Editing Olivia de Havilland (section)

===Relationship with Joan Fontaine===
[[File:Joan Fontaine and Gary Cooper.jpg|thumb|upright=0.75|left|alt=Joan Fontaine and Gary Cooper holding Oscars|Joan Fontaine and [[Gary Cooper]] at the Academy Awards, 1942]]
De Havilland and her sister [[Joan Fontaine]] are the only siblings to have each won Academy Awards in a lead acting category.<ref name="time-berman"/> According to biographer [[Charles Higham (biographer)|Charles Higham]], the sisters always had an uneasy relationship, starting in early childhood when Olivia had trouble accepting the idea of having a younger sister and Joan resented that her mother favored Olivia. Olivia would tear the clothes that her sister was given to wear as hand-me-downs, forcing Joan to stitch them together again.<ref name="independent-cornwell"/> This tension was made worse by Fontaine's frequent childhood illnesses, which led to her mother's overly protective expression "Livvie can, Joan can't."{{sfn|Thomas|1983|p=24}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland was the first to become an actress, and for several years Fontaine was overshadowed by her sister's accomplishments. When [[Mervyn LeRoy]] offered Fontaine a personal contract, her mother told her that Warner Bros. was "Olivia's studio" and that she could not use the family name of de{{nbsp}}Havilland.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=72}}

In 1942, de{{nbsp}}Havilland and Fontaine were both nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress{{nsmdns}}de{{nbsp}}Havilland for ''[[Hold Back the Dawn]]'' and Fontaine for ''[[Suspicion (1941 film)|Suspicion]]''. When Fontaine's name was announced as winner, de{{nbsp}}Havilland reacted graciously saying "We've got it!"{{sfn|Kass|1976|p=69}} According to biographer [[Charles Higham (biographer)|Charles Higham]], Fontaine rejected de{{nbsp}}Havilland's attempts to congratulate her, leaving de{{nbsp}}Havilland offended and embarrassed.{{sfn|Higham|1984|p=257}}

Their relationship was strained further in 1946 when Fontaine made negative comments to an interviewer about de{{nbsp}}Havilland's new husband Marcus Goodrich. When she read her sister's remarks, de{{nbsp}}Havilland was deeply hurt and waited for an apology that was never offered.<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/> The following year after accepting her first Academy Award for ''To Each His Own'', de{{nbsp}}Havilland was approached backstage by Fontaine, who extended her hand to congratulate her; de{{nbsp}}Havilland turned away from her sister.<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/> The two did not speak for the next five years.{{#tag:ref|In 1957, in the only interview in which she ever commented on her relationship with her sister, de{{nbsp}}Havilland told the Associated Press "Joan is very bright and sharp and has a wit that can be cutting. She said some things about Marcus that hurt me deeply. She was aware there was an estrangement between us."<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/>|group=Note}} This may have caused an estrangement between Fontaine and her own daughters, who maintained a covert relationship with their aunt.{{sfn|Higham|1984|p=257}}

Following her divorce from Goodrich, de{{nbsp}}Havilland resumed contact with her sister,<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/> visiting Fontaine's New York apartment and spending Christmas together in 1961.<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/><ref name="getty-galella"/> The final break between the sisters occurred in 1975 over disagreements regarding their mother's cancer treatment; de{{nbsp}}Havilland wanted to consult other doctors and supported exploratory surgery but Fontaine disagreed.{{sfn|Fontaine|1978|p=298}} Fontaine later claimed that de{{nbsp}}Havilland had not notified her of their mother's death while she was touring with a play, but de{{nbsp}}Havilland had in fact sent a telegram, which took two weeks to reach her sister.<ref name="independent-cornwell"/> However, according to Fontaine in a 1979 interview with the CBC, de Havilland did not bother to phone to find out where she could be reached. The sibling feud lasted until Fontaine's death on December 15, 2013.<ref name="hr-feinberg-feud"/>{{#tag:ref|Fontaine once remarked, "I married first, won the Oscar before Olivia did, and if I die first, she'll undoubtedly be livid because I beat her to it!"<ref name="wp-bernstein"/>|group=Note}} The following day, de{{nbsp}}Havilland released a statement saying that she was "shocked and saddened" by the news.<ref name="cbsnews-djansezian-shocked"/>