The Technicolor production wis filmed on location atween September{{nbsp}}26, 1937, an Januar{{nbsp}}14, 1938, at Bidwell Park, Busch Gardens, an Lake Sherwood in Californie.<ref name="tcm-robinhood-opi"/> Directit bi William Keighley an Michael Curtiz, the film is aboot the legendary [[Robin Hood]], a Saxon knicht wha oppones the corrupt an brutal Prince John an his Norman lords while guid [[Richard I o Ingland|Keeng Richard]] is awa fechtin in the [[Third Crusade]].{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=110}} The Keeng's waird, Maid Marian, initially oppones Robin but later supports him efter learnin his true intentions o helpin his doun-hauden fowk.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=110, 112}} {{sfnm|1a1=Kass|1y=1976|1p=32|2a1=Thomas|2y=1983|2p=114|3a1=Matzen|3y=2010|3p=65}} Nae barelins staunin bi the events, Marian risks her life tae save Robin bi providin his men a plan for him tae win frae.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=109, 114}} As defined bi de{{nbsp}}Havilland, Marian is baith a beautifu fairy-tale heroine an a speerity, gleg woman "whase actions are govrened bi her mynd as well as her hert", accordin tae author Judith Kass.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=34}} ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' wis released on Mey{{nbsp}}14, 1938,<ref name="tcm-robinhood-opi"/> an wis an immediate creetical an commercial success, earnin an Academy Awaird nomination for Best Pictur.<ref name="tcm-robinhood-nixon"/> It went on tae become ane o the maist faur ben adventur films o the Clessical Hollywood era.<ref name="tcm-robinhood-nixon"/>{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=109}}

The popularity o ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' brocht de{{nbsp}}Havilland a new level o fame as a film starn, but this new status wisnae reflectit in her subsequent film assignments at Warner Bros.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=30}} Her neist several roles war mair routine an less challengin.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=30}} In the romantic comedy ''Four's a Crowd'' (1938), de{{nbsp}}Havilland played Lorri Dillingwell, a [[wikt:dizzy|dizzy]] rich lass bein romanced bi a conneevin [[Public relations|PR]] man leukin tae land an accoont wi her eccentric grandfaither.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=117–118}} In Ray Enright's romantic comedy ''Hard to Get'' (1938), she played anither dizzy rich girl, Margaret Richards, whase desire tae exact revenge on a gas station attendant leads tae her ain comeuppance.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=121–122}} While de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis certainly capable o playin thir kinds o chairacters, her personality wis better suitit tae stranger an mair dramatic roles, accordin tae Judith Kass.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=56}} Bi this time, de{{nbsp}}Havilland haed serious doubts aboot her career at Warner Bros.<ref name="tcm-wn-landazuri" />{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=128}}

Some film scholars conseider 1939 tae be the heich pynt o the gowden age o Clessical Hollywood,<ref name="latimes-mathews" /> producin classics in mony genres, includin the Western.<ref name="tcm-dc-steinberg"/>{{#tag:ref|Follaein the success o [[Cecil B. DeMille|Cecil B. DeMille's]] epic adventur ''[[The Plainsman]]'' (1937), studios began investin thair tap talent an budgets tae produce films lik ''[[Stagecoach (1939 film)|Stagecoach]]'', ''[[Union Pacific (film)|Union Pacific]]'', an ''[[Destry Rides Again]]''{{nsmdns}}aw released in 1939.<ref name="tcm-dc-steinberg"/>|group=Note}} Warner Bros. produced Michael Curtiz's sprawlin Technicolor adventur ''[[Dodge City (film)|Dodge City]]'', Flynn an de{{nbsp}}Havilland's first Western film.<ref name="tcm-dc-steinberg"/> Set in the [[American Ceevil War]], the film is aboot a Texas trailblazer wha witnesses the brutal lawlessness o Dodge City, Kansas, an becomes sheriff tae clean up the toun. De{{nbsp}}Havilland played Abbie Irving, whase ineetial hostility taewart Flynn's chairacter Wade Hatton is transformed bi events, an the twa faw in luve{{nsmdns}}bi nou a proven formula for thair on-screen relationships.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=36}} Curtiz's action sequences, Sol Polito's cinematografie, Max Steiner's expansive film score, an mibbes the "definitive saloon brawl in movie history"<ref name="tcm-dc-steinberg"/> aw contreibutit tae the film's sonse.{{sfnm|1a1=Kass|1y=1976|1p=34|2a1=Thomas|2y=1983|2p=132}} ''Variety'' describit the film as "a lusty western, packed wi action".<ref name="variety-dc"/> For de{{nbsp}}Havilland, playin yet ane mair supportin luve interest in a leemitit role, ''Dodge City'' representit the emotional law pynt o her career tae that pynt.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=131}} She later said, "I wis in such a depressed state that I could haurdly remember ma lines."{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=36}}
[[File:Olivia de Havilland Publicity Photo for Gone with the Wind 1939.jpg|thumb|right|upright|alt=Wearin a flowin dress an bonnet|Studio publicity portrait for ''Gone with the Wind'', 1939]]

In a letter tae a colleague datit November 18, 1938, film producer [[David O. Selznick]] wrote, "I would gie onything if we haed Olivia de{{nbsp}}Havilland unner contract tae us sae that we could cast her as Melanie."{{sfn|Selznick|1972|pp=171–172}} The film he wis preparin tae shuit wis ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', an Jack L. Warner wis unwillin tae lend her oot for the project.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=138}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland haed read the novelle, an unlik maist ither actresses, wha wantit the Scarlett O'Hara role, she wantit tae play Melanie Hamilton{{nsmdns}}a chairacter whase quiet dignity an inner strenth she unnerstuid an felt she coud bring tae life on the screen.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=137}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland turned tae Warner's wife Anne for help.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=138}} Warner later myndit, "Olivia, wha haed a harn lik a computer concealed ahint thae fawn-lik ees, simply went tae the wife an thay jyned forces tae chynge ma mynd."{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=49}} Warner relentit, an de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis signed tae the project a few week afore the stairt o principal photografie on Januar{{nbsp}}26, 1939.<ref name="tcm-gwtw-notes"/>

Set in the American Sooth in the nineteent century, the film is aboot the strang-willed dauchter o a Georgie plantation ainer in luve wi the guidman o her sister-in-law, Melanie, whase kyndness staunds in shairp contrast tae thaim that's aroond her. Accordin tae film historian Tony Thomas, de{{nbsp}}Havilland's skeelie an suttle performance feckfu presents this chairacter o selless luve an quiet strenth in a wey that keeps her vital an interestin ootthrou the film.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=144}} ''Gone with the Wind'' haed its warld premiere in Atlanta, Georgie, on December{{nbsp}}15, 1939, an wis weel received.<ref name="tcm-gwtw-notes"/> Frank S. Nugent o ''The Times'' wrote that de{{nbsp}}Havilland's Melanie "is a gracious, dignified, tender gem o chairacterisation",<ref name="nytimes-gwtw-nugent" /> an John C. Flinn, Sr., in ''Variety'' cried her "a staundoot".<ref name="variety-gwtw-flinn" /> The film wan ten Academy Awairds, includin Best Picture, an de{{nbsp}}Havilland received her first nomination for Best Supportin Actress.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=54}}<ref name="oscars-1940" />

{{Quote|quote=Melanie wis someone different. She haed very, deeply feminine qualities ... that I felt war very endangered at that time, an thay are frae generation tae generation, an that somehou thay should be kept alive, an ... that's why I wantit tae interpret her role. ... The main thing is that she wis always thinkin o the ither person, an the interestin thing tae me is that she wus a happy person ... luvin, compassionate.<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/>|source=Olivia de Havilland}}
[[File:Santa Fe Trail 3.jpg|thumb|left|upright|alt=Wearin a siller dress an broach|Studio publicity portrait for ''Santa Fe Trail'', 1940]]
Within days o completin her wirk in ''Gone with the Wind'' in Juin 1939, de{{nbsp}}Havilland returned tae Warner Bros. an began filmin Michael Curtiz's historical drama ''The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex'' wi [[Bette Davis]] an Errol Flynn.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=147}} She haed howpit her wirk on Selznick's prestige pictur wad lead tae first-rate roles at Warner Bros., but insteid she received third billin ablo the teetle as the Queen's lady-in-waitin.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=147, 149}} In early September, she wis lent oot tae Samuel Goldwyn Productions for Sam Wood's romantic caper film ''[[Raffles (1939 film)|Raffles]]'' wi [[David Niven]],<ref name="tcm-raf-miller"/> aboot a heich society [[cricket]]er an jewel thief.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=154–155}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland wad later complain, "I haed nothin tae dae wi that style o film."{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=63}} In early 1940 de{{nbsp}}Havilland refused tae appear in several films assigned tae her, initiatin the first o her suspensions at the studio.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=63}} She greed tae play in [[Curtis Bernhardt|Curtis Bernhardt's]] muisical comedy drama ''My Love Came Back'' wi Jeffrey Lynn an Eddie Albert, wha played a clessical muisic student turned swing jazz bandleader.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=63}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland played violinist Amelia Cornell, whase life becomes complicate bi the support o a wealthy sponsor.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=63}}{{#tag:ref|The performance sequences in ''[[My Love Came Back]]'' war accomplished bi placin a professional female violinist ahint de{{nbsp}}Havilland tae perform the complicatit left haund fingerin while the actress played the bow wi her richt haund.<ref name="tcm-mylove-notes"/>|group=Note}} In his review in ''The New York Times'', Bosley Crowther describit the film as "a featherlicht frolic, a rollickin roondelay o deliciously pyntit nonsense", notin that de{{nbsp}}Havilland "plays the pairt wi pace an wit".<ref name="nytimes-mylove-crowther"/>

