Hollywood
actress
Olivia
de
Havilland
passed
away
at
the
age
of
104.
According
to
reports,
she
died
of
natural
causes
at
home
in
Paris
where
she
had
been
residing
for
over
60
years.
Her
publicist
Lisa
Goldberg
announced
that
the
two-time
Oscar
winner
passed
away
peacefully
in
her
sleep.
The
Academy
of
Motion
Picture
Arts
and
Sciences
also
shared
the
news
with
netizens
on
Sunday
through
its
verified
Twitter
account,
@The
Academy.
The
tweet
read,
"A
two-time
Best
Actress
Oscar
winner,
Olivia
de
Havilland
was
a
mainstay
of
Hollywood's
Golden
Age
and
an
immeasurable
talent.
Here's
to
a
true
legend
of
our
industry."
According
to
a
report
in
hollywoodreporter.com,
a
private
funeral
is
being
arranged
for
the
family
to
say
their
final
goodbyes.
Olivia
de
Havilland
went
on
to
appear
in
49
feature
films
during
her
five-decade-long
career
from
1935
to
1988
and
was
also
considered
as
one
of
the
leading
stars
of
Hollywood
in
the
Golden
Age.
Olivia
was
reportedly
a
Japan-born
British-American
actress
best
known
for
films
like
Captain
Blood
(1935),
The
Adventures
Of
Robin
Hood
(1938),
In
This
Our
Life
(1942),
The
Snake
Pit
(1948)
and
Light
In
The
Piazza
(1962).
Olivia
Won
Oscar
For
Two
Films
As
Best
Actress
She
won
her
first
Oscar
as
Best
Actress
for
the
1946
romantic
drama
To
Each
His
Own.
In
the
film,
she
was
seen
playing
the
role
of
a
young
mother
who
gives
birth
to
a
child
out
of
wedlock,
but
has
to
give
it
up.
She
won
her
second
Best
Actress
trophy
at
the
Oscars
for
the
1949
drama,
The
Heiress
where
she
played
the
role
of
a
girl
manipulated
by
her
powerful
father.
Olivia
Is
Also
Known
For
Films
In
Horror,
Nior,
Drama
And
Romance
Genre
Olivia
De
Havilland
also
made
the
headlines
for
her
legal
battle
with
Warner
Bros.
over
a
contract
that
the
studio
tried
to
extend,
in
a
bid
to
intimidate
her
when
she
refused
certain
roles.
The
court
reportedly
had
ruled
in
her
favour.
Olvia
Was
Last
Seen
In
2009
Documentary
According
to
reports,
she
was
last
seen
in
2009,
as
she
worked
as
a
narrator
of
the
documentary
film,
I
Remember
Better
When
I
Paint.
The
documentary
talked
about
the
positive
impact
of
art
and
creative
therapies
on
patients
suffering
from
Alzheimer's
disease.
John
Saxon,
Known
For
Enter
The
Dragon,
Nightmare
On
Elm
Street,
Passes
Away
At
83
Story first published: Monday, July 27, 2020, 12:33 [IST]