Remembering Olivia Mary de Havilland (1916-2020), the legendary, Oscar-winning British-American film, stage and television actor, born in Tokyo #OnThisDay. An elegant, glamorous leading lady of the 1930s, her wartime legal victory against Warner Bros. transformed Hollywood - and she subverted her screen image in a series of bold, dark film roles. Outstanding as the twins in #DarkMirror (1946)...
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the incarcerated protagonist of #TheSnakePit (1948), Bette Davis' duplicitous cousin in #HushHushSweetCharlotte and, pictured, as the terrorised, wealthy widow in Walter Grauman's remarkable, brutal #LadyInACage (both 1964).
#OliviaDeHavilland #BornOnThisDay #BOTD #OTD #GoldenEraHollywood #FilmNoir
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Check out Steven West's celebration of 'Lady in a Cage':
CAGED HEAT: NO WAY TO TREAT A 'LADY'
https://www.cinerequiem.com/2023/03/caged-heat-no-way-to-treat-lady.html
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