Olivia de Havilland filmography

Publicity photo of Olivia de Havilland
Olivia de Havilland publicity photo, 1937

The Olivia de Havilland filmography lists the film appearances of British-American actress Olivia de Havilland. This article also lists de Havilland's television, stage, and radio appearances. De Havilland's career spanned fifty-three years, from 1935 to 1988.[1] During that time, she appeared in forty-nine feature films,[2][3] and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood.[4] She is best known for her early screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Gone with the Wind (1939), and her later award-winning performances in To Each His Own (1946), The Snake Pit (1948), and The Heiress (1949).[4] De Havilland made her screen debut in Reinhardt's film adaptation A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1935.[4] She began her career playing demure ingénues opposite popular leading men of that time, including Errol Flynn, with whom she made her breakout film Captain Blood in 1935.[4] They would go on to make seven more feature films together, and became one of Hollywood's most popular romantic on-screen pairings.[4]

De Havilland's range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. De Havilland achieved her initial popularity in romantic comedy films, such as The Great Garrick (1937) and Hard to Get (1938), and in Western adventure films, such as Dodge City (1939), Santa Fe Trail (1940), and They Died with Their Boots On.[1] Her natural beauty and refined acting style made her particularly effective in historical period dramas, such as Anthony Adverse (1936) and My Cousin Rachel (1952), and romantic drama films, such as Hold Back the Dawn (1941).[1] In her later career, she was most successful in drama films, such as In This Our Life (1942) and Light in the Piazza (1962), and psychological dramas playing unglamorous roles in such films as The Dark Mirror (1946) and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964).[1]

In addition to her active film career, de Havilland continued her work in the theatre, appearing three times on Broadway, in Romeo and Juliet (1951), Candida (1952), and A Gift of Time (1962) with Henry Fonda.[1] She also worked in television, appearing in two successful miniseries, Roots: The Next Generations (1979) and North and South II (1986), and television feature films, such as Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award.[1] During her career, de Havilland won two Academy Awards for To Each His Own and The Heiress, two Golden Globe Awards for The Heiress and Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna, two New York Film Critics Circle Awards for The Snake Pit and The Heiress, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup for The Snake Pit, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna.[5]