That same year, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis reunitit wi Flynn in thair seivent film thegither, Michael Curtiz's Western adventur ''Santa Fe Trail'', set again the backdrop o aboleetionist John Brown's fanatical anti-slavery attacks in the days leadin up tae the American Ceevil War.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=161}} The maistly feectional story follaes West Pynt cadets J. E. B. Stuart, played bi Flynn, an George Armstrong Custer, played bi [[Ronald Reagan]], as thay mak thair wey wast{{nsmdns}}baith vyin for the affection o de{{nbsp}}Havilland's Kit Carson Hawiday.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=161}} Unalik some o her umwhile adventur film roles, Kit is a vital, interestin, an confident chairacter wha kens her mynd an plays a pivotal role in the story.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=163, 165}} Playin Kit in a provocative, tongue-in-cheek manner, de{{nbsp}}Havilland creates a chairacter o real substance an dimension, accordin tae Tony Thomas.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=165}} Follaein a warld premiere on December{{nbsp}}13, 1940, at the Lensic Theatre in Santa Fe, New Mexico{{nsmdns}}attendit bi cast members, reporters, the govrenor, an ower 60,000 fans{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=147–149}}{{nsmdns}}''Santa Fe Trail'' gaed on tae become ane o the tap grossin films o 1940.<ref name="bigbend-sft-taylor" /> De{{nbsp}}Havilland, wha accompanied Flynn on the weel-publicized train ride tae Santa Fe, didnae attend the premiere, haein been diagnosed wi [[appendicitis]] that mornin an rushed intae surgery.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=147–149}}

=== War years, 1941–44 ===

Follaein her emergency surgery, de{{nbsp}}Havilland began a lang period o convalescence in a Los Angeles hospital in whilk time she rejectit several scripts offered tae her bi Warner Bros., leadin tae anither suspension.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=154}} In 1941 she appeared in three commercially sonsie films, beginnin wi Raoul Walsh's romantic comedy ''The Strawberry Blonde'' wi James Cagney.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=167}} Set in the Gay Nineties, the story involves a man wha mairries an ootspoken forspeaker for weemen's richts efter a rival steals his glamorous "straeberry blonde" lass, an later discovers he endit up wi a luvin an unnerstaundin wife.{{sfn|Kass|1976|pp=64–65}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland's performance revealed a growin confidence playin comedic roles, an a real talent for combinin the qualities o kyndness an luve wi a refined sense o coorseness, accordin tae film historian Tony Thomas.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=171}} The film wis a creetical an commercial success.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=171}} In Mitchell Leisen's romantic drama ''Hold Back the Dawn'' wi [[Charles Boyer]] for Paramount Pictures, de{{nbsp}}Havilland transitioned tae a different teep o role for her{{nsmdns}}an ordinary, decent smaw-toun teacher whase life an sexuality is awakened bi a sophisticatit European gigolo, whase ain life is positively affectit bi her luve.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=173}} Leisen's carefu direction an guidance appealed tae de{{nbsp}}Havilland{{nsmdns}} a fair feck mair nor the wirkmanlik approach o her Warner Bros. directors.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=175, 179}} Bosley Crowther o ''The New York Times'' writ, "Olivia de{{nbsp}}Havilland plays the schuil teacher as a woman wi romantic fancies whase honesty an pride are her ain{{nsmdns}}an the film's{{nsmdns}}chief support. Incidentally, she is excellent."<ref name="nytimes-hbtd-crowther" /> Her performance earned de{{nbsp}}Havilland her seicont Academy Awaird nomination{{nsmdns}}this time for Best Actress.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=67}}

In Julie 1941 de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis reunitit wi Errol Flynn for thair aicht an final film thegither, Raoul Walsh's Western adventur epic ''They Died with Their Boots On''. The film is loosely based on the courtship an mairriage o George Armstrong Custer an Elizabeth "Libbie" Bacon.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=181}} Flynn an de{{nbsp}}Havilland haed a fawin oot the previous year{{nsmdns}}mainly ower the roles she wis bein gien{{nsmdns}}and she didnae intend tae wirk wi him again.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=143}} Even Flynn acknawledged, "She wis sick tae daith o playin 'the lass' an badly wantit a few guid roles tae shaw hersel an the warld that she wis a fine actress."{{sfn|Flynn|2002|p=211}} Efter she learned frae Warner that Flynn haed come tae his office sayin he needit her in the film, de{{nbsp}}Havilland acceptit.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=154}} Screenwriter Lenore Coffee wis brocht in fur tae add several romantic scenes, an impruive the oweraw dialogue.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=154}} The result is a film that includes some o thair finest wirk thegither.{{sfnm|1a1=Kass|1y=1976|1p=40|2a1=Thomas|2y=1983|2p=185}} Thair last appearance on screen is Custer's farewell tae his wife.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=185}} "Errol was quite sensitive," de{{nbsp}}Havilland wad later mind, "I think he knew it would be the last time we worked together."{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=185}} Flynn's final line in that scene wad hauld special meanin for her: "Walkin throu life wi you, ma'am, haes been a very gracious thing."{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=186}} ''They Died with Their Boots On'' wis released on November{{nbsp}}21, 1941, an while some reviewers creeticised the film's historical inaccuracies, maist applaudit the action sequences, cinematografie, an actin.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=184–185}} Thomas M. Pryor o ''The New York Times'' foond de{{nbsp}}Havilland "altogether captivating".<ref name="nytimes-tdwtbo-pryor" /> The film wad earn $2,550,000 ({{Inflation|US|2550000|1941|fmt=eq|r=-5}}), Warner Bros.'s seicont biggest money-makker o that year.<ref name="variety-tdwtbo-101"/>

In 1942 de{{nbsp}}Havilland appeared in Elliott Nugent's romantic comedy ''The Male Animal'' wi [[Henry Fonda]], aboot an idealistic professor fechtin for academic freedom while tryin tae hauld ontae his job an his wife Ellen. While her role wisnae parteecularly challengin, de{{nbsp}}Havilland's delineation o an gleg, guid-naiturt woman tryin tae redd up the mismakfu circumstances o her life played a major pairt in the film's success, accordin tae Tony Thomas.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=189, 191}} The film wis a creetical an commercial success, wi Bosley Crowther o ''The Times'' notin that de{{nbsp}}Havilland "concocts a delichtfully pliant an saucy character as the wife".<ref name="nytimes-tma-crowther"/> That year, she appeared in [[John Huston]]'s drama ''In This Our Life'' wi Bette Davis an aa.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=193}} Based on the [[Pulitzer Prize for the Novelle|Pulitzer Prize]]-winnin novelle o the same name bi Ellen Glasgow, the story is aboot twa sisters whase lifes is connacht bi the anger an jealousy o ane o the sisters.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=193}} Crowther gae the film a negative review, but notit de{{nbsp}}Havilland's "wairm an easy performance".<ref name="nytimes-itol-crowther"/> Whan production wis on, de{{nbsp}}Havilland an Huston began a romantic relationship that wad last three years.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=195}}

Accordin tae de{{nbsp}}Havilland, ane o the few truly satisfeein roles she played for Warner Bros. wis the teetle chairacter in Norman Krasna's romantic comedy ''Princess O'Rourke'' (1943) wi Robert Cummings.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=34}} Filmed in Julie an August 1942,<ref name="tcm-po-opi"/> the story is aboot a European princess in Washington, D.C., veesitin her diplomat uncle, wha is tryin tae find her an American husband. Intent on mairyin a man o her ain chuisin, she boards a plane heidin wast an ends up fawin in luve wi an American pilot wha is wanawaur o her true identity.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=199–200}}{{#tag:ref|The plot an several story devices{{nsmdns}}includin the princess wakin up in the bed o an honourable bachelor{{nsmdns}}would be resurrectit a decade later in ''[[Roman Holiday]]'' wi [[Audrey Hepburn]].{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=74}}|group=Note}}{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=199–200}} The film wis released on October{{nbsp}}23, 1943,<ref name="tcm-po-opi" /> an did weel at the box office.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=200}} Bosley Crowther cried it "a film which is in the best tradeetion o American screen comedy", an foond de{{nbsp}}Havilland's performance "charming".<ref name="nytimes-po-crowther"/>

{{Quote|quote=I wantit tae dae complex roles, lik Melanie for example, an Jack Warner saw me as an ingénue. I wis really restless tae portray mair developed human beins. Jack niver unnerstuid this, an ... he would gie me roles that really haed no chairacter or quality in them. I knew I wouldna even be effective.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=77}} |source=Olivia de{{nbsp}}Havilland}}

