Editing Olivia de Havilland (section)

===Relationships===
Although known as one of Hollywood's most exciting on-screen couples,<ref name="tcm-bio"/> de{{nbsp}}Havilland and Errol Flynn were never involved in a romantic relationship.<ref name="telegraph-leach"/> Upon first meeting her at Warner Bros. in August 1935, 26-year-old Flynn was drawn to the 19-year-old actress with "warm brown eyes" and "extraordinary charm".{{sfn|Flynn|2002|p=208}} In turn, de{{nbsp}}Havilland fell in love with him,<ref name="telegraph-leach"/>{{#tag:ref|In 2009, de{{nbsp}}Havilland said, "Yes, we did fall in love and I believe that this is evident in the screen chemistry between us. But his circumstances at the time prevented the relationship going further. I have not talked about it a great deal, but the relationship was not consummated. Chemistry was there, though. It was there."<ref name="telegraph-leach"/>|group=Note}} but kept her feelings to herself. Flynn later wrote, "By the time we made ''The Charge of the Light Brigade'', I was sure that I was in love with her."{{sfn|Flynn|2002|p=208}} Flynn finally professed his love on March 12, 1937, at the [[coronation of George VI|coronation ball]] for King [[George VI]] at the [[Ambassador Hotel (Los Angeles)|Ambassador Hotel]] in Los Angeles, where they [[slow dance]]d together to "[[Sweet Leilani]]" at the hotel's Coconut Grove nightclub.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|pp=52–53}} "I was deeply affected by him," she later remembered, "It was impossible for me not to be."{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=55}} The evening ended on a sobering note, however, with de{{nbsp}}Havilland insisting that despite his separation from his wife [[Lili Damita]], he needed to divorce her before their relationship could proceed.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=55}} Flynn re-united with his wife later that year,{{sfn|Matzen|2010|pp=65–66}} and de{{nbsp}}Havilland never acted on her feelings for Flynn.<ref name="telegraph-leach"/>{{#tag:ref|During the making of ''Robin Hood'' in November 1937, de Havilland decided to tease Flynn who was being watched closely on the set by his wife. In 2005, de Havilland said, "And so we had one kissing scene, which I looked forward to with great delight. I remember I blew every take, at least six in a row, maybe seven, maybe eight, and we had to kiss all over again. And Errol Flynn got really rather uncomfortable, and he had, if I may say so, a little trouble with his tights."{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=72}}|group=Note}}

In July 1938, de{{nbsp}}Havilland began dating business tycoon, aviator, and filmmaker [[Howard Hughes]],{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=72}} who had just completed his record-setting flight around the world in 91 hours.<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/> In addition to escorting her about town, he gave the actress her first flying lessons.{{sfn|Matzen|2010|p=72}} She later said, "He was a rather shy man ... and yet, in a whole community where the men every day played heroes on the screen and didn't do anything heroic in life, here was this man who was a real hero."<ref name="academy-of-achievement"/>

In December 1939, she began a romantic relationship with actor [[James Stewart]]. At the request of [[Irene Mayer Selznick]], the actor's agent asked Stewart to escort de{{nbsp}}Havilland to the New York premiere of ''Gone with the Wind'' at the Astor Theater on December 19, 1939. Over the next few days, Stewart took her to the theater several times and to the [[21 Club]].{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|p=137}} They continued to see each other back in Los Angeles, where Stewart provided occasional flying lessons and romance.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|p=138}} According to de{{nbsp}}Havilland, Stewart proposed marriage to her in 1940, but she felt that he was not ready to settle down.{{sfn|Fishgall|1997|p=138}} Their relationship ended in late 1941 when de{{nbsp}}Havilland began a romantic relationship with film director [[John Huston]] while making ''In This Our Life''.{{sfnm|1a1=Fishgall|1y=1997|1p=148|2a1=Meyers|2y=2011|2p=85}} "John was a very great love of mine", she later said, "He was a man I wanted to marry."{{sfn|Meyers|2011|p=87}}{{#tag:ref|On April 29, 1945, at the home of producer David O. Selznick, Huston, who knew about de Havilland's three-year crush on Flynn, confronted the Australian actor{{nsmdns}}who suffered from tuberculosis{{nsmdns}}about his not serving in the military during the war.{{sfn|Meyers|2011|p=89}} When Flynn responded by alluding to his former "relationship" with de Havilland, Huston initiated an extended fistfight with the expert amateur boxer which landed them both in the hospital.{{sfn|Meyers|2011|p=89}}|group=Note}}