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Olivia de Havilland
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Actor Born: July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan Biography:Born in Japan to a British patent attorney and his actress wife, Olivia de Havilland succumbed to the lure of Thespis while attending high school in Los Gatos, CA, where she played Hermia in an amateur production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. The older sister of actress "Joan Fontaine", de Havilland was spotted by famed director "Max Reinhardt", who cast her in his legendary Hollywood Bowl production of the play. This led to her part in the Warner Bros. film adaptation of "Midsummer" in 1935, and being signed to a long-term contract wiht the company. Considering herself a classical actress, de Havilland tried to refuse the traditional ingenue roles offered her by the studio, which countered by telling her she'd be ruined in Hollywood if she didn't cooperate. Loaned out to "David O. Selznick", de Havilland played Melanie Hamilton in Gone With the Wind (1939), earning an Oscar nomination for Best... Full Biography
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