Efter fulfillin her seiven-year Warner Bros. contract in 1943, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis informed that sax month haed been addit tae her contract for times she haed been on suspension.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=35}} The law then allaed studios tae suspend contract players for rejectin a role, an the period o suspension coud be addit tae the contract period.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=78}} Maist contract players acceptit this, but a few tried tae chynge the seestem, includin Bette Davis, wha muntit a wansonsie law-plea again Warner Bros. in the 1930s.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=37}} On August{{nbsp}}23, 1943, on the advice o her lawyer, Martin Gang, de{{nbsp}}Havilland teuk Warner Bros. tae court,{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=36}}<ref name="scholar-dehavilland-warner" /> citin an existin California labor law that forbade an employer frae enforcin a contract against an employee for langer than seiven year.{{sfnm|1a1=Kass|1y=1976|1p=78|2a1=Thomas|2y=1983|2p=36}} In November 1943 the Californie Superior Coort foond in de{{nbsp}}Havilland's favor, an Warner Bros. immediately appealed.{{sfn|McDonald|Carman|Hoyt|Drake|2015|p=215}} On December{{nbsp}}8, 1944, the Californie Coort o Appeals for the Seicont Destrict ruled in her favor.<ref name="scholar-dehavilland-warner" />{{#tag:ref|Twa months later, the [[Supreme Coort o Californie]] refused tae review the case.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=80}}|group=Note}} The deceesion wis ane o the maist significant an far-reakin legal rulins in Hollywood, reducin the pouer o the studios an stendin greater creative freedom tae performers.<ref name="reuters-belloni"/> Californie's resultin "seiven-year rule", forby kent as Labor Code Section 2855, is still kent the day as the ''De Havilland Law''.<ref name="reuters-belloni"/> Her legal victory, whilk cost her $13,000 ({{Inflation|US|13000|1944|fmt=eq|r=-4}}) in legal fees, wan de{{nbsp}}Havilland the respect an admiration o her peers, amang them her ain sister Joan Fontaine, wha later commentit, "Hollywood awes Olivia a great deal."{{sfn|Shipman|1970|p=153}} Warner Bros. reactit tae de{{nbsp}}Havilland's lawsuit bi circulatin a letter tae ither studios that haed the effect o a "virtual blacklistin".{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=36}} As a consequence, de{{nbsp}}Havilland didnae wirk at a film studio for naur twa year.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=36}}
[[File:Olivia de Havilland at Naval Air Station Kodiak Alaska 20 March 1944.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Veesitin a woondit soldier in a hospital|At the Naval Air Station in [[Kodiak, Alaska]], Mairch{{nbsp}}20, 1944]]

De Havilland became a naituralised ceetizen o the Unitit States on November{{nbsp}}28, 1941.<ref name="nytimes-citizen"/><ref name="cnn-facts"/> Throu the war years, she actively socht oot weys tae express her patriotism an contreibute tae the war effort. In Mey 1942 she jyned the Hollywood Victory Caravan, a three-week train tour o the kintra that raised money throu the sale o [[war bond]]s.<ref name="startrib-welter"/> Later that year, she began attendin events at the Hollywood Canteen, meetin an dancin wi the troops.{{sfn|Wallace|2002|p=179}} In December 1943 de{{nbsp}}Havilland jyned a Unitit Service Organisations tour that traivelt atouer the Unitit States, [[Alaska]], an the [[Oceania|Sooth Paceefic]], veesitin woondit soldiers in militar hospitals.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=78}}<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/> She earned the respect an admiration o the troops for veesitin the isolatit islands an battlefronts in the Pacific.<ref name="sas-walter"/> She survived flichts in damaged aircraft an a bout wi [[viral pneumonia]] requirin several days' stay in ane o the island barrack hospitals.<ref name="academy-of-achievement" /><ref name="sas-walter"/>{{#tag:ref|In 1957, in appreciation o her support o the truips in Warld War II an the Korean War, de Havilland wis made an honorar member o the 11t Airborne Diveesion an wis presentit wi a Unitit States Airmy jaiket bearin the 11t's patch on ane sleeve an the name patch "de Havilland" athort the kist.<ref name="sas-walter"/>|group=Note}} She wad later mind, "I loved daein the tours acause it wis a way I could serve ma kintra an contreibute tae the war effort."{{sfn|Bubbio|2001|p=63}}

===Vindication an recogneetion, 1945–52===
Efter the California Coort o Appeals rulin freed her frae her Warner Bros. contract, de{{nbsp}}Havilland signed a twa-pictur deal wi Paramount Pictures.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=204}} In Juin 1945 she began filmin Mitchell Leisen's drama ''To Each His Own'',{{sfn|Kass|1976|pp=80, 86}} aboot an unwed mither wha gies up her bairn for adoption an then spends the rest o her life tryin tae undae that deceesion.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=209}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland insistit on bringin in Leisen as director, trustin his ee for detail, his empathy for actors, an the wey he controlled sentiment in thair umwhile collaboration, ''Hold Back the Dawn''.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=209}} The role required de{{nbsp}}Havilland tae age near thirty year ower the course o the film{{nsmdns}}frae an innocent smaw toun lass tae a shrewd, ruthless businesswoman devotit tae her cosmetics company. While de{{nbsp}}Havilland never formally studied acting, she did read [[Konstantin Stanislavsky|Stanislavsky's]] autobiography ''[[My Life in Art]]'' an applee'd ane o his "methods" for this role.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=86}} Tae help her define her chairacter throuch the fower periods o the story, she uised a different perfume for ilka period.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=211}} She lawered the pitch o her vyce incrementally in ilka period till it became a matur wumman's vyce.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=211}} Her performance earned her the Academy Awaird for Best Actress in 1946{{nsmdns}}her first Oscar.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=89}} Accordin tae film historian Tony Thomas, the awaird representit a vindication o her lang taw wi Warner Bros. an confirmation o her abeelities as an actress.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=211}}

[[File:Olivia de Havilland at the Academy Awards 1946.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Smilin saftly|Acceptin her first Academy Awaird for ''To Each His Own'', Mairch 13, 1947]]

De Havilland's neist twa roles war challengin an aa. In Robert Siodmak's psychological thriller ''The Dark Mirror'' (1946), de{{nbsp}}Havilland played twin sisters Ruth an Terry Collins{{nsmdns}}ane luvin an normal, the ither psychotic.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=212}} In addeetion tae the technical problems o shawin her as twa chairacters interactin wi ilk anither on screen at the same time, de{{nbsp}}Havilland needit tae portray twa separate an psychologically conter fowk.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=90}} While the film wisna weel received bi creetics{{nsmdns}}''Variety'' said the film "gets lost in a maze o psychological gadgets an speculation"<ref name="variety-dm" />{{nsmdns}}de{{nbsp}}Havilland's performance wis praised bi Tony Thomas, wha cried her final scene in the film "an awmaist frichteningly convincin piece o actin".{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=213}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland wad later state that playin the evil sister hauntit her for years.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=213}} In his review in ''[[The Nation]]'', James Agee wrote that "her playin is thochtfu, quiet, detailed, an well sustained, an syne it is foondit, as some mair talentit playin is nae, in an unuisually healfu-seemin an likable temperament, it is an undividit pleisur tae see."<ref name="nation-agee" />{{sfn|Shipman|1970|p=151}} While appearin in a summer stock production o ''What Every Woman Knows'' in Westport, Connecticut{{nsmdns}}her seicont professional stage appearance{{nsmdns}}de{{nbsp}}Havilland began datin Marcus Goodrich, a Navy veteran, jurnalist, an author o the 1941 novelle ''Delilah''.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=38}} Thay war mairit on August{{nbsp}}26, 1946.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=38}}

{{Quote|quote=I met a young woman wha wis very much lik Virginia, aboot the same age an pheesical description, as well as bein a schizophrenic wi guilt problems. ... Whit struck me maist o aw wis the fact that she wis rather likable an appealin. It hadna occurred tae me afore that a mental patient could be appealin, an it wis that that gae me the key tae the performance.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=218}}|source=Olivia de Havilland}}

De Havilland wis widely praised for her performance as Virginia Cunningham in Anatole Litvak's drama ''The Snake Pit'' (1948), ane o the first films tae attemp a realistic portrayal o mental illness an an important exposé o the harsh conditions in state mental hospitals, accordin tae film creetic Philip French.<ref name="guardian-french" /> Based on a novelle bi Mary Jane Ward an produced bi Darryl F. Zanuck, the film is aboot a woman placed in a mental institution bi her guidman tae help her recover frae a nervous breakdown.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=214–215}} Virginia Cunningham wis ane o the maist difficult o aw her film roles, requirin significant preparation baith mentally an physically{{nsmdns}} she deliberately lost wecht tae help creaut her gaunt appearance on screen.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=214}} She consultit regular wi psychiatrists hired as consultants for the film, an veesitit Camarillo State Mental Hospital tae research her role an observe the patients.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=218}} The extreme physical discomfort o the hydrotherapy an simulatit electric shock therapy scenes war inspecially challengin for the slicht {{convert|5|ft|3|in|cm|adj=on}} actress.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=218}} In her performance, she conveyed her mental anguish bi pheesically transformin her face wi furrt brou, wild starnin een, an grimacin mooth.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=97}} Accordin tae author Judith Kass, de{{nbsp}}Havilland delivered a performance baith "restrained an electric", portrayin varied an extreme aspects o her chairacter{{nsmdns}}frae a blate young woman tae a tormentit an disorientit woman.{{sfn|Kass|1976|pp=96–97}} For her performance in ''The Snake Pit'', de{{nbsp}}Havilland received an Academy Awaird nomination for Best Actress, the New York Film Creetics Circle Awaird for Best Actress, an the [[Venice Film Festival]] Volpi Cup.<ref name="allmovie-olivia-awards" />

