Editing Olivia de Havilland (section)

=== 1989–2020: Retirement and honors ===
[[File:Olivia de Havilland.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|de Havilland at the [[Smithsonian Institution]] in 2001]]
In retirement, de{{nbsp}}Havilland remained active in the film community. In 1998, she travelled to New York City to help promote a special showing of ''Gone with the Wind''.<ref name="philly-rickey"/> In 2003, she appeared as a presenter at the [[75th Academy Awards]], earning an extended standing ovation upon her entrance.<ref name="tcm-bio"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2016/jul/01/olivia-de-havilland-100-years-old-gone-with-the-wind|title=Happy birthday Olivia de Havilland! Hollywood's queen of radiant calm turns 100 |work=The Guardian|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=March 23, 2018|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw}}</ref> In 2004, [[Turner Classic Movies]] produced a retrospective piece called ''Melanie Remembers'' in which she was interviewed for the 65th anniversary of the original release of ''Gone with the Wind''.{{sfn|Bartel|2014|p=135}} In June 2006, she made appearances at tributes commemorating her 90th birthday at the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] and the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]].<ref name="wsj-meroney"/>

On November 17, 2008, at the age of 92, de{{nbsp}}Havilland received the [[National Medal of Arts]], the highest honor conferred to an individual artist on behalf of the people of the United States. The medal was presented to her by President [[George W. Bush]], who commended her "for her persuasive and compelling skill as an actress in roles from Shakespeare's [[Hermia]] to [[Margaret Mitchell]]'s Melanie. Her independence, integrity, and grace won creative freedom for herself and her fellow film actors."<ref name="wh-archive"/><ref name="nytimes-itzkoff"/> The following year, de{{nbsp}}Havilland narrated the documentary ''[[I Remember Better When I Paint]]'' (2009),<ref name="huffpost-gitau"/> a film about the importance of art in the treatment of [[Alzheimer's disease]].<ref name="huffpost-gitau"/>

In 2010, de Havilland almost made her return to the big screen after a 22-year hiatus with [[James Ivory]]'s planned adaptation of ''[[The Aspern Papers]]'', but the film was never made.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://madame.lefigaro.fr/art-de-vivre/lady-olivia-051110-29415|title=Lady Olivia|work=Madame Figaro|date=November 5, 2010|access-date=December 22, 2018|first=Richard|last=Gianorio}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/ivory-tickled-by-art-enigma-20101017-16p5e.html|title=Ivory tickled by art enigma|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=October 18, 2010|access-date=December 22, 2018|first=Philippa|last=Hawker}}</ref> On September 9, 2010, de{{nbsp}}Havilland was appointed a ''Chevalier'' (knight) of the [[Légion d'honneur]], the highest decoration in France, awarded by President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], who told the actress, "You honor France for having chosen us."<ref name="ap-corbet"/> In February the following year, she appeared at the [[César Awards]] in France, where she was greeted with a standing ovation.{{#tag:ref|In February 2016, de{{nbsp}}Havilland was named "Oldie of the Year" by the satirical magazine ''[[The Oldie]]''. Unable to travel to the ceremony in London, she recorded a message saying she was "utterly delighted" the judges deemed "sufficient snap in my celery" existed to win the accolade.<ref name="bbc-oldie"/>|group=Note}} De{{nbsp}}Havilland celebrated [[List of centenarians (actors, filmmakers and entertainers)|her 100th birthday]] on July 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/olivia-de-havilland-gone-with-the-wind-star-turns-100-centenarian-younger-self-advice-a7114011.html|title=Olivia de Havilland turns 100: 'Gone With The Wind' star gives her younger self some advice|work=The Independent|date=July 1, 2016|access-date=August 12, 2016|first=Rachael|last=Revesz}}</ref>

In June 2017, two weeks before her 101st birthday, de Havilland was appointed [[Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] in the [[2017 Birthday Honours]] for services to drama by [[Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref name="auto">{{London Gazette|issue=61962|date=June 16, 2017|page=B7|supp=1}}</ref> She is the oldest woman ever to receive the honor. In a statement, she called it "the most gratifying of birthday presents".<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|last1=Furness|first1=Hannah|last2=Maidment|first2=Jack|title=Queen's Birthday Honours: Arise Sir Billy Connolly as Paul McCartney, JK Rowling and Delia Smith given honours|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/queens-birthday-honours-arise-sir-billy-connolly-paul-mccartney |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/16/queens-birthday-honours-arise-sir-billy-connolly-paul-mccartney |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=June 17, 2017|work=The Telegraph|date=June 16, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite news|last1=Kennedy|first1=Maev|title=Queen's birthday honours list|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/16/billy-queens-birthday-honours-list-billy-connolly-jk-rowling-paul-mccartney-delia-smith|access-date=June 17, 2017|work=The Guardian|date=June 16, 2017}}</ref> She did not travel to the investiture ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]] and received her honor from the hands of the British Ambassador to France at her Paris apartment in March 2018, four months before her 102nd birthday. Her daughter Gisèle was by her side.<ref>{{cite web|title=There is nothing like a Dame|url=https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/there-is-nothing-like-a-dame|website=TheOldie|access-date=September 11, 2018|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911114446/https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/there-is-nothing-like-a-dame|url-status=dead}}</ref>