death tribble Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 The actress Olivia de Havilland has died at the age of 104. She was the last survivor of Gone With the Wind and was responsible for the end of the contract system. She was the oldest Oscar winner still alive. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53546021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12717233 Lawnmower Boy and massey 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tombrown803 Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt the Bruins Posted July 26, 2020 Report Share Posted July 26, 2020 Her angry rant upon being called "poppet" in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) is one of my all-time favorite speeches in movies. Her Hermia was a badass decades before Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hamilton were even born! May she rest in peace. Or kick ass and take names in the afterlife, whichever she prefers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Rest in peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Makes me kinda wonder who, if any, of the Golden Age stars are still left. Kind of like there's no WW I vets left...or even, almost, the last WW II vets, but there are still a fair number of those. Interesting reading that she was, if you will, Hollywood's Andy Messersmith. Messersmith was the baseball player who fought the MLB reserve clause; de Havilland fought against a very similar clause in studio contracts. What also surprised me was, this was rather early...some time in the 40's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Awww and she just had a birthday last week. That’s a shame. But a very long and distinguished career. Her maid Marian opposite Erol Flynn’s RobinnHood is a classic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 I had a crush on her character Melanie first time I saw Gone With the Wind as a kid. I liked her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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