# Happy Birthday, Olivia de Havilland **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 1, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839 "2016-07-01T01:31:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/1 "2016-07-01T01:31:38Z")
Tomorrow, July 1, you will be one hundred years old. You were a great actress in some of my favorite movies. Have a great day, maybe break out some bubbly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/2 "2016-07-01T01:38:03Z")
Wish **Eve** were still here; she knew her. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/3 "2016-07-01T01:52:51Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Wish **Eve** were still here; she knew her. By odd coincidence, some spammer bumped an Eve thread and I did a click on find her posts and the last thread she posted in? [So, I was having brunch with Olivia de Havilland in Paris last week . . .](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653317) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/4 "2016-07-01T02:19:47Z")
It’s July 1 here now. Happy Birthday, kid! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/5 "2016-07-01T02:52:31Z")
Damn good genetics. Her sister only died 3 years ago, at 94. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/6 "2016-07-01T03:05:26Z")
Wou!da crushed harder except, at age 13 and with no self-respect, bitch STILL seemed uncomfortably needy and PA. One must have standards. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/7 "2016-07-01T07:56:09Z")
She’ll always be Maid Marian to me. She was sooooooo gorgeous! :o [![](http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/robin-hood/12-olivia-de-havilland.jpg) ](http://www.cedmagic.com/featured/robin-hood/12-olivia-de-havilland.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/8 "2016-07-01T13:45:03Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Wou!da crushed harder except, at age 13 and with no self-respect, bitch STILL seemed uncomfortably needy and PA. One must have standards. WTF? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/9 "2016-07-01T14:57:11Z")
Wow, 100 years old. Is there anybody else connected with GWTW still alive? Even if you were an 18 year old extra back then, you’d be 95 this year. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/10 "2016-07-01T15:00:53Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Wow, 100 years old. Is there anybody else connected with GWTW still alive? Even if you were an 18 year old extra back then, you’d be 95 this year. I believe Mickey “Beau Wilkes” Kuhn is the only other one. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/11 "2016-07-01T16:21:17Z")
Some years ago she said her greatest regret was her behavior when Hattie McDaniel won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for GWTW. She didn’t congratulate her or even speak to her. It wasn’t racism but the fact she was, by her own admission, a very self-centered 23 year old to whom everything to that point had come easy and who thought she was a shoe-in for the award and was crushed when she didn’t get it. She was BFFs with Errol Flynn as I recall, though I don’t think they were involved romantically. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/12 "2016-07-01T16:53:22Z")
[People](http://www.people.com/article/olivia-de-havilland-100-birthday-plans) has a nice article with a current picture. She still looks beautiful and says that she will be celebrating with dinner and drinks with friends. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/13 "2016-07-01T18:12:20Z")
The [Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3670080/AP-Interview-De-Havilland-breaks-silence-sibling-feud.html) has a respectful article. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/14 "2016-07-01T19:01:58Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > The [Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3670080/AP-Interview-De-Havilland-breaks-silence-sibling-feud.html) has a respectful article. Good article, **Quartz**. Glad to see the old gal is still beautiful and still has all her marbles. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/15 "2016-07-01T19:34:00Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Some years ago she said her greatest regret was her behavior when Hattie McDaniel won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for GWTW. She didn’t congratulate her or even speak to her. It wasn’t racism but the fact she was, by her own admission, a very self-centered 23 year old to whom everything to that point had come easy and who thought she was a shoe-in for the award and was crushed when she didn’t get it. > > She was BFFs with Errol Flynn as I recall, though I don’t think they were involved romantically. It’s good of her to speak out like that. After I saw GWTW for the first time I liked her performance, but I thought Hattie McDaniel had it when she gave that smirk to Scarlett early in the film, when she’d said “I ain’t seen Mr. Ashley asking for to marry you” Scarlett glared at her and that smile just nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/16 "2016-07-02T01:36:38Z")
She was also a pioneer to get more control over her career and get more adult roles like “The Snakepit”, which is about mental illness. Patrick Curtis, who played the infant Beau Wilkes and was once married to Raquel Welch is still alive at 78. Don’t think he is credited in the film though I ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/17 "2016-07-02T01:49:19Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Wou!da crushed harder except, at age 13 and with no self-respect, bitch STILL seemed uncomfortably needy and PA. One must have standards. > [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > WTF? ☹ Melanie was a doormat. I had grown up around doormats. I preferred spunk. Scarlett had spunk. Note: Even back then, The Crazy beckoned. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/18 "2016-07-02T03:05:43Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Melanie was a doormat. I had grown up around doormats. I preferred spunk. Scarlett had spunk. > > Note: Even back then, The Crazy beckoned. Melanie had class. She went out and thanked the town madam Belle for saving the life of her husband and others who raided the shantytown where Scarlett was attacked. A high society lady didn’t have to do that but she didn’t forget a kindness. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/19 "2016-07-02T03:36:33Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > The [Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3670080/AP-Interview-De-Havilland-breaks-silence-sibling-feud.html) has a respectful article. Alas! The _Daily Mail_ remains blocked in Thailand. If the article is ever rerun in a different paper, please let me know. ---
**Author:** ![Whitney\_Harper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@Whitney\_Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whitney_Harper)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839/20 "2016-07-02T11:22:42Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Some years ago she said her greatest regret was her behavior when Hattie McDaniel won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for GWTW. She didn’t congratulate her or even speak to her. It wasn’t racism but the fact she was, by her own admission, a very self-centered 23 year old to whom everything to that point had come easy and who thought she was a shoe-in for the award and was crushed when she didn’t get it. > > She was BFFs with Errol Flynn as I recall, though I don’t think they were involved romantically. Thanks for sharing that information, as I had never heard that. I admire people that can admit regrets, as I’ve known several people who are very stubborn and will never admit any wrongdoing. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-olivia-de-havilland/758839.md?page=2)