In 1949 de{{nbsp}}Havilland appeared in William Wyler's period drama ''The Heiress'' (1949) wi [[Montgomery Clift]]{{nsmdns}}the fowert in a string o creetically acclaimed performances.{{sfnm|1a1=Kass|1y=1976|1p=219|2a1=Matzen|2y=2010|2p=186}} Efter seein the play on Broadway, de{{nbsp}}Havilland cried Wyler an urged him tae flee tae New York tae see whit she felt wad be a perfect role for her. Wyler obleeged, luved the play, an wi de{{nbsp}}Havilland's help arranged for Paramount tae secur the film richts.{{sfn|Herman|1995|pp=306–307}} Adaptit for the screen bi Ruth an Augustus Goetz an based on the 1880 novelle ''[[Washington Square (novelle)|Washington Square]]'' bi [[Henry James]], the film is aboot a young naïve woman wha faws in luve wi a young man, ower the objections o her emotionally abusive faither wha suspecks the man o bein a gowd digger.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=97}} As she haed duin in ''Hold Back the Dawn'', de{{nbsp}}Havilland portrays a chairacter's transformation frae a blate trustin innocent tae a guardit matur woman ower a period o years.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=219}} Her delineation o Catherine Sloper is developed throu carefully craftit muivements, gesturs, an facial expressions that convey a patientfu an inhibitit young woman.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=97}} Her timid vyce, nervous haunds, douncast een, an carefu muivements aw communicate whit the chairacter is too shy tae verbalize.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=97}} Throughout the production, Wyler pressed de{{nbsp}}Havilland hard tae elicit the requisite visual pynts o the chairacter.{{sfn|Herman|1995|pp=310–311}} In the scene whaur Catherine returns hame efter bein jiltit, the director haed the actress cairy a suitcase filled wi hivy beuks up the stair tae convey the wecht o Catherine's trauma pheesically insteid o uisin a planned speech in the oreeginal script.{{sfn|Herman|1995|pp=310–311}} ''The Heiress'' wis released in October 1949 an wis well received bi creetics.<ref name="tcm-h-miller" /> For her performance, de{{nbsp}}Havilland received the New York Film Creetics Awaird, the Gowden Globe Awaird, an the Academy Awaird for Best Actress{{nsmdns}}her seicont Oscar.<ref name="tcm-h-miller" />

Efter giein birth tae her first bairn, Benjamin, on September{{nbsp}}27, 1949, de{{nbsp}}Havilland teuk time aff frae makin films tae be wi her infant.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=40}} She turned doun the role o [[Blanche DuBois]] in ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'', later expleenin that becomin a mither wis a "transformin experience" an that she couldna relate tae the chairacter.<ref name="wsj-meroney" /> In 1950 her faimily flittit tae New York City, whaur she began rehearsals for a major new stage production o Shakespeare's ''[[Romeo an Juliet]]''; it wis her lifelang ambition tae play Juliet on the stage.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=40}} The play opened at the Broadhurst Theatre on March{{nbsp}}11, 1951, tae mixed reviews, wi some creetics believin the thirty-five year auld actress wis ower auld for the role.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=40}} The play closed efter forty-five performances.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=40}} Undaunted, de{{nbsp}}Havilland acceptit the teetle role in the stage production o [[George Bernard Shaw|George Bernard Shaw's]] comedy ''Candida'', whilk opened at the National Theatre on [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]] in Aprile 1952.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=40}} While reviews o the play war mixed, de{{nbsp}}Havilland's performance wis weel received, an follaein the scheduled thirty-twa performances, she gaed on tour wi the company an delivered 323 additional performances, mony tae selt-oot audiences.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=40}} While de{{nbsp}}Havilland achieved major accomplishments during this period o her career, her mairriage tae Goodrich{{nsmdns}}aichteen years her senior{{nsmdns}}haed grown strained due tae his crankie temperament.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=83}} In August 1952 de{{nbsp}}Havilland filed for divorce, that became final the follaein year.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=41}}

===New life in Paris, 1953–62===
{{Quote|quote=O coorse the thing that staggers ye when ye first come tae Fraunce is the fact that aw the French speak French{{nsmdns}}even the bairns. Mony Americans an Bretishers wha veesit the kintra niver quite adjust tae this, an the idea perseests that the natives speak the leid juist tae shaw off or be difficult.{{sfn|De Havilland|1962|p=31}}|source=Olivia de Havilland in ''Every Frenchman Has One''}}
[[File:Olivia de Havilland and Pierre Galante with Child 1956.jpg|thumb|right|upright|alt=Smilin while hauldin her newborn bairn wi her husband|Wi Pierre Galante an dauvhter Gisèle, 1956]]
In Aprile 1953, at the invitation o the French govrenment, de{{nbsp}}Havilland traivelt tae the [[Cannes Film Festival]], whaur she met Pierre Galante, an executive eeditor for the French jurnal ''Paris Match''.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=41–42}} Follaein a lang-distance courtship an the requisite nine-month residency requirement, de{{nbsp}}Havilland an Galante mairit on Aprile{{nbsp}}2, 1955, in the veelage o Yvoy-le-Marron, an settled thegither in a three-story hoose near [[Bois de Boulogne]] park in the ''Rive Droite'' section o Paris.<ref name="latimes-tartaglione"/>{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}} That same year, de{{nbsp}}Havilland returned tae the screen in Terence Young's period drama ''That Lady'' (1955), aboot a Spainyie princess an her unrequitit luve for [[Philip II o Spain|Keeng Philip II o Spain]], whase respect she earned in her youth efter losin an ee in a swuird fecht defendin his honour.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=225–226}} Accordin tae Tony Thomas, the film uises authentic Spainyie locations feckfu, but suffers frae a convolutit plot an excessive dialogue,{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=225–226}} an while de{{nbsp}}Havilland delivered a wairm an elegant performance as Ana de Mendoza, the film wis disappyntin.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=225–226}} Follaein her appearances in the romantic melodrama ''Not as a Stranger'' (1955){{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=227}} an ''The Ambassador's Daughter'' (1956){{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=229}}{{nsmdns}}neither o which war successfu at the box office{{nsmdns}}de{{nbsp}}Havilland gae birth tae her seicont bairn, Gisèle Galante, on Julie{{nbsp}}18, 1956.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}}

De Havilland returned tae the screen in 1958 in Michael Curtiz's Western drama ''The Proud Rebel'',{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=231}} a film aboot a umwhile Confederate sodger whase wife wis killt in the war an whase son lost the ability tae speak efter witnessin the tragedy. De{{nbsp}}Havilland played Linnett Moore, a rochle yet feminine frontier woman wha cares for the boy an comes tae luve his faither.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=117}} The film wis filmed on location in Utah, whaur de{{nbsp}}Havilland learned tae hitch an drive a team o horse an haundle a gun for her role.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=232}} ''The Proud Rebel'' wis released Mey{{nbsp}}28, 1958, an wis well received bi audiences an creetics. In his review for ''The New York Times'', A.{{nbsp}}H. Weiler cried the film a "truly sensitive effort" an "hertwairmin drama", an praised de{{nbsp}}Havilland's ability tae convey the "wairmth, affection an sturdiness needit in the role".<ref name="nytimes-pr-weiler"/>

Ane o de Havilland's best performances in this period wis in [[Guy Green (filmmakker)|Guy Green's]] romantic drama ''Light in the Piazza'' (1962) wi Rossano Brazzi.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=235}} Filmed in [[Florence]] an [[Roum]],{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=235}} an based on Elizabeth Spencer's novelle o the same name, the film is aboot a middle-cless American tourist on stendit vacation in Italy wi her beautifu twanty-sax-year-auld dauchter, wha is mentally disabled as a result o a bairnheid accident.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=235}} Faced wi the prospect o her dauchter fawin in luve wi a young Italian, the mither strauchles wi conflictin emotions aboot her dauchter's futur.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=235–236}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland projects a calm maternal lown outthrouch maist o the film, anly shawin glims o the fashin mither anxious for her bairn's happiness.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=124}} The film wis released on Februar{{nbsp}}9, 1961, an wis weel received, wi a ''Hollywood Reporter'' reviewer cawin it "an uncommon luve story ... tauld wi rare delicacy an force", an ''Variety'' notin that the film "achieves the rare an delicate balance o airteestic beauty, romantic substance, dramatic novelty an commercial appeal". ''Variety'' singled oot de{{nbsp}}Havilland’s performance as "ane o great consistency an subtle projection".<ref name="variety-piazza" />

In early 1962 de{{nbsp}}Havilland traivelt tae New York an began rehearsals for Garson Kanin's stage play ''A Gift of Time''. Adaptit frae the autobiographical book ''Death of a Man'' bi Lael Tucker Wertenbaker, the play explores the emotionally pynfu strauchle o a hoosewife forced tae deal wi the slaw daith o her guidman, played bi Henry Fonda. The play opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway tae positive notices, wi de{{nbsp}}Havilland receivin her best reviews as a stage actress.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}} Theater creetic Walter Kerr praised her final scene, writin, "As darkness gathers, the actress gains in statur, takin on the simple an resolute willinness tae unnerstaund."{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=127}} The ''New York World Telegram and Sun'' reviewer concluded, "It is Miss de{{nbsp}}Havilland who gives the play its unbroken continuity. This distinguished actress reveals Lael as a special an admirable woman."{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=127}} She stayed wi the production for ninety performances.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}} 

