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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, Los Gatos, Calif. February 4, 1977. To Robert Orth, Curator of American Film Archives. Nice content letter in part: “....forwarded to me here where I am spending a few weeks between TV engagements—the first of which was an appearance on AND THE WINNER IS, to be broadcast at 9 p.m., February 13, by ABC.” Signed in full and in very fine condition.................$75.00
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