Filmography

Features

Year Title Role Director Leading man Studio Notes Ref
1935 Alibi Ike Dolly Stevens Ray Enright Joe E. Brown Warner Bros. [6]
Irish in Us, TheThe Irish in Us Lucille Jackson Lloyd Bacon James Cagney Warner Bros. [7]
Midsummer Night's Dream, AA Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia, in Love with Lysander Max Reinhardt, William Dieterle Dick Powell Warner Bros. Film debut[8] [9]
Captain Blood Arabella Bishop Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [10]
1936 Anthony Adverse Angela Giuseppe Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [11]
Charge of the Light Brigade, TheThe Charge of the Light Brigade Elsa Campbell Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [12]
1937 Call It a Day Catherine Hilton Archie Mayo Ian Hunter Warner Bros. [13]
Great Garrick, TheThe Great Garrick Germaine de la Corbe James Whale Brian Aherne Warner Bros. [14]
It's Love I'm After Marcia West Archie Mayo Leslie Howard Warner Bros. [15]
1938 Gold Is Where You Find It Serena Ferris Michael Curtiz George Brent Warner Bros. [16]
Adventures of Robin Hood, TheThe Adventures of Robin Hood Maid Marian Michael Curtiz, William Keighley Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [17]
Four's a Crowd Lorri Dillingwell Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [18]
Hard to Get Margaret Richards Ray Enright Dick Powell Warner Bros. [19]
1939 Wings of the Navy Irene Dale Lloyd Bacon George Brent Warner Bros. [20]
Dodge City Abbie Irving Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [21]
Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, TheThe Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex Lady Penelope Gray Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [22]
Gone with the Wind Melanie Hamilton Wilkes Victor Fleming Clark Gable MGM Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress [23]
Raffles Gwen Manders Sam Wood David Niven Samuel Goldwyn Productions [24]
1940 My Love Came Back Amelia Cornell Curtis Bernhardt Jeffrey Lynn Warner Bros. [25]
Santa Fe Trail Kit Carson Holliday Michael Curtiz Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [26]
1941 Strawberry Blonde, TheThe Strawberry Blonde Amy Lind Grimes Raoul Walsh James Cagney Warner Bros. [27]
Hold Back the Dawn Emmy Brown Mitchell Leisen Charles Boyer Paramount Pictures New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (2nd place)
Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actress		 [28]
They Died with Their Boots On Elizabeth Bacon Custer Raoul Walsh Errol Flynn Warner Bros. [29]
1942 Male Animal, TheThe Male Animal Ellen Turner Elliott Nugent Henry Fonda Warner Bros. [30]
In This Our Life Roy Timberlake John Huston George Brent Warner Bros. [31]
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars Herself David Butler Eddie Cantor Warner Bros. [32]
Princess O'Rourke Princess Maria, also known as Mary Williams Norman Krasna Robert Cummings Warner Bros. [33]
1944 Government Girl Elizabeth "Smokey" Allard Dudley Nichols Sonny Tufts RKO Radio Pictures [34]
1946 To Each His Own Jody Norris Mitchell Leisen John Lund Paramount Pictures Won – Academy Award for Best Actress
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress (2nd place)		 [35]
Devotion Charlotte Brontë Curtis Bernhardt Paul Henreid Warner Bros. [36]
Well-Groomed Bride, TheThe Well-Groomed Bride Margie Dawson Sidney Lanfield Ray Milland Paramount Pictures [37]
Dark Mirror, TheThe Dark Mirror Terry and Ruth Collins Robert Siodmak Lew Ayres International Pictures [38]
1948 Snake Pit, TheThe Snake Pit Virginia Stuart Cunningham Anatole Litvak Mark Stevens 20th Century Fox [39]
1949 Heiress, TheThe Heiress Catherine Sloper William Wyler Montgomery Clift Paramount Pictures [40]
1952 My Cousin Rachel Rachel Sangalletti Ashley Henry Koster Richard Burton 20th Century Fox Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama [41]
1955 That Lady Ana de Mendoza Terence Young Gilbert Roland 20th Century Fox [42]
Not as a Stranger Kristina Hedvigson Stanley Kramer Robert Mitchum Stanley Kramer Productions [43]
1956 The Ambassador's Daughter Joan Fisk Norman Krasna John Forsythe United Artists [44]
1958 Proud Rebel, TheThe Proud Rebel Linnett Moore Michael Curtiz Alan Ladd Formosa Productions [45]
1959 Libel Lady Margaret Loddon Anthony Asquith Dirk Bogarde MGM [46]
1962 Light in the Piazza Meg Johnson Guy Green Rossano Brazzi MGM [47]
1964 Lady in a Cage Mrs. Cornelia Hilyard Walter Grauman James Caan Paramount Pictures [48]
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte Miriam Deering Robert Aldrich Joseph Cotten 20th Century Fox [49]
1970 Adventurers, TheThe Adventurers Deborah Hadley Lewis Gilbert Charles Aznavour Paramount Pictures [50]
1972 Pope Joan Mother Superior Michael Anderson Franco Nero Columbia Pictures [51]
1977 Airport '77 Emily Livingston Jerry Jameson Jack Lemmon Universal Pictures [52]
1978 Swarm, TheThe Swarm Maureen Schuster Irwin Allen Michael Caine Warner Bros. [53]
1979 Fifth Musketeer, TheThe Fifth Musketeer Queen Anne Ken Annakin Beau Bridges Columbia Pictures [54]
2009 I Remember Better When I Paint Narrator Eric Ellena, Berna Huebner French Connection Films [55]

