The historical romance film, Gone With the Wind, captivated audiences in 1939 and continues to serve as a prime example of movie magic to this day. No doubt you are very familiar with the two leads, Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler, and the actors behind them. But how well do you know the powerhouse behind Melanie Hamilton?

Olivia de Havilland was born on July 1, 1916 in Tokyo, Japan to her British parents. Olivia and her younger sister Joan were taught dramatic, art, music and elocution by their mother Lilian - a former stage actress. De Havilland made her acting debut in an amateur production of Alice in Wonderland, before appearing in a local production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Her stellar performance led to her playing Hermia in Max Reinhardt’s stage production of the same play, in addition to a movie contract with Warner Bros.

Following her screen debut in Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream, de Havilland began her career playing demure ingénues opposite popular leading men. She made nine films with Errol Flynn, leading the pair to become one of Hollywood's most popular romantic onscreen pairings. Her film credits include The Great Garrick (1937), Dodge City (1939), Anthony Adverse (1936), Hold Back the Dawn (1941), Light in the Piazza (1962), and Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964).

De Havilland also continued her work in the theater, appearing three times on Broadway, in Romeo and Juliet (1951), Candida (1952), and A Gift of Time (1962). She also appeared in the successful television miniseries, Roots: The Next Generations (1979), and the television feature film Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna. The latter of which scored her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Across her film career, de Havilland won two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two New York Film Critics Circle Awards, the National Board of Review Award for Best Actress, and the Venice Film Festival Volpi Cup.

She also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the motion picture industry; a National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush for her lifetime contribution to the arts; and was appointed a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

De Havilland was married to Marcus Goodrich between 1946 and 1953, and had one son - Benjamin Goodrich. She later remarried Pierre Galante in 1955, but the pair separated in 1962 before finalizing the divorce in 1979. The two had one daughter together, Gisèle Galante.

Since 1956, de Havilland has lived in the same three-story house near Bois de Boulogne park in the Rive Droite section of Paris. As of this year she is 100 years old.