Two-time Oscar-winning legend Olivia de Havilland was in Washington, D.C. the other day to remind of us of that old-school Hollywood glamor and receive the National Medal of Arts during a ceremony at the White House. The actress, probably most identified with her role as Melanie Hamilton in the iconic 1939 masterpiece Gone With the Wind, is 92 and resides in Paris (where she teaches Sunday school). Among the other recipients were the Ford’s Theatre Society as well as brothers Robert and Richard Sherman, the composing team behind Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Charlotte’s Web, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Broadway musical Over Here! and the deathless “It’s a Small World.”
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The Longest Feud in Hollywood History Continues…
Sisters Olivia de Havilland (the last surviving star of Gone With the Wind) and Joan Fontaine (Suspicion) are both Oscar-winning actresses, legends of the golden era of Hollywood. However, they have been feuding since either can remember. But even now, with both in their 90s, they will not reconcile; apparently they haven’t spoken to each other since 1975. Sounds like a Hatfield-McCoy situation. Here’s an interesting article that shows that time doesn’t heal all wounds…
Sibling Rivalry: Hollywood’s Oldest Feud
For what it’s worth, I’ve always enjoyed de Havilland more than Fontaine.
Discuss.