Olivia de Havilland, actress, 1916-2020
Olivia de Havilland: typecast in memory as specialising in gracefully anguished gentility, she proved her skill and versatility in ‘To Each His Own’ and ‘The Snake Pit’ © Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty
Olivia de Havilland: typecast in memory as specialising in gracefully anguished gentility, she proved her skill and versatility in ‘To Each His Own’ and ‘The Snake Pit’ © Keystone/Hulton Archive/GettyShe won two Academy Awards for Best Actress and a trove of Hollywood prizes. But for most film-goers Olivia de Havilland, who has died at the age of 104, will always be associated with the role for which she narrowly lost the Oscar for best supporting actress in 1940.