She was the last of the great stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and her most famous roles have her looking serene and beautiful in period costume, such as Gone With the Wind, above, and The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn (who once said that his ideal woman was a mix of Olivia de Havilland and various dusky maidens....). She co-starred with Errol Flynn several times - including the Western Dodge City, and she first appeared with Errol Flynn in Captain Blood:
Another early film role was as Helena in the Hollywood version of Midsummer Night's Dream.
But she wasn't always glamorous on screen - another famous role was as the star of The Snake Pit, where her character was in a mental asylum:
Off screen, she challenged Warner Brothers in a lawsuit over her contract with the studio, (they wanted to add to the original seven year contract) and won. The ruling is still called the De Havilland Law.
On TV, she appeared in Roots: The Next Generations as Mrs Warner, the wife of a former Confederate officer played by Henry Fonda (I'd completely forgotten this until I looked it up - I wasn't paying a lot of attention to the white characters when I watched the series).
I did know she was related to the de Havillands who built aeroplanes - the founder of the de Havilland aircraft company was her cousin.
She died at her home in Paris, aged 104.
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