Talk:Olivia de Havilland

Academy Tribute

I was wondering if it was worth mentioning in the article Olivia's upcoming Academy tribute? [1]. Or maybe we should put it in after the event has occurred? Crisso 21:21, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Incorrect Link

The link to "The Light in the Piazza" takes you to the current Broadway musical of that name, not the 1962 film that Ms. DeHavilland appeared in. 4.232.186.240 04:16, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Wow! She must be 90 about now! I loved her in "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte". --66.218.12.60 02:31, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

cleanup required

It looks like in the past this page may have suffered sneaky vandalism with a bunch of things being simply wrong in the current text. For example the the law refered to as the De Haviland Law, is usually called the "Olivia de Havilland clause" which limits artists contracts to a maximum of seven years. Other things like Gloria Stuart had a return to fame in the 1990s, not 1980s. Someone who has time and the knowledge please clean up this article. Dowew 20:22, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I've heard it called the "De Havilland decision" and the "De Havilland law" but I've never heard it referred to as the "De Havilland clause". By the way, the article says Gloria Stuart returned to fame in her 80s, not the 80s. Crisso 09:03, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

I think that the "description" of Gloria Stuart in this paragraph does her a disservice, like she never did anything worthwhile before that. Wouldn't it better to write something along the lines of "star of minor movies in the 30s" etc? Dollvalley 14:47, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Last surviving star of GWTW

Wouldn't it be even better to add that she has survived the 3 other stars of Gone with the Wind by several decades? The last other star, Vivien Leigh, died more than 30 years ago, with Gable in 1961 and Howard in 1943. It would add an extra something.

Just my two cents: is this the very best picture available for this article? Certainly Google-imaging should produce something better than a vidcap. Olivia deserves better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by JackofOz (talk • contribs) dated: 4 June 2007

Film debut

Although the article says she began her career with Alibi Ike, this is not strictly true. The first film she made was A Midsummer Night's Dream, but this was released after the next two films she made, Alibi Ike and The Irish In Us. Crisso (talk) 23:20, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

WP:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers priority assessment

Per debate and discussion re: assessment of the approximate 100 top priority articles of the project, this article has been included as a top priority article. Wildhartlivie (talk) 10:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

Upcoming movie conjecture

I can't verify that de Havilland is involved with the upcoming I-59 South AKA The Portal film and at age 92 I'd say this is not going to happen. I think this is the same kind of wishful thinking that was the basis of last year's untrue rumors that she and Meryl Streep were to star in a biopic of Brooke Astor. Anyone else feel that this section should be deleted?

Devin M (talk) 17:36, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Recent edits

I removed some hyperbole added to the lead of the article. We just don't refer to someone as an "Academy Award-winning actress" in the lead, much less refer to her sister as such. All the content about the remaining classic era actresses is also hyperbole. I reverted the change of the lead image that was made based on a talk page comment about the lead photo, because the comment was made on June 4, 2007, at which time File:Olivia De Havilland in In This Our Life trailer.jpg was the lead photo. That did need changed. I see little to no difference between the current lead photo, in her most recognizable role from Gone With the Wind, and the one that added. Wildhartlivie (talk) 11:22, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

I agree. The Gone With the Wind image is a better choice, in my opinion, because it's a better picture of her, but also a more notable, recognisable role. The other one is quite obscure. Rossrs (talk) 09:04, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

John Huston affair

While the Relationshiops section of this arcile is currently made up entirely of the affair she never had with Errol Flynn, there is no mention whatsoever of the affair she DID have with John Huston. I'm not sure if either she of Huston ever publically acknowledged it but I think it's safe to say it did occur. Crisso (talk) 19:24, 11 May 2010 (UTC)

Gone... in lede

Sad, in my opinion, that the introduction to our bio on this great actress goes way overboard with trivia about who's who among Gone with the Wind cast members. As if that were the only important thing she ever did and those other actresses were an integral part of Ms. De Havilland's life story. Couldn't that stuff be moved to where the bio treats that movie? Please!? SergeWoodzing (talk) 03:04, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Moved that stuff as per above. SergeWoodzing (talk) 22:22, 4 December 2010 (UTC)

Religion

Olivia de Havilland is an Episcopalian not a Christian Scientist — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.74.11.131 (talk) 21:10, 20 June 2011 (UTC)

She isn't a Catholic.

Olivia de Havilland has never been a Roman or Eastern Catholic. She is a baptized Anglican/Episcopalian and attends the American Cathedral in Paris. However, she did attend a Roman Catholic convent school as a young girl, perhaps this is the reason for the confusion. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.237.10.54 (talk) 23:57, 24 July 2011 (UTC)

OR I heard Ms de Havilland read Scripture at the American Cathedral on Dec. 24th, 2012. DOR (HK) (talk) 17:09, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

French spelling

Why are we spelling her surname in French - de Havilland - not in English - De Havilland - ? SergeWoodzing (talk) 10:05, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

• Her father's surname was de Havilland, and her surname is de Havilland. It is what it is, and we have no authority to be respelling it.
• It presents us with no difficulties whatever; we simply file her under "de Havilland, Olivia", whereas, had she been French, they'd list her as "Havilland, Olivia de". But she ain't French, so that's irrelevant.
• It's a misconception to regard "de" names as French and "De" names as English. Numerous notable French people spell their names with a capital De. But even if they didn't, names are not "translated", otherwise we'd be talking about Joseph Green rather than Giuseppe Verdi, or Arnold Black Nigger rather than Arnold Schwarzenegger. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 10:20, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

OK. Having dealt with her in person several times years ago, and having seen her signature, credit cards etc, I thought I remembered "De ...". Foreign surnames that start with a small letter are usually not accepted (at least in the the U.S.A.) as legal spellings. That much I do know. SergeWoodzing (talk) 16:26, 3 March 2012 (UTC)