Olivia de Havilland in her 11th Airborne jacket
Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland, born 1 July 1916) was a British-American actress. Her career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films, and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. She is best known for her early screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and (1939), and her later award-winning performances in To Each His Own (1946), The Snake Pit (1948), and The heiress (1949).
Olivia de Havilland pin-up
Born in Tokyo to British parents, de Havilland and her younger sister, Joan Fontaine, moved with their mother to California in 1919. They were brought up by their mother Lilian, a former stage actress who taught them drama, music, and elocution. De Havilland made her acting debut in amateur theatre in Alice in Wonderland. Later, she appeared in…
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Thank you for sharing this, John. Like Dan Antion said, “It takes a classy woman to wear an airborne jacket like it was mink!”
You are very welcome, and they were much classier back then than they are today.
Oh, you are certainly right on that note!!!!