The year 1962 saw the publication o de{{nbsp}}Havilland's first book, ''Every Frenchman Has One'', a lichthertit accoont o her aften amusin attempts tae unnerstaund an adapt tae French life, manners, an customs.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}} The beuk sauld oot its first prentin prior tae the publication date an wis later tae become a bestseller.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=120}}<ref name="latimes-tartaglione" />

===Later films an televeesion, 1963–88===
In 1964 de Havilland appeared in her last twa leadin roles in featur films{{nsmdns}}baith psychological thrillers. In Walter Grauman's ''Lady in a Cage'' she played a walthy poet wha gets fankilt in her mansion's lift an faces the threat o three terrorisin hooligans in her ain hame.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=237}} This wis the anly controversial film in her career{{nsmdns}}it wis banned in England{{nsmdns}}an creetics respondit negatively tae the graphic veeolence an cruelty shawn on screen.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=127}} A.{{nbsp}}H. Weiler o ''The New York Times'' cried it a "sordid, if suspensefu, exercise in aimless brutality".<ref name="nytimes-cage-weiler" /> That same year, de{{nbsp}}Havilland appeared in Robert Aldrich's ''Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte'' wi her close friend Bette Davis.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=131}} Efter Joan Crawford left the pictur due tae illness, Davis haed Aldrich flee tae Swisserland tae persuade a reluctant de{{nbsp}}Havilland tae accept the role o Miriam Deering, a cruel, conneevin chairacter hidden ahint the chairmin façade o a polite an cultured lady.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=239–241}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland's quiet, restrained performance providit a counterbalance tae Davis's rantin chairacterization.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=241}} Film historian Tony Thomas descrivit her performance as "a subtle piece o actin" that wis "a vital contreibution tae the effectiveness o the film".{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=241}} The film wis weel received an earned seiven Academy Awaird nominations.<ref name="tcm-hush-lobianco"/>

As film roles became mair difficult tae find{{nsmdns}}a common problem skared bi mony Hollywood veterans frae her era{{nsmdns}}de{{nbsp}}Havilland began wirkin in telly dramas, in maugre o her dislik o the networks' practice o breakin up story lines wi commercials.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=44}} Her first ventur intae the medium wis a teleplay directit bi [[Sam Peckinpah]] cried ''Noon Wine'' (1966) on ''ABC Stage 67'',{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=44}} a dark tragedy aboot a fermer's act o murther that leads tae his suicide.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=44}} The production an her performance as the fermer's wife Ellie war weel received.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=45}} In 1972 she starned in her first telly featur film, ''The Screaming Woman'', aboot a walthy woman recoverin frae a nervous breakdoun.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=45–46}} In 1979 she appeared in the ABC miniseries ''Roots: The Next Generations'' in the role o Mrs. Warner, the wife o a umwhile Confederate officer played bi Henry Fonda. The miniseries wis seen bi an estimatit 110 million fowk{{nsmdns}} near ane-third o American hames wi telly sets.<ref name="schenectady-gazette-roots" /> Outthrouch the 1970s, de{{nbsp}}Havilland's film wirk wis leemitit tae smawer supportin roles an cameo appearances.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=46–48}} Her last featur film wis ''The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979).{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=46–48}}

In this period, de{{nbsp}}Havilland began daein speakin engagements in ceeties athort the Unitit States wi a tauk enteetled "From the City of the Stars to the City of Light", a programme o personal mindins anent her life an career.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=142}} She attendit tributes tae ''Gone with the Wind'' an aa.{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=142}} In the 1980s, her telly wirk includit an [[Agatha Christie]] telly film ''Murder Is Easy'' (1982), the telly drama ''The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana'' (1982) in whilk she played [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|The Queen Mother]], an the 1986 ABC miniseries ''North and South, Book II''.<ref name="tcm-filmography"/> Her maist notable performance o the decade wis in the telly film ''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'' (1986) as Dowager Empress Maria, whilk earned her a Gowden Globe Awaird for Best Supportin Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Televeesion Film.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> In 1988 de{{nbsp}}Havilland appeared in the HTV romantic telly drama ''The Woman He Loved''{{nsmdns}}it wis her final screen performance.<ref name="tcm-filmography"/>

=== Retirement an remembrance, 1989– ===
[[File:Olivia de Havilland National Medal of the Arts 2008.jpg|thumb|alt=Wi a glowin smile leukin up at the preses|Receivin the Naitional Medal o Airts frae Preses George W. Bush, 2008]]
In retirement, de{{nbsp}}Havilland remained active in the film community. In 1998 she traivelt tae New York tae help promote a special shawin o ''Gone with the Wind''.<ref name="philly-rickey" /> In 2003 she appeared as a presenter at the 75t Academy Awairds.<ref name="tcm-bio" /> In 2004 Turner Classic Movies produced a retrospective piece cried ''Melanie Remembers'' in whilk she wis interviewed for the saxty-fift anniversary o the oreeginal release o ''Gone with the Wind''.{{sfn|Bartel|2014|p=135}} In Juin 2006, she made appearances at tributes commemoratin her 90t birthday at the Academy o Motion Pictur Airts an Sciences an the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.<ref name="wsj-meroney" />

On November 17, 2008, at the age o 92, de{{nbsp}}Havilland received the [[Naitional Medal o Airts]], the heichest honour conferred tae an individual airtist on behauf o the fowk o the Unitit States. The medal wis presentit tae her bi Preses [[George W. Bush]], wha commendit her "for her persuasive an compellin skeel as an actress in roles frae Shakespeare's Hermia tae Margaret Mitchell's Melanie. Her unthirldom, integrity, an grace wan creative freedom for hersel an her fellae film actors."<ref name="wh-archive"/><ref name="nytimes-itzkoff"/> The follaein year, de{{nbsp}}Havilland narratit the documentary ''I Remember Better When I Paint'' (2009),<ref name="huffpost-gitau"/> a film aboot the importance o airt in the treatment o [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref name="huffpost-gitau"/> On September 9, 2010, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis appyntit a ''Chevalier'' (knicht) o the [[Legion o Honour|Légion d'honneur]], the heichest decoration in Fraunce, awairdit bi French Preses [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], wha tauld the actress, "Ye honour Fraunce for haein chosen us."<ref name="ap-corbet"/> In Februar the follaein year she appeared at the [[César Awairds]] in Fraunce, whaur she wis hailsed wi a staundin ovation.{{#tag:ref|In Februar 2016 de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis named "Auldie o the Year" bi the satirical magazine ''[[The Oldie]]''. Unable tae traivel tae the ceremony in Lunnon, she recordit a message sayin she wis "utterly delichtit" the judges deemed thare wis "sufficient snap in ma celery" tae win the accolade.<ref name="bbc-oldie"/>|group=Note}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland celebratit her 100t birthday on Julie 1, 2016.

==Personal life==
===Relationships===
Awtho kent as ane o Hollywood's maist excitin on-screen couples,<ref name="tcm-bio"/> de{{nbsp}}Havilland an Errol Flynn war never involved in a romantic relationship.<ref name="telegraph-leach"/><ref name="daily-mail-andrews"/> Upon first meetin her at Warner Bros. in August 1935, Flynn wis drawn tae the nineteen-year-auld actress wi "warm brown eyes" an "extraordinary charm".{{sfn|Flynn|2002|p=208}} In turn, de{{nbsp}}Havilland fell in luve wi him,<ref name="telegraph-leach"/>{{#tag:ref|In a 2009 interview, de{{nbsp}}Havilland acknawledged, "Yes, we did faw in luve an I believe that this is evident in the screen chemistry atween us. But his circumstances at the time preventit the relationship gangin further. I hae nae tauked aboot it a great deal but the relationship wisna consummatit. Chemistry wis thare thou. It wis thare."<ref name="telegraph-leach"/>|group=Note}} but kept her feelins inside, later recawin, "He niver guessed I haed a crush on him ... it never occurred tae me that he wis smitten wi me, too."<ref name="daily-mail-andrews"/> Flynn wad later write, "Bi the time we made ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'', I wis sure that I wis in luve wi her."{{sfn|Flynn|2002|p=208}} Flynn finally professed his luve on Mairch{{nbsp}}12, 1937, at the Coronation Ball for Keeng [[George VI]] at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, whaur thay slaw danced thegither tae "Sweet Leilani" at the hotel's Cocoanut Grove nightclub.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|pp=52–53}} "I wis deeply affectit bi him," she wad later remember, "It wis impossible for me nae tae be."{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=55}} The evening endit on a soberin note, houiver, wi de{{nbsp}}Havilland inseestin that despite his separation frae his wife Lili Damita, he needit tae divorce her afore thair relationship coud proceed.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=55}} Flynn reunited wi his wife later that year,{{sfn|Matzen|2010|pp=65–66}} an de{{nbsp}}Havilland never acted on her feelins for Flynn.<ref name="telegraph-leach"/>{{#tag:ref|During the makkin o ''Robin Hood'' in November 1937, de Havilland playfully decidit tae tease Flynn wha wis bein watched closely on the set bi his wife. In a 2005 interview, de Havilland said, "An so we haed ane kissin scene, which I leuked forward tae wi great delicht. I remember I blew every take, at least sax in a row, maybe seiven, maybe aicht, an we haed tae kiss aw ower again. An Errol Flynn gat really rather uncomfortable, an he haed, if I mey say sae, a little trooble wi his tichts."{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=72}}|group=Note}}

