Discuss Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland left a legacy of memorable roles, her heyday being the 1930s and 40s. While the films I go back to most often are her swashbucklers with Errol Flynn, here are my picks for her five best performances. Please do share your favourites!

  1. The Snake Pit
  2. The Strawberry Blonde
  3. Gone with the Wind
  4. The Heiress
  5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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My list will be Olivia's movies I particularly take to (not every one of these being a greatest performance, but each of these being a film I enjoy and find easily watchable) arranged in chronological release order:

  • The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
  • Gone with the Wind (1939)
  • The Snake Pit (1948)
  • Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)

It's a "soft" list, as I'm going by memory, and I'd no doubt want to make some switches if I were to newly re-watch some of her other good films that I haven't seen in years.

This is a bit difficult, mainly because I wasn't a big fan of her but loved a lot of the movies she was in. I'll have to think about it for a couple of days.

When I was growing up (kid and teen), I loved Olivia in movies - but eventually became weary of how impossibly "sweetness and light" the good, noble-spirited, kindly, wholesome, soft-spoken characters she portrayed tended to be, so to large extent rejected her (therefore also her movies) for a long time.

I've in recent years eventually "come back around" about Olivia (enough to be able to appreciate her and to enjoy her movies again - though I never actually outright specifically seek her out), as her sort of portrayed characters can be "a bit much" to take in more than limited doses.

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