'Gone With the Wind' star Olivia de Havilland dies at 104

[essme]

Source: EW

Olivia de Havilland, classic star of Hollywood and two-time winner of the Academy Award for Best Actress, died peacefully in her sleep at her home in Paris, France on Saturday. She was 104.

Read more: https://ew.com/movies/gone-with-the-wind-star-olivia-de-havilland-dies-at-104/

[hlthe2b]

1. Ohh, damn.

I loved remembering her and her longevity. She was a kind, loving person, a talented actress, and genuinely a fixture of Hollywood during its "golden age."

Much love to you, Oliva.

[MFM008]

2. A life well lived

[GoneOffShore]

3. Very sad to hear this

She was very vibrant and there was a photo of her recently riding her bicycle in the suburbs of Paris.

She was also fond of Champagne at lunch.

[burrowowl]

19. Promotes longevity!

RIP!

[LakeArenal]

4. ❣️What a grand life❣️

She stayed beautiful to the end

Lovely person. Lovely life.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Such a grand life and still beautiful at 104.

R.I.P. Olivia...

[Cirque du So-What]

6. She outlived all her movie rivals. Jilted lover no longer.

She will always be one of my favorite actors.

[sarge43]

7. The Heiress, absolutely brilliant performance.

Rest in star light, dear lady.

[RobertDevereaux]

33. A brilliant film in every way!

[SharonClark]

8. My college roommate corresponded with

De Havilland by mail in the 70s. She was the only person on our dorm floor to get letters from France. I got to read them and De Havilland was always so kind to my roommate.

[Zoonart]

9. Academy master class interview 2006

[Chicago1980]

10. A long life lived...

Maybe she'll make up with her sister in the great beyond...

[hlthe2b]

11. Wow... Look at this photo at 103 years old still riding a bicycle.

Now that was setting an example.

Link to tweet

[BigmanPigman]

31. That was only 3 weeks ago, too.

I wished her a Happy Birthday.

[madaboutharry]

12. She had a reputation as a wonderful person.

I saw her on a television interview with a French news program a couple of years ago. She was about 102 at the time and she was lovely.

[NurseJackie]

13. I always admired Dame Olivia. I'm so glad that she had such a wonderful life and grand career.

Her sister, Joan Fontaine, was another one of my favorite actresses.

[Upthevibe]

14. ..............

....................R.I.P.

[hatrack]

15. "Welcome to Sherwood, m'lady!" - End of an era . .

She and Kirk Douglas were really the last survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age. I honestly can't think of anyone from that generation of actors who's still around.

[Bradshaw3]

17. Here's a list

It includes a greater time span than I thought (up until 1959) because I considered the golden age to be the 30s and 40s and it includes mostly unknown or little known actors. Two who I would include from the early era and who were real stars still with us are Rhonda Fleming (96) and Eva Marie Saint (96). Two child actors from that area who are still alive are Robert Blake and Dean Stockwell, both of whom appeared in Hollywood classics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_actors_from_the_Golden_Age_of_Hollywood

[hatrack]

18. Bit later than I would think as well, but a great list

Thanks!

[Bradshaw3]

21. You're welcome

I still enjoy watching the classics. And that pic of Dame Olivia riding her bike was a spirit lifter.

[left-of-center2012]

16. Olivia de Havilland, last surviving cast member of "Gone with the Wind," dead at age 104

Olivia de Havilland, an iconic actress of Hollywood's Golden Age and last surviving cast member of "Gone with the Wind," has died at age 104, her representatives said Sunday.

The Northern California-raised de Havilland had been living in Paris for decades, following her marriage to the late Pierre Galante, executive editor of famed French magazine Paris Match. Galante died in 1998.

De Havilland was nominated for five Oscars and took home best actress honors twice — in 1947 for "To Each His Own" and in 1950 for "The Heiress." But she'll be best remembered for her work in "Gone With the Wind," picking up a 1940 best supporting actress nomination for playing Melanie "Mellie" Hamilton.

De Havilland and her sister Joan Fontaine, who went on to be an Oscar-winning actress as well, grew up in Saratoga, California, about 50 miles south of San Francisco, with their mother. The sisters never got along as kids and their rivalry continued through their adult lives and careers. Fontaine wrote in her memoir "No Bed of Roses" of her sister that she could not recall "one act of kindness from Olivia all through my childhood."

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/olivia-de-havilland-last-surviving-cast-member-gone-wind-dead-n1005931

[whistler162]

20. Unless Mickey Kuhn has passed away then no

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474139/?ref_=nmls_hd

[LisaL]

27. I presume the article meant main cast.

I don't think there is any way to check if any extras are still alive.

[whistler162]

28. Technically he was maybe not main cast

but he wasn't an extra since he played Ashley Wilkes' son Beau.

[Mendocino]

32. Aside from Mickey Kuhn

Caren Marsh Doll (101) was an extra in the BBQ scene and also the Bazar scene. Patrick Curtis played the infant Beau Wilkes.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. Didn't realize she was still around

but then apparently because she was living in France.

So many storied people have been lost this week.

R.I.P.

[Glorfindel]

23. I'm sorry to hear it. We won't see her like again.

Rest in peace, Dame Olivia.

[Martin Eden]

24. Olivia de Havilland was my first big movie crush

Can't remember how old I was -- maybe 6 or 7 years old -- when I saw her in Robin Hood and Captain Blood in the early 1960's.

She was the last survivor of Hollywood's "Golden" era. I will always treasure those movies, and their stars.

[Aristus]

25. I admit I hadn't thought much of de Havilland when I was growing up.

Fan of old films that I was. I thought she got overshadowed a little in GWTW by Vivian Leigh.

Then I bought "The Adventures Of Robin Hood" on DVD a number of years ago, and re-watched it for the first time since I was a kid.

My first thought seeing her again was "WOW!!!"

She was stunning. I mean, so beautiful, it just made you ache a little inside.



I became an ardent admirer at that moment.

May she rest in peace...

[PlanetBev]

26. I was just talking about her yesterday

I was telling a friend that she was 104 and still very vital. Very weird she died the next day.

[crickets]

29. What a wonderful actress and person, how lovely she lived such a long and vital life.

Olivia will be missed.

[LiberalLovinLug]

30. I am downloading The Snake Pit

A brutal account of a woman's harrowing time in an insane asylum in the 40's. From 1948.

She was a brilliant actor. After Gone with the Wind, she got more involved in serious roles. Including her first Academy Award for 1946’s To Each His Own, about a mother seeking to reclaim a son she gave up for adoption

[Talitha]

34. ...

[Tarheel_Dem]

35. RIP, Ms. de Havilland.

[Number9Dream]

36. First remember her in "Captain Blood" and "Robin Hood" both with Errol Flynn

So beautiful and talented.