Olivia de Havilland - cinema and life

Olivia de Havilland was born in Tokyo (1916), worked and became famous in Hollywood, was shot on television, lives in France. Awards and prizes for her creative life, she received a lot, the audience loved her and now follows the life of the actress, who, despite her advanced age, appears in official ceremonies.

Childhood

In 1913, met in Japan, a young promising actress-Englishwoman, who came to visit her brother, and lawyer Walter Havilland. The following year the couple married in New York and returned to the Land of the Rising Sun. They moved to a large house in the elite district of Tokyo. There Lillian, the newlywed, continued to take music lessons, vocals and dance. On July 1, far in 1916, their eldest daughter was born in their family. Her sister Joan was born next year. Three years later, my parents divorced, because my husband had a tendency to change his wife. In Japan, children often ached. Mother, taking two daughters, moves to Los Angeles. She is an actress and works under a pseudonym. Olivia began to practice ballet from four years old, and from five - playing the piano. Mother gives her lessons in diction and teaches acting skills. Olivia and her sister were transferred to a different degree of the mother's ability. The girl finishes high school and enters the College of Mills in Oakland. There Olivia de Havilland, whose height is 163 cm, takes part in the performance "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and attracts the attention of Max Reinhard. He invites her to a professional stage. At about fifteen she debuted in the same performance, but at the Hollywood Bowl Theater. The role she will receive unexpectedly, as the performer of the role of Hermia fell ill.

Going to the cinema

However, shooting in movies attracts a girl more. At the age of nineteen she signed a contract for seven years with the studio "Warner". The ink did not yet dry on the contract, as Olivia de Havilland appeared on the screen in 1935 in three films: "Irish among us", "Alibi" and "The Odyssey of Captain Blood." In the first year she received a great experience in filmmaking - she understood how light should fall. "Odyssey of Captain Blood" was the first costume film in which Olivia appeared. From that time, her regular partner for eight years is the famous heartthrob Errol Flynn. It is filmed mostly in lyrical comedies. In 1938 the picture "The Adventures of Robin Hood" appeared on the screen. The film became one of the most popular adventure films of that time. After this movie, Olivia becomes a movie star. In 1939, the studio "lends" her (indicative attitude to the actress as a thing) to David Selznik for filming in the film "Gone with the Wind". Her femininity and aristocracy brightly revealed themselves in the role of Melanie Wilks. Immediately a few days after the end of filming, she begins work on the film "The Private Life of Elizabeth and Essex." After these roles, Olivia become uninteresting well-mannered girls who fall into distress. With this type, with which it identifies both the audience and the filmmakers, it is necessary to break decisively, says Olivia de Havilland. Photo shows strong-willed exquisite young woman, who is considered the most stylish actress of this time. She was not afraid to speak out against a powerful studio. Olivia is not removed for six months, until the contract expired. The studio believes that the contract should be extended for six months. But Olivia de Havilland sues the court and, with the support of the Guild of Film Actors, wins this process. Thus, the court weakened the power of the studios over the film actors and turned the latter into relatively independent people who have the right to choose the creative path. This decision was called the "precedent de Havilland".

Paramount Studio

Olivia de Havilland signs a contract for three films. For the first picture, which is called "To Everyone - their own," she receives an Oscar in 1946. The second film, "The Dark Mirror", again revealed the new facets of the actress's play. She was psychologically convincing in the roles of twin sisters. 1948 - Prize at the festival in Venice for his work in the film "Snake Pit." She played the role of a mentally ill woman named Virginia. The work of the actress was very realistic. She moved away from the lovely charming girls who played in her youth, and showed her dramatic talent. In 1949, she starred in the movie "The Heir" and again receives an "Oscar". In 1951, Olivia performed in Romeo and Juliet on Broadway, and a year later took part in a tour with Bernard Shaw's play Candida. This show is well received, and many additional performances took place.

First marriage

In 1948 she met with writer Mark Gudic. He is eighteen years older than Olivia, and, nevertheless, the marriage took place. They have a son, Benjamin. She rejects the offer to play in the picture "Tram" Desire ", explaining this by the fact that she had a son. Six years later, the couple divorced.

The Second Marriage

Two years later, she marries the writer, playwright and editor of the "Pari-Match" Pierre Galante. Olivia moves to France. The couple settled in the prestigious right-bank district of Paris next to the Bois de Boulogne. Now it will be her homeland. The husband is older than Olivia for seven years. In their marriage, the girl Giselle will be born. Since 1962, they will live separately, but officially divorced in 1979.

Job

In the fifties, Olivia announced her retirement. But occasionally she starred in a large movie until the mid-seventies, and then switched to television and Broadway. From 1939 to 2016, Olivia received 22 awards. These are the Oscars, and the Golden Globe, and the star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood, the National Medal of Arts awarded by President Bush, and the Order of the Legion of Honor received from the hands of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Life in our days

Both men of the actress have already died. Given the advanced age, Olivia de Havilland, whose children also died, lives in seclusion, does not meet with journalists.