Two time best actress Oscar winner and the last surviving star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Olivia de Haviland has died, age 104. She is perhaps best remembered as "Melanie Wilkes" in Gone With The Wind.
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Two time best actress Oscar winner and the last surviving star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Olivia de Haviland has died, age 104. She is perhaps best remembered as "Melanie Wilkes" in Gone With The Wind.
Melly, always will be Melly to me.
The door can close and lock and the key thrown away now on the Golden Age of Hollywood (but, I'm sure I'm forgetting someone really important).
I just realized that I misspelled her name! I should have spelled her last name with two "l"-Olivia de Havilland.
From what I have read, she was a courageous lady but also sadly estranged from her sister, another Oscar winning actress, Joan Fontaine.
She became famous playing Errol Flynn's love interest in black-and-white films. I was stunned to hear she was still alive. She was born before all of my grandparents. Also dated Howard Hughes.
Arguably, she and her sister Joan Fontaine are the finest pair of acting siblings in movie history (only pair to have won best actress/actor awards).
Yeah, I had de Havliand and Kirk Douglas in my mind as the last of that era.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingspoint
Although not Hollywood, I did just learn that Doc Severinsen is still alive. (Look it up, kids!).
Sad to see but a life well-lived.
I’d watch GWTW every couple years or so and it would remind me she was still walking the planet.
Not as big a name as some others, but I've been checking in on Norman Lloyd:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rojo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lloyd
Poor guy had to give up tennis at age 100.
She made her film debut as Joe E Brown's fiancee in the 1935 movie Alibi Ike (which I have a copy of). Enjoyable movie!
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