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Olivia De Havilland: Max Reinhardt
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Born on July 1, 1916, in Tokyo to English parents, de Havilland made her screen debut as Hermia in Max Reinhardt’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in 1935, a role that she had ... played on stage at the Hollywood Bowl. Her pairing with Errol Flynn in “Captain Blood,” also in 1935, proved a great success and subsequently the two starred together in seven more films, helping to solidify her leading lady status.
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On this day in 1934, 18-year-old actress Olivia de Havilland makes her stage debut in A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Hollywood Bowl, directed by Max Reinhardt. Reinhardt ... cast her in the movie version of the play, which he directed the following year. De Havilland became an accomplished actress, winning several Oscars. She is best remembered for her role as Melanie in Gone with the Wind.
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Olivia first got bit by the acting bug while attending high school in California. That bite was obviously potent enough to produce a genuine love of performing in her, because Olivia continued to act while enrolled in college. Although Miss de Havilland’s initial goal was to earn a degree and start a teaching career, all of that changed once she was discovered after appearing in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Soon Olivia was hired by director Max Reinhardt as a second understudy for the role of Hermia in his Hollywood Bowl production of that same work.|
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