In Julie 1938 de{{nbsp}}Havilland began datin business tycoon, aviator, an filmmakker [[Howard Hughes]],{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=72}} wha haed juist completit his record-settin flicht aroond the warld in 91 oors.<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/> In addition tae escortin her aboot toun, he gae the actress her first fleein lessons.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=72}} She wad later remember, "He wis a rather shy man ... an yet, in a whole commonty where the men every day played heroes on the screen an didna dae onything heroic in life, here wis this man wha wis a real hero."<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/> In December 1939 de{{nbsp}}Havilland began a romantic relationship wi actor [[James Stewart]]. At the request o Irene Mayer Selznick, the actor's agent asked Stewart tae escort de{{nbsp}}Havilland tae the New York premiere o ''Gone with the Wind'' at the Astor Theater on December{{nbsp}}19, 1939.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|p=137}} Ower the next few days, Stewart teuk her tae the theater several times an tae the 21 Club.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|p=137}} Thay continued tae see ilk ither back in Los Angeles, where Stewart providit occasional fleein lessons an romance.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|p=138}} Accordin tae de{{nbsp}}Havilland, Stewart proposed marriage tae her in 1940, but she felt that he wis nae ready tae settle doun.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|p=138}} Thair relationship endit in late 1941 whan de{{nbsp}}Havilland began a romantic relationship wi film director John Huston while makin ''In This Our Life''.{{sfnm|1a1=Fishgall|1y=1997|1p=148|2a1=Meyers|2y=2011|2p=85}} "John wis a very great luve o mine", she wad later admit, "He wis a man I wantit tae mairy."{{sfn|Meyers|2011|p=87}}{{#tag:ref|On Aprile 29, 1945, at the hame o producer David O. Selznick, Huston, wha knew aboot de Havilland's three-year crush on Flynn, confrontit the Australie actor{{nsmdns}}wha suffered frae tuberculosis{{nsmdns}}aboot his nae serving in the militar during the war.{{sfn|Meyers|2011|p=89}} When Flynn respondit bi alludin tae his former "relationship" wi de Havilland, Huston initiatit an extendit fistfecht wi the expert amateur boxer which laundit them baith in the hospital.{{sfn|Meyers|2011|p=89}}|group=Note}}

===Mairiages an bairns===
[[File:Olivia de Havilland with son Benjamin c. 1952.jpg|thumb|right|upright|alt=Smilin while hauldin her son in her arms|Wi her son Benjamin, {{circa|1952}}]]
On August{{nbsp}}26, 1946, she mairit Marcus Goodrich, a Navy veteran, jurnalist, an author o the 1941 novelle ''Delilah''.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=38}} The mairriage ended in divorce in 1953.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=41}} They haed ane bairn, Benjamin Goodrich, wha wis born on December{{nbsp}}1, 1949.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=40}} He wis diagnosed wi [[Hodgkin's lymphoma]] at the age o nineteen,<ref name="tcm-bio"/> but wis able tae graduate frae the University o Texas. He workit as a statistical analyst for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company in Sunnyvale, California, an as an internaitional baunkin representative for the Texas Commerce Bank in Houston.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> He died on October{{nbsp}}1, 1991, in Paris at the age o forty-ane o hert disease brocht on bi treatments for Hodgkin's disease, three weeks afore the daith o his faither.<ref name="nytimes-honan" /><ref name="reel-bio" />

On Aprile 2, 1955, de{{nbsp}}Havilland mairit Pierre Galante, an executive editor for the French jurnal ''Paris Match''.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|pp=41–42}} Her marriage tae Galante prompted de{{nbsp}}Havilland tae muive tae Paris.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}} The couple separated in 1962 but continued tae stey in the same hoose for anither sax year tae raise thair childer thegither.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}}<ref name="philly-rickey" /><ref name="people-vespa"/> Galante muived athort the street an the twa remained close, even efter the finalisation o the divorce in 1979.<ref name="philly-rickey"/> She takkit tent o him throuch his final bout wi buff cancer afore his daith in 1998. They haed ane bairn, Gisèle Galante, wha wis born on Julie{{nbsp}}18, 1956.{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=42}} After studyin law at the Université de Droit de Nanterre School o Law, she worked as a jurnalist in Fraunce an the United States.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> Syne 1956, de{{nbsp}}Havilland haes steyed in the same three-story hoose near Bois de Boulogne park in the ''Rive Droite'' section o Paris.<ref name="latimes-tartaglione"/>

===Releegion an politics===
De{{nbsp}}Havilland wis raised in the [[Episcopal Kirk (Unitit States)|Episcopal Kirk]] an haes remained an Episcopalian throughout her life.<ref name="anglicans-whalon"/>{{#tag:ref|In a 2015 interview, de Havilland statit that her releegious beliefs haed lapsed in her adult years, but that she regained her faith whan her son turned ill. Her renewed faith inspired her sister tae return tae the Episcopal Kirk.<ref name="variety-stadiem-notorious"/>|group=Note}} Efter flittin tae Fraunce, she became ane o the first weemen lectors at the American Cathedral in Paris, whaur she wis on the regular rota for Scriptur readins. As recently as 2012, she wis still daein readins on major feast days,<ref name="anglicans-whalon"/> includin Christmas an Easter. "It's a task I luve," she ance said.<ref name="wsj-meroney"/> In describing her preparation for her readings, de{{nbsp}}Havilland ance observed, "Ye hae tae convey the deep meanin, you see, an it haes tae stairt wi yer ain faith. But first I always pray. I pray afore I stairt tae prepare, as well. In fact, I would always say a prayer afore shuitin a scene, sae this isna sae different, in a way."<ref name="anglicans-whalon" /> De{{nbsp}}Havilland prefers tae uise the Revised Inglis Bible for its poetic style.<ref name="anglicans-whalon"/> She raised her son Benjamin in the Episcopal Kirk an her dauchter Gisèle in the [[Catholic Kirk|Roman Catholic Kirk]], the faith o the bairn's faither.{{sfn|De Havilland|1962|pp=103–104}}

As a United States ceetizen,<ref name="cnn-facts"/> de{{nbsp}}Havilland became involved in politics as a wey o exercisin her ceevic responsibilities.<ref name="wsj-meroney"/> She campaigned for [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]'s re-election in 1944.<ref name="wsj-meroney"/> Efter the war, she jyned the Independent Citizens' Committee o the Arts, Sciences an Professions, a naitional public policy advocacy group that includit Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, an Humphrey Bogart in its Hollywood chapter.<ref name="wsj-meroney"/> In Juin 1946 she wis askit tae deliver speeches for the committee that reflectit the [[Communist Pairty USA|Communist Pairty]] line{{nsmdns}}the group wis later identified as a Communist front organisation.{{sfn|Billingsley|1998|pp=123–24}} Disturbed at seein a smaw group o [[Communism|Communist]] members manipulatin the committee, de{{nbsp}}Havilland remuived the pro-Communist material frae her speeches an rewrit thaim tae reflect [[Harry S. Truman]]'s anti-Communist platform. She later recalled, "I realised a nucleus o fowk wis controllin the organisation wioot a majority o the members o the buird bein aware o it. An I knew thay haed tae be Communists."<ref name="wsj-meroney"/>

She organised a fecht tae regain control o the committee frae its pro-Soviet leadership, but her reform efforts failed. Her resignation frae the committee triggered a waw o resignations frae eleiven ither Hollywood figures, includin futur Preses Ronald Reagan.<ref name="wsj-meroney"/>{{#tag:ref|Reagan wis a relatively new buird member whan he wis invited tae jyn ten ither film industry colleagues, includin MGM studio heid [[Dore Schary]], for a meetin at de{{nbsp}}Havilland's hoose whaur he first learned that Communists war tryin to gain control o the committee.{{sfn|Reagan|1990|p=112}} In the meetin, he turned tae de{{nbsp}}Havilland, wha wis on the executive committee, an whispered, "Ye ken, Olivia, Ah always thocht ''ye'' micht be ane o them." Lauchin, she respondit, "That's funny. I thocht ''ye'' war ane o them." Reagan suggestit that thay propone a resolution at the neist meetin that includit leid reaffirmed the committee's "belief in free enterprise an the Democratic seestem" an repudiatit "Communism as desirable for the Unitit States"{{nsmdns}}the executive committee votit it doun the follaein week.{{sfn|Reagan|1990|pp=112–113}} Shortly afterwards, the committee disbaundit, anly tae resurface as a newly-named front organisation.{{sfn|Reagan|1990|p=112}} In maugre o organisin Hollywood reseestance tae Soviet influence, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis denoonced later that year as a "[[Pinko|soummin-puil pink]]" in ''Time'' magazine for her involvement in the committee.{{sfn|Gottfried|2002|p=146}}|group=Note}} In 1958 she wis secretly cried afore the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] an recoontit her experiences wi the Independent Citizens' Committee.<ref name="wsj-meroney"/>

