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Dame Olivia de Havilland, who has died at 104 in Paris, was one of the last survivors of Hollywood's Golden Age.
Her most famous role was that of the virtuous Melanie opposite Vivien Leigh's wayward Scarlett, in the epic Gone with the Wind.
Her relationship with her sister, the actress Joan Fontaine, was a constant source of speculation in the gossip columns.
At the time of her death she was the oldest living performer to have won an Oscar.
Olivia Mary de Havilland was born in Tokyo on 1 July 1916 to Walter, a British patent lawyer and his actress wife Lilian.
Her most famous role was that of the virtuous Melanie opposite Vivien Leigh's wayward Scarlett, in the epic Gone with the Wind.
Her relationship with her sister, the actress Joan Fontaine, was a constant source of speculation in the gossip columns.
At the time of her death she was the oldest living performer to have won an Oscar.
Olivia Mary de Havilland was born in Tokyo on 1 July 1916 to Walter, a British patent lawyer and his actress wife Lilian.
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