REMEMBERING OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND

Hollywood lost the last surviving star from the golden age of movies when actress Olivia de Havilland died this summer aged 104.

Forever associated with her role as frail Melanie Hamilton in classic film Gone With The Wind, the star’s legacy also includes her Oscar winning roles in The Heiress and To Each His Own along with crowdpleasers like Captain Blood and Airport ’77.

But it was for off screen headlines that she will also be remembered including winning a landmark lawsuit against Warner Bros that gave stars like her more control over their choice of roles.

Then there was the lifelong feud with her sister, fellow Oscar winning actress Joan Fontaine, with whom she often vied for the same roles.

Linked romantically with Howard Hughes. John Huston and Jimmy Stewart, she married twice, had two children and lived in Paris ever since leaving Hollywood in 1955.

She will be remembered as one of the leading movie stars from the golden age of classic Hollywood—and never forgotten.

—Sandro Monetti