Olivia de Havilland

Also Credited As:

Olivia Mary de Havilland
Photo of Olivia de Havilland

Biography

One of the premiere leading ladies of Hollywood's Golden Age, actress Olivia de Havilland first became known for her roles as demure ingénues opposite cinema's most popular male stars. The older sister and professional contemporary of actress Joan Fontaine, de Havilland began her career as a contract star for Warner Bros. Pictures in 1935. Her breakout film, the swashbuckling adventure "Captain Blood" (1936) opposite Errol Flynn, was the first …
Read More »

Job Title

Actor

Born

Olivia Mary de Havilland on July 1, 1916 in Japan

LATEST CREDITS

That Lady

Ana de Mandoza

Lady in a Cage

Mrs Hilyard

Light in the Piazza

Margaret Johnson

The Screaming Woman

Laura Wynant

Not As a Stranger

Kristina Hedvigson

The Ambassador's Daughter

Joan

To Each His Own

Josephine Norris

The Strawberry Blonde

Actor

The Santa Fe Trail

Kit Carson Halliday

Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna

Dowager Empress Maria

Anthony Adverse

Actor

Hold Back the Dawn

Actor

Dodge City

Actor

Roots: The Next Generations

Mrs Warner

Hush ... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Miriam

Captain Blood

Arabela Bishop

They Died With Their Boots On

Actor

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Lady Marian Fitzswalter

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Actor

Proud Rebel

Linnett Moore

Agatha Christie's "Murder Is Easy"

Honoria Waynflete

Bette Davis: A Basically Benevolent Volcano

Interviewee

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

Actor

The Woman He Loved

Bessie Merryman

Gone With the Wind

Melanie Hamilton