Short subjects

Year Title Role Director Leading man Studio Notes Ref
1935 Dream Comes True, AA Dream Comes True Herself (uncredited) About the making of A Midsummer Night's Dream [1]
1936 Making of a Great Motion Picture, TheThe Making of a Great Motion Picture Herself (uncredited) About the making of Anthony Adverse [1]
1937 Day at Santa Anita, AA Day at Santa Anita Herself (uncredited) Stars attended a horse race at the famed racetrack [1]
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 10 Herself Stars and their pets attend a swim meet
1943 Show Business at War Herself Newsreel about progress of the Hollywood war effort

Television work

Year Title Role Director Leading man Studio Notes Ref
1966 Noon Wine Ellie Thompson ABC Stage 67 [56]
1972 The Screaming Woman Laura Wynant [1]
1979 Roots: The Next Generations Mrs. Warner Miniseries [1]
1981 The Love Boat Aunt Hilly Season 4, episode 23 [57]
1982 Murder Is Easy Honoria Waynflete Credited as Olivia De Havilland [1]
1982 Royal Romance of Charles and Diana, TheThe Royal Romance of Charles and Diana Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother [1]
1986 North and South II Mrs. Neal Miniseries [1]
1986 Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna Dowager Empress Maria [1]
1988 The Woman He Loved Aunt Bessie [1]

Stage appearances

Year Title Role Director Leading man Theater Ref
1934 A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Hollywood Bowl, CA, stage debut [57]
1946 What Every Woman Knows Maggie Wylie Westport, CT, Easthampton, NY [57]
1951 Romeo and Juliet Juliet Broadhurst Theatre, Broadway debut [57]
1952 Candida Candida National Theatre, NYC [57]
1962 A Gift of Time Lael Tucker Wertenbaker Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC [57]

Radio appearances

Year Title Role Director Leading man Episode Ref
1937 Lux Radio Theatre Captain Blood [58]
1946 Academy Award Cheers for Miss Bishop [59]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Olivia de Havilland: Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 7.
  3. ↑ Kass 1976, pp. 147–152.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Olivia de Havilland". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Olivia de Havilland: Milestones". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  6. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 59.
  7. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 63.
  8. ↑ Brown 1995, p. 125.
  9. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 53.
  10. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 67.
  11. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 75.
  12. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 81.
  13. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 89.
  14. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 93.
  15. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 99.
  16. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 103.
  17. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 109.
  18. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 117.
  19. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 121.
  20. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 127.
  21. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 131.
  22. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 147.
  23. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 137.
  24. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 153.
  25. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 157.
  26. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 161.
  27. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 167.
  28. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 173.
  29. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 181.
  30. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 189.
  31. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 193.
  32. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 197.
  33. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 199.
  34. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 202.
  35. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 209.
  36. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 206.
  37. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 204.
  38. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 212.
  39. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 214.
  40. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 219.
  41. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 222.
  42. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 225.
  43. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 227.
  44. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 229.
  45. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 231.
  46. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 233.
  47. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 235.
  48. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 237.
  49. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 239.
  50. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 242.
  51. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 245.
  52. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 247.
  53. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 253.
  54. ↑ Thomas 1983, p. 250.
  55. ↑ "Documentary Screening: 'I Remember Better When I Paint'". New York Daily News. October 28, 2009. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  56. ↑ "Olivia de Havilland". British Film Institute. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  57. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Olivia de Havilland". Film Reference. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  58. ↑ "Those Were the Days". Nostalgia Digest 39 (2): 32–39. Spring 2013.
  59. ↑ "Academy Star". Harrisburg Telegraph. November 2, 1946. p. 19. Retrieved January 21, 2016.

Bibliography

  • Kass, Judith M. (1976). Olivia de Haviland. New York: Pyramid Publications. ISBN 978-0-51504-175-0. 
  • Thomas, Tony (1983). The Films of Olivia de Havilland. New York: Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0-80650-988-4. 

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