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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, January 29, 1982. To Robert Orth, Curator of American Film Archives. In part: “...Through some curious mischance, two very kind letters from you bearing birthday greetings in past years, as well as a charming Christmas card, have only just come into my hands....I regret the tardiness of this reply....” Choice signature. Together with the original envelope.................$75.00
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