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4 days ago · Olivia de Havilland (b.1916) and Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) were both born in Tokyo to British parents and the girls with their mother moved to California in 1919. Olivia won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, "To Each His Own" (1946) and "The Heiress" (1949).
4 days ago · Answer: Olivia de Havilland Walter de Havilland (1872-1968)is the father of both Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, with their mother Lilian Fontaine. It was not a happy marriage. When acting became their chosen career, they chose different names relating to their parentage.
3 days ago · What is the relationship between Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine? Answer: sisters Joan Fontaine was originally offered the role of Melanie in 'Gone With the Wind' but turned it down because she wanted the lead.
2 days ago · Film historian Alex Von Tunzelmann charts one of the most famous sisterly feuds in Hollywood history – the explosive rivalry between the Oscar-winning British actresses, Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine.
2 days ago · Even those who have not read their books might have seen the movie adaptions, like the 1939 Wuthering Heights with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon as Heathcliff and Cathy, or Jane Eyre, adapted in 1943 with Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles, and in 2011 with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender.
4 days ago · Such VIPs from Tinseltown’s golden years included Lana Turner, Olivia de Havilland, Shelley Winters and Ginger Rogers. Each episode brought together the ensemble cast of Captain Stubing (Gavin MacLeod), the onboard doctor Adam Bricker (Bernie Kopell), cruise director Julie McCoy (Lauren Tewes), bartender Isaac Washington (Ted Lange), and ...
1 day ago · Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to win an Academy Award—beating out her co-star Olivia de Havilland, who was also nominated in the same category—but was racially segregated from her co-stars at the awards ceremony at the Coconut Grove; she and her escort were made to sit at a separate table at the back of the room. [61]
