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Olivia de Havilland embodied old Hollywood, and shook it up
NEW YORK – She was one of Hollywood’s most glamorous stars and determined off-screen fighters. No one was better suited than Olivia de Havilland to play the sainted Melanie Wilkes in “Gone With the Wind” or more tenacious about the right to appear in the films of her choosing.Fans and actors alike owe much to de Havilland, the Oscar-winning performer who became, almost literally, a law unto herself.De Havilland, who died Sunday at 104, was one of the last survivors of Hollywood’s so-called Golden Age.