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de HAVILLAND, Olivia (1916 Tokyo- 2020 Paris). French-British-American actress. She was popular from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 featured films and was one of the leading actresses of her time. Her best-known role was as “Melanie Hamilton” in Gone With the Wind (1939). She received 5 Oscar nominations She dated Howard Hughes who gave the actress her first flying lesson. She also had a relationship with Jimmy Stewart. She became interested in politics and campaigned for FDR’s re-election in 1944. Olivia de Havilland and her sister Joan Fontaine are the only siblings to have won an Academy Award in a lead acting category. Typed letter signed, one page, Paris, France, no date, to a Friend. Interesting letter: “It is with great regret that I return to you, unopened, your envelope. During a long interval it has been safely stored in a room set aside for this special purpose - as family illnesses, requiring all my time and care, prevented my giving to it the attention it deserved. Now another primary obligation keeps me from responding to my mail as I would like to do: the writing of my autobiography which, after so many sad interruptions, I am now able to resume. I know you will understand and that you will wish me well in the demanding task which I have undertaken...” Boldly signed together with the original envelope postmarked Paris 18-9-95. One mild repair with tape not affecting the type.................$85.00
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