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==Legacy== [[File:Olivia de Havilland's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|alt=Five-pointed star with her name and an image of an old film camera|Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 6762 Hollywood Blvd.<ref name="hollywood-walk"/>]] De Havilland began her acting career playing demure ingénues opposite male stars such as Errol Flynn, with whom she made her breakout film ''Captain Blood'' in 1935. Flynn and de{{nbsp}}Havilland made eight more feature films together and became one of Hollywood's most successful on-screen romantic pairings.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> De{{nbsp}}Havilland appeared in 49 feature films, and her range of performances included roles in most major movie genres. Following her film debut in the Shakespeare adaptation ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', she achieved her initial popularity in romantic comedies, such as ''The Great Garrick'' and ''Hard to Get'', and Western adventure films, such as ''Dodge City'' and ''Santa Fe Trail''.<ref name="tcm-filmography"/> In her later career, she was most successful in drama films, such as ''In This Our Life'' and ''Light in the Piazza'', and psychological dramas in which she played non-glamorous characters in films such as ''The Dark Mirror'', ''The Snake Pit'', and ''[[Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte]]''.<ref name="tcm-bio"/> During her career, de{{nbsp}}Havilland won two Academy Awards (''To Each His Own'' and ''The Heiress''), two Golden Globe Awards (''The Heiress'' and ''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna''), two New York Film Critics Circle Awards (''The Snake Pit'' and ''The Heiress''), the National Board of Review Award and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup (''The Snake Pit''), and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination (''Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna'').<ref name="tcm-milestones"/> For her contributions to the motion picture industry, de{{nbsp}}Havilland received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] on February 8, 1960.<ref name="hollywood-walk"/> She received an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Hertfordshire]] in 1998 and from [[Mills College]] in 2018.<ref name="tcm-notes"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Mills College Commencement 2018 |url=https://www.mills.edu/news/videos-webcasts/mills-college-commencement-2018.php |website=[[Mills College]] |access-date=July 28, 2020 |date=May 12, 2018 |archive-date=July 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728011740/https://www.mills.edu/news/videos-webcasts/mills-college-commencement-2018.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was one of 500 stars nominated for the [[American Film Institute]]'s list of [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars|50 greatest screen legends]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/stars500.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.afi.com/Docs/100years/stars500.pdf |archive-date=October 9, 2022 |url-status=live|title=A compendium of the 500 stars nominated for top 50 'Greatest Screen Legends' status|work=[[American Film Institute]]}}</ref> [[File:Olivia de Havilland National Medal of the Arts 2008.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|alt=With a glowing smile looking up at the president|Receiving the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush, November 2008]] In 2006, she was inducted into the Online Film & Television Association Award Film Hall of Fame.<ref name="ofta-hall"/> The moving-image collection of Olivia de Havilland is held at the Academy Film Archive, which includes a preserved nitrate reel of a screen test for ''Danton'', Max Reinhardt's never-produced follow-up to ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1935).<ref>{{cite web|title=Olivia de Havilland Collection|url=http://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/olivia-de-havilland-collection|website=Academy Film Archive|date=September 5, 2014}}</ref> As a confidante and friend of [[Bette Davis]], de{{nbsp}}Havilland is featured in the series ''[[Feud: Bette and Joan]]'', where she is portrayed by [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]]. In the series, de{{nbsp}}Havilland reflects on the origins and depth of the [[Bette Davis|Davis]]–[[Joan Crawford|Crawford]] feud and how it affected contemporary female Hollywood stars. In 2017, she filed suit against [[FX Networks]] and producer [[Ryan Murphy (writer)|Ryan Murphy]] for inaccurately portraying her and using her likeness without permission.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olivia de Havilland sues FX over Feud: Bette and Joan|work=BBC News|date=1 July 2017|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40468051}}</ref> Although FX attempted to strike the suit as a [[strategic lawsuit against public participation]], Judge Holly Kendig denied the motion and set trial for November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Olivia De Havilland Scores Win In 'Feud' Lawsuit; Trial To Start In November|url=https://deadline.com/2017/09/olivia-de-havilland-feud-lawsuit-trial-date-fx-emmys-1202168705/|website=Deadline|first=Dominic|last=Patten|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref> An [[interlocutory appeal]] of the ruling was [[Oral argument|argued]] in March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=At 101, Olivia de Havilland Sued Hollywood — Again|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/style/olivia-de-havilland-fx-ryan-murphy-lawsuit.html|website=The New York Times|first=Paul|last=Brownfield|date=March 3, 2018|access-date=March 4, 2018|url-access=limited|url-status=live|archive-date=April 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407030529/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/03/style/olivia-de-havilland-fx-ryan-murphy-lawsuit.html}}</ref> A three-justice panel of the California Court of Appeal ruled that the trial court had erred in denying the defendants' motion to strike, in a published opinion by Justice Anne Egerton that affirmed the right of filmmakers to embellish the historical record and that such portrayals are protected by the [[First Amendment]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/mar/26/olivia-de-havilland-feud-lawsuit-thrown-out-first-amendment|title=Olivia de Havilland's Feud lawsuit thrown out on first amendment grounds|date=March 27, 2018|website=The Guardian|agency=Associated Press|language=en|access-date=March 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>''[http://online.ceb.com/CalCases/CA5/21CA5t845.htm De Havilland v. FX Networks, LLC]'', 21 Cal. App. 5th 845, 230 Cal. Rptr. 3d 625 (2018).</ref> De Havilland appealed the decision to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] in September 2018, which declined to review the case.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/actress-olivia-de-havilland-now-102-will-take-feud-supreme-court-1137142 Olivia de Havilland, Now 102, Will Take 'Feud' to Supreme Court], Eriq Gardner, August 23, 2018, [[The Hollywood Reporter]]. Retrieved August 24, 2018.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Gardener|first=Eriq|title=Supreme Court Denies Review of Olivia de Havilland's 'Feud' Lawsuit|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/supreme-court-denies-review-olivia-de-havillands-feud-lawsuit-1174078?|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 7, 2019|access-date=January 7, 2019}}</ref> She was portrayed by Ashlee Lollback in the 2018 [[Cinema of Australia|Australian]] biographical film ''[[In Like Flynn (film)|In Like Flynn]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldcoastbulletin.com.au/entertainment/in-like-flynn-aussie-actor-thomas-cocquerel-to-play-errol-flynn-in-gold-coastfilmed-biopic/news-story/7b7db487e789c92bce20029c3cca9b81|title=In Like Flynn: Aussie actor Thomas Cocquerel stars as Errol Flynn in Gold Coast-filmed biopic|last=Simonot|first=Suzanne|website=[[Gold Coast Bulletin]]|date=May 6, 2017}}</ref> In 2021, the Olivia de Havilland Theater was inaugurated at the [[American University of Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laurelzuckerman.com/2021/12/olivia-de-havilland-honored-in-paris.html|title=Olivia de Havilland honored in Paris|work=Paris Writers News|author= Gabrielle, Lara|date=December 24, 2021}}</ref>
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