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This filmography lists the film appearances of British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), as well as her television, stage, and radio credits. 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. She 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 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 unglamorous roles in psychological dramas, 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 nomination.[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.
Year | Title | Role | Director | Leading man | Studio | Notes | Ref |
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1935 | A Dream Comes True | Herself (uncredited) | — | — | Warner Bros. | About the making of A Midsummer Night's Dream | [1] |
1936 | The Making of a Great Motion Picture | Herself (uncredited) | — | — | Warner Bros. | About the making of Anthony Adverse | [1] |
1937 | A Day at Santa Anita | Herself (uncredited) | Bobby Connolly | — | Warner Bros. | Stars attended a horse race at the famed racetrack | [1] |
1937 | Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 10 | Herself | Ralph Staub | — | Columbia | Stars and their pets attend a swim meet | |
1940 | Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | Herself | — | — | Warner Bros. | Highlights of acceptance speeches for films released in 1939 | |
1942 | Breakdowns of 1942 | Herself (uncredited) | — | — | Warner Bros. | Annual dinner for the staff at Warner Bros. | |
1943 | Show Business at War | Herself | Louis de Rochemont | — | 20th Century Fox | Newsreel about progress of the Hollywood war effort |
Year | Title | Role | Director | Leading man | Network | Notes | Ref |
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1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Ellie Thompson | Sam Peckinpah | Jason Robards | ABC | Episode: "Noon Wine" | [60] |
1972 | The Screaming Woman | Laura Wynant | Jack Smight | Ed Nelson | ABC | Movie | [1] |
1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Mrs. Warner | John Erman Charles S. Dubin |
James Earl Jones | ABC | Miniseries (2 episodes) | [1] |
1981 | The Love Boat | Aunt Hilly | Ray Austin | Gavin MacLeod | ABC | Episode: "Aunt Hilly" | |
1982 | Murder Is Easy | Honoria Waynflete | Claude Whatham | Bill Bixby | CBS | Movie | [1] |
1982 | The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana | Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother | Peter Levin | Christopher Baines | CBS | Movie | [1] |
1986 | North and South: Book II | Mrs. Neal | Kevin Connor | Patrick Swayze | ABC | Miniseries (6 episodes) | [1] |
1986 | Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna | Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna | Marvin J. Chomsky | Rex Harrison | NBC | [1] | |
1988 | The Woman He Loved | Aunt Bessie Merryman | Charles Jarrott | Anthony Andrews | CBS | Movie (final film role) | [1] |
Year | Title | Role | Director | Leading man | Theater | Ref |
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1934 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | Hermia | Max Reinhardt | — | Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood, CA | [61] |
1946 | What Every Woman Knows | Maggie Wylie | Phyllis Loughton | — | Westport Country Playhouse, Westport, CT | [62] |
1951 | Romeo and Juliet | Juliet | Peter Glenville | Douglass Watson | Broadhurst Theatre, NYC, Broadway debut | [63] |
1952 | Candida | Candida | Herman Shumlin | Bramwell Fletcher | National Theatre, NYC | [63] |
1962 | A Gift of Time | Lael Tucker Wertenbaker | Garson Kanin | Henry Fonda | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, NYC | [64] |
Year | Title | Role | Director | Leading man | Episode | Ref |
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1937 | Lux Radio Theatre | Arabella Bishop | — | Errol Flynn | Captain Blood | [65] |
1946 | Academy Award Theater | Ella Bishop | — | Cheers for Miss Bishop | [66] |
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