===Sibling rivalry===
[[File:Joan Fontaine and Gary Cooper.jpg|thumb|upright|Joan Fontaine an [[Gary Cooper]] at the Academy Awairds, 1942]]
De Havilland an her sister [[Joan Fontaine]] are the anly siblings tae hae wan Academy Awairds in a lead actin category.<ref name="time-berman" /> Accordin tae biografer [[Charles Higham (biographer)|Charles Higham]], the sisters ay haed an uneasy relationship, stairtin in early bairnhuid whan Olivia haed trouble acceptin the idea o haein a younger sister, an Joan resentin her mither's favoritism for her aulder sister.<ref name="independent-cornwell"/> This tension wis made waur bi Fontaine's frequent bairnheid illnesses, whilk led tae her mither's ower pertective expression, "Livvie can, Joan canna."{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=24}} O the twa sisters, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis the first tae become an actress, an for several years Fontaine wis owershaidaed bi her accomplishments.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=72}} Whan Mervyn LeRoy offered Fontaine a personal contract, her mither tauld her that Warner Bros. wis "Olivia's studio" an that she coud nae uise the name "de{{nbsp}}Havilland".{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=72}} In 1942 de{{nbsp}}Havilland an Fontaine war baith nominatit for an Academy Awaird for Best Actress{{nsmdns}}de{{nbsp}}Havilland for ''Hold Back the Dawn'', an Fontaine for ''Suspicion''. Whan Fontaine's name wis annoonced as winner, de{{nbsp}}Havilland reactit graciously sayin, "We'v gat it!"{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=69}} Accordin tae biografer Charles Higham, Fontaine rejectit de{{nbsp}}Havilland's attempts tae congratulate her, an de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis offendit an embarrassed.{{sfn|Higham|1984|p=257}}

Thair relationship wis further raxt in 1946 whan Fontaine made negative comments tae an interviewer aboot de{{nbsp}}Havilland's new guidman. Whan she read her sister's remerks, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis deeply hurt an waited for an apology that wis never offered.<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/> The follaein year efter acceptin her first Academy Awaird for ''To Each His Own'', de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis approached backstage bi Fontaine wha wantit tae congratulate her, de{{nbsp}}Havilland turned away frae her sister.<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud" /> They didnae speak tae ilk anither for the neist five year,{{#tag:ref|In 1957, in the anly interview till 2016 in whilk she ever commentit on her relationship wi her sister, de{{nbsp}}Havilland tauld the Associated Press, "Joan is very bricht an sharp an haes a wit that can be cuttin. She said some things aboot Marcus that hurt me deeply. She wis aware thare wis an estrangement atween us."<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/>|group=Note}} an thair silence mey hae caused the estrangement atween Fontaine an her ain dauchters, wha secretly mainteened a relationship wi de{{nbsp}}Havilland.{{sfn|Higham|1984|p=257}} Follaein her divorce frae Goodrich, de{{nbsp}}Havilland resumed contact wi her sister,<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/> comin tae her apairtment in New York an spendin Christmas thegither thare in 1961.<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/><ref name="getty-galella"/> The final break atween the sisters occurred in 1975 frae a disagreement ower thair mither's cancer treatment{{nsmdns}}de{{nbsp}}Havilland wantit tae consult ither doctors an supportit exploratory surgery; Fontaine disagreed.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=298}} Fontaine claimed that de{{nbsp}}Havilland didnae notify her o thair mither's daith while she wis tourin wi a play{{nsmdns}}de{{nbsp}}Havilland in fact haed sent a telegram, whilk teuk twa week tae reak her sister.<ref name="independent-cornwell"/> The sibling feud endit wi Fontaine's daith on December{{nbsp}}15, 2013.<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/>{{#tag:ref|Fontaine ance remerked, "I married first, wan the Oscar afore Olivia did, an if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid acause Ah beat her tae it!"<ref name="wp-bernstein"/>|group=Note}} The follaein day, de{{nbsp}}Havilland released a statement sayin she wis "shocked an saddened" bi the news.<ref name="cbsnews-djansezian-shocked"/>

==Career assessment an legacy==
[[File:Olivia de Havilland's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|Starn on the Hollywood Walk o Fame, at 6762 Hollywood Blvd.<ref name="hollywood-walk"/>]]
De{{nbsp}}Havilland's career spanned fifty-three years, frae 1935 tae 1988.<ref name="tcm-filmography"/> In that time, she appeared in forty-nine featur films, an wis ane o the leadin movie starns in the gowden age o Clessical Hollywood. She began her career playin demure ingénues anent popular male stars, includin Errol Flynn, wi wham she made her breakout film ''Captain Blood'' in 1935.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> Thay wad gang on tae mak seiven mair featur films thegither, an became ane o Hollywood's maist popular romantic on-screen pairings.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> Her range o performances included roles in maist major movie genres. Follaein her film debut in the Shakespeare adaptation ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', de{{nbsp}}Havilland achieved her initial popularity in romantic comedies, sic as ''The Great Garrick'' an ''Hard to Get'', an Western adventure films, sic as ''Dodge City'' an ''Santa Fe Trail''.<ref name="tcm-filmography"/> Her naitural beauty an primsie actin style made her parteecularly effective in historical period dramas, lik ''Anthony Adverse'', ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''Gone with the Wind'', an ''The Heiress'', an romantic dramas, lik ''Hold Back the Dawn'' an ''To Each His Own''. In her later career, she wis maist sonsie in drama films, lik ''In This Our Life'' an ''Light in the Piazza'', an psychological dramas playin unglamorous chairacters in films lik ''The Dark Mirror'', ''The Snake Pit'', an ''Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte''.<ref name="tcm-bio" />

Outthrou her career, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wan twa Academy Awairds (''To Each His Own'' an ''The Heiress''), twa Gowden Globe Awairds (''The Heiress'' an ''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna''), twa New York Film Creetics Circle Awairds (''The Snake Pit'' an ''The Heiress''), the National Buird o Review Awaird an the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup (''The Snake Pit''), an a Primetime Emmy Awaird (''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'').<ref name="tcm-milestones"/>

For her contreibutions tae the motion picture industry, de{{nbsp}}Havilland received a starn on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6762 Hollywood Boulevard on Februar 8, 1960.<ref name="hollywood-walk"/> Syne her retirement in 1988, her lifetime contreibution tae the arts haes been honored on twa continents. In 1998 she received an honorary doctorate frae the [[University of Hertfordshire]] in England.<ref name="tcm-notes"/>

In 2006, she wis inductit intae the Online Film & Television Association Award Film Haw o Fame.<ref name="ofta-hall"/> On November{{nbsp}}17, 2008, Preses George W. Bush presented de{{nbsp}}Havilland the National Medal o Arts, the heichest honour gien for achievement in the arts conferred tae an individual airtist on behalf o the American fowk.<ref name="wh-archive"/> On September{{nbsp}}9, 2010, de{{nbsp}}Havilland wis appyntit a ''Chevalier'' (knight) o the Légion d'honneur, the heichest decoration in Fraunce, awairdit bi French Preses Nicolas Sarkozy.<ref name="ap-corbet"/>

==Honours an awairds==
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|-
! style="width:5%;"| Year
! style="width:30%;"| Awaird
! style="width:30%;"| Category
! style="width:25%;"| Film
! style="width:5%;"| Result
! style="width:5%;" class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref|Reference}}
|-
| 1939
| Academy Awaird
| Best Actress in a Supportin Role
| ''Gone with the Wind''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="tcm-milestones" />
|-
| 1941
| Academy Awaird
| Best Actress in a Leadin Role
| ''Hold Back the Dawn''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="tcm-milestones" />
|-
| 1946
| Academy Awaird
| Best Actress in a Leadin Role
| ''To Each His Own''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="tcm-milestones" />
|-
| 1948
| Academy Awaird
| Best Actress in a Leadin Role
| ''The Snake Pit''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="tcm-milestones" />
|-
| 1948
| Naitional Buird o Review Awaird
| Best Actress
| ''The Snake Pit''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="allmovie-olivia-awards" />
|-
| 1948
| New York Film Creetics Circle Awaird
| Best Actress
| ''The Snake Pit''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="allmovie-olivia-awards" />
|-
| 1949
| Academy Awaird
| Best Actress in a Leadin Role
| ''The Heiress''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="tcm-milestones" />
|-
| 1949
| Gowden Globe Awaird
| Best Motion Pictur Actress
| ''The Heiress''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="golden-globes-olivia" />
|-
| 1949
| New York Film Creetics Circle Awaird
| Best Actress
| ''The Heiress''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="allmovie-olivia-awards" />
|-
| 1949
| Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup
| Best Actress
| ''The Snake Pit''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="allmovie-olivia-awards" />
|-
| 1952
| Grauman's Cheenese Theatre
| Haund prents an fitprents
| —
| {{won|Honoured}}
| <ref name="ap-graumans" />
|-
| 1953
| Gowden Globe Awaird
| Best Motion Pictur Actress
| ''My Cousin Rachel''
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="golden-globes-olivia" />
|-
| 1960
| Hollywood Walk o Fame Star
| Motion Pictur at 6762 Hollywood Blvd, Februar 8, 1960
| —
| {{won|Honoured}}
| <ref name="hollywood-walk" />
|-
| 1986
| Gowden Globe Awaird
| Best Performance bi an Actress in a Supportin Role
| ''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="golden-globes-olivia" />
|-
| 1986
| Primetime Emmy Awaird
| Ootstaundin Supportin Actress in a Miniseries
| ''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna''
| {{won}}
| <ref name="tcm-milestones" />
|-
| 1998
| Honorary Doctorate
| [[Varsity o Hertfordshire]]
| —
| {{won|Honoured}}
| <ref name="tcm-notes" />
|-
| 2006
| Online Film & Telly Association
| Film Haw o Fame
| —
| {{won|Honoured}}
| <ref name="ofta-hall" />
|-
| 2008
| Naitional Medal o Airts
| —
| —
| {{won|Honored}}
| <ref name="wh-archive" />
|-
| 2010
| Chevalier o the Légion d'honneur
| —
| —
| {{won|Honoured}}
| <ref name="ap-corbet" />
|-
| 2016
| Oldie o the Year
| —
| —
| {{won|Honoured}}
| <ref name="bbc-oldie" />
|}

