Star of the Week: Olivia de Havilland

Last weeks star was that quiet cowboy Gary Cooper who is incredibly good looking. This week's is that glorious woman who played Errol Flynn's love interest so many times Olivia de Havilland.

Real Name: Olivia Mary de Havilland

Born: July 1, 1916

       in Tokyo, Japan (age 94)

Height: 5-3

Trademark: Quiet women with an inner strength

Academy Award nominations:

Gone With The Wind (1939)
Hold Back The Dawn (1941)
To Each His Own (1946)     WON

The Snake Pit (1948)

The Heiress (1949)      WON

As one of the last surviving leads from the Golden Age, Olivia de Havilland represents a time gone by. She is most known for her role as Melanie in Gone With The Wind and her on-off relationship with co-star Errol Flynn, with whom she starred in 8 movies. Olivia starred alongside some of the greatest stars of Hollywood including Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, James Cagney, Clark Gable, and Leslie Howard. She is also known for the feud with her sister, Joan Fontaine, another famous actress from the Golden Age who is still alive.

I've always liked Olivia de Havilland, ever since i first saw The Adventures of Robin Hood. She was so beautiful. But i saw, for the first time, that an actress could be beautiful and a great actress, something today's starlets have forgotten. My favorite of hers are her two most famous films: GWTW and Robin Hood. Even in GWTW when they tried to ugly her up, you could still see her beauty shining through. I always thought she was a very beautiful woman and a great great actress. God bless you Ms. De Havilland!!!

Notable Films: Gone With The Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Heiress, The Snake Pit, Captain Blood, movies with Errol Flynn