| Net Worth: | $50 Million |
|---|---|
| Date of birth: | July 1, 1916 – July 25, 2020 (104 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Actor |
| Nationality: | British |
What are Olivia de Havilland’s net worth and earnings?
Olivia De Havilland net worth: Olivia De Havilland was a British-American actress who had a net worth of $50 million at the time of her death. Olivia died on July 25, 2020 at the age of 104. Though she was typecast early in her career in roles of innocent looking young women, she would later be nominated for five Academy Awards playing profound and powerful roles. She won two of those nominations, both for Best Actress, for 1946’s “To Each His Own” and 1949’s “The Heiress”.
Career
Acting Career: Throughout high school Olivia appeared in a number of school plays. After graduating she earned a scholarship to attend Mills College in Oakland. Before enrolling, she landed a role as the understudy in a production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. Two of the play’s lead actors eventually dropped out and Olivia found herself traveling with the company, playing the role of Hermia. After a performance in Los Angeles, Warner Brother’s announced it was planning to produce film version of the play, and asked Olivia to continue playing Hermia.
Quotes
“I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.”
— Olivia de Havilland
“I would prefer to live forever in perfect health, but if I must at some time leave this life, I would like to do so ensconced on a chaise longue, perfumed, wearing a velvet robe and pearl earrings, with a flute of champagne beside me and having just discovered the answer to the last problem in a British cryptic crossword.”
— Olivia de Havilland
“Playing good girls in the 30s was difficult, when the fad was to play bad girls. Actually I think playing bad girls is a bore; I have always had more luck with good girl roles because they require more from an actress.”
— Olivia de Havilland
“I was just a mini-star when we did ‘Gone With the Wind.’”
— Olivia de Havilland
“What bothered me was playing one-dimensional parts in films which were really about, ‘Boy Meets Girl,’ ‘Will Boy Get Girl?’”
— Olivia de Havilland