== Filmografie ==
{{Div col|colwidth=20em}}
* ''[[Alibi Ike]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Irish in Us]]'' (1935)
* ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film)|A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Captain Blood (1935 film)|Captain Blood]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Anthony Adverse]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)|The Charge of the Light Brigade]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Call It a Day]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Great Garrick]]'' (1937)
* ''[[It's Love I'm After]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Gold Is Where You Find It]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Four's a Crowd]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Hard to Get (1938 film)|Hard to Get]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Wings of the Navy]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Dodge City (film)|Dodge City]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Raffles (1939 film)|Raffles]]'' (1939)
* ''[[My Love Came Back]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Santa Fe Trail (film)|Santa Fe Trail]]'' (1940)
* ''[[The Strawberry Blonde]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Hold Back the Dawn]]'' (1941)
* ''[[They Died with Their Boots On]]'' (1941)
* ''[[The Male Animal]]'' (1942)
* ''[[In This Our Life]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Thank Your Lucky Stars (film)|Thank Your Lucky Stars]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Princess O'Rourke]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Government Girl]]'' (1944)
* ''[[To Each His Own (film)|To Each His Own]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Devotion (1946 film)|Devotion]]'' (1946)
* ''[[The Well-Groomed Bride]]'' (1946)
* ''[[The Dark Mirror (film)|The Dark Mirror]]'' (1946)
* ''[[The Snake Pit]]'' (1948)
* ''[[The Heiress]]'' (1949)
* ''[[My Cousin Rachel (film)|My Cousin Rachel]]'' (1952)
* ''[[That Lady]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Not as a Stranger]]'' (1955)
* ''[[The Ambassador's Daughter (1956 film)|The Ambassador's Daughter]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Proud Rebel]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Libel (film)|Libel]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Light in the Piazza (film)|Light in the Piazza]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Lady in a Cage]]'' (1964)
* ''[[Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte]]'' (1964)
* ''[[The Adventurers (1970 film)|The Adventurers]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Pope Joan (1972 film)|Pope Joan]]'' (1972)
* ''[[Airport '77]]'' (1977)
* ''[[The Swarm (film)|The Swarm]]'' (1978)
* ''[[The Fifth Musketeer]]'' (1979)
{{Div col end}}

== References ==
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<ref name="academy-of-achievement">{{cite web |title=Interview: Olivia de Havilland |publisher=American Academy of Achievement |date=October 5, 2006 |url=http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/deh0int-1 |accessdate=February 7, 2016 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173549/http://www.achievement.org/autodoc/printmember/deh0int-1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="allmovie-olivia-awards">{{cite web|title=Olivia de Havilland: Awards |publisher=AllMovie |url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/olivia-de-havilland-p17765/awards |accessdate=January 23, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="anglicans-whalon">{{cite web|last=Whalon |first=Pierre W. |title=Reading the Bible as a statement of faith |publisher=Anglicans Online |date=February 12, 2012 |url=http://anglicansonline.org/resources/essays/whalon/deHavilland.html |accessdate=April 11, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="ap-corbet">{{cite news |last=Corbet |first=Sylvie |title=Olivia de Havilland honored by French president |publisher=Associated Press Online |date=September 9, 2010 |url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-36593d70f8324080ab3c5b267b79c3dc.html |accessdate=January 21, 2016 |archive-date=2013-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530173812/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1A1-36593d70f8324080ab3c5b267b79c3dc.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="ap-graumans">{{cite news|title=Olivia de Havilland at Grauman's Theater |publisher=Associated Press Images |url=http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/Creative-Copyright-Bettmann-Corbis-AP-Images-/911a1f2bba1349f8a3455f3e134a97a9 |accessdate=January 24, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="bbc-oldie">{{cite web|title=Olivia de Havilland wins Oldie accolade |publisher=BBC News |date=February 2, 2016 |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35470633 |accessdate=February 3, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="bigbend-sft-taylor">{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Lon |title=Getting History Wrong on the Silver Screen |publisher=Big Bend Now |date=February 26, 2015 |url=http://bigbendnow.com/2015/02/the-rambling-boy-62/ |accessdate=March 16, 2016 |archive-date=2015-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307075949/http://bigbendnow.com/2015/02/the-rambling-boy-62/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<ref name="brooklyn-daily-burdett">{{cite news|last=Burdett |first=Winston |title=A Midsummer Night's Dream Returns |newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=6 |date=October 5, 1936 |url=http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52692348/?terms=Midsummer%2BNight's%2BDream |accessdate=February 23, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="cbsnews-djansezian-shocked">{{cite web|last=Djansezian |first=Kevork |title=Olivia de Havilland 'shocked and saddened' by sister Joan Fontaine's death |publisher=CBS News |date=December 16, 2013 |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/olivia-de-havilland-shocked-and-saddened-by-sister-joan-fontaines-death/ |accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="cnn-facts">{{cite news|title=Olivia de Havilland Fast Facts |publisher=CNN |url=http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/21/us/olivia-de-havilland-fast-facts |accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="daily-mail-andrews">{{cite news|last=Andrews |first=Emily |title=Errol Flynn? He never had his wicked way with me |newspaper=Daily Mail |date=June 17, 2009 |url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1193489/Errol-Flynn-He-wicked-way-says-Gone-With-The-Wind-star-Olivia-Havilland.html |accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="french-observer">{{cite news|last=French |first=Philip |title=Screen Legends No.73 |newspaper=The Observer |year=2009}}</ref>

<ref name="getty-galella">{{cite web|last=Galella |first=Ron |title=Marlene Dietrich's Opening Party |publisher=Getty Images |date=September 9, 1967 |url=http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/joan-fontaine-and-sister-olivia-de-havilland-during-marlene-news-photo/105274140/ |accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="golden-globes-olivia">{{cite web|title=Olivia de Havilland |publisher=Golden Globes |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/person/olivia-de-havilland |accessdate=April 23, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="guardian-french">{{cite news|last=French |first=Philip |title=Philip French's screen legends No. 73: Olivia de Havilland |newspaper=The Guardian |date=October 31, 2009 |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/dec/22/olivia-de-havilland-screen-legend |accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="hollywood-walk">{{cite web|title=Olivia de Havilland |publisher=Hollywood Walk of Fame |url=http://www.walkoffame.com/olivia-de-havilland |accessdate=January 23, 2016}}</ref>

<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud">{{cite web|last=Feinberg |first=Scott |title=Joan Fontaine-Olivia de Havilland Feud: New Details Revealed |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=December 17, 2013 |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/joan-fontaine-olivia-de-havilland-666087?page=2 |accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

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<ref name="independent-cornwell">{{cite news|last=Cornwell |first=Rupert |title=Sibling rivalry: Hollywood's oldest feud |newspaper=The Independent |date=May 15, 2008 |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/sibling-rivalry-hollywoods-oldest-feud-828301.html |accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

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<ref name="people-vespa">{{cite journal |last=Vespa |first=Mary |title=Olivia De Havilland Finds Solace Serving Her Church |journal=People |volume=11 |issue=9 |date=March 5, 1979 |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073074,00.html |accessdate=April 12, 2016 |archive-date=2016-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611204004/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20073074,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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<ref name="reuters-belloni">{{cite news|last=Belloni |first=Matthew |title=De Havilland lawsuit resonates through Hollywood |publisher=Reuters |date=August 23, 2007 |url=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSN2329585820070824 |accessdate=January 21, 2016}}</ref>

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<ref name="sas-walter">{{cite web|last=Walter |first=Don |title=Olivia de Havilland recalls wartime shows |publisher=Stars and Stripes |date=July 12, 1958 |url=http://www.stripes.com/olivia-de-havilland-recalls-wartime-shows-enjoys-making-similar-type-tours-now-1.187691 |accessdate=March 26, 2016}}</ref>

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<ref name="tcm-gg-arnold">{{cite web|last=Arnold |first=Jeremy |title=The Great Garrick (1937) |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/625/The-Great-Garrick/articles.html |accessdate=March 6, 2016}}</ref>

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* {{cite book|last=Thomas |first=Tony |title=The Films of Olivia de Havilland |publisher=Citadel Press |location=New York |year=1983 |isbn=978-0-8065-0988-4 |ref=harv}}
* {{cite book|last=Wallace |first=David |title=Lost Hollywood |url=https://archive.org/details/losthollywood0000wall_f6q5 |publisher=St. Martin's Griffin |location=New York |year=2002 |isbn=978-0-312-28863-1 |ref=harv}}
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== Freemit airtins ==
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* {{AllRovi name|17765|Olivia de Havilland}}
* {{IBDB name|id=67261|name=Olivia de Havilland}}
* {{IMDb name|14|Olivia de Havilland}}
* {{Tcmdb name|id=46170|name=Olivia de Havilland}}

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