Olivia de Havilland Age, Husband, Family, Biography, Facts & More

Bio
Full Name	Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland
Nickname	Livvie
Profession	Actress
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	in centimeters - 160 cm in meters - 1.60 m in feet inches - 5’ 2”
Weight (approx.)	in Kilograms - 60 kg in Pounds - 132 lbs
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Dark Brown
Personal Life
Date of Birth	July 1, 1916
Age (as in 2017)	101 Years
Birth Place	Tokyo, Japan
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Cancer
Signature
Nationality	British-American
Hometown	Paris, France
School(s)	Saratoga Grammar School in 1922 Los Gatos High School, Saratoga
College/University	Mills College, Oakland
Educational Qualification	Not Known
Debut	Film (Actor)- A Midsummer Night's Dream
Family	Father- Walter Augustus de Havilland Mother- Lillian Fontaine Brother- None Sister- Joan Fontaine
Religion	Roman Catholic
Ethnicity/Race	English
Address (FanMail)	3 Rue Bénouville 75116 Paris France
Hobbies	Reading, Writing Poetry, Drawing
Boyfriends, Affairs and More
Sexual Orientation	Straight
Marital Status	Divorced
Boyfriend(s)	Spencer Tracy, American Actor Clifford Odets, American Playwright Charles Feldman, American Film/TV Producer Brian Aherne, British Actor Burgess Meredith, American Actor John Garfield, American Actor Franchot Tone, American Actor George Brent, Irish Actor (1938) Clark Gable, American Actor (1938-1939) John F. Kennedy, American Head of State (1939-1942) James Stewart, American Actor (1939-1940) Howard Hughes, American Business (1940-1943) John Huston, American Film Director (1943) James Blakeley, American Film/TV Producer (1945-1953)
Husband(s)	Marcus Goodrich (1946-1953) Pierre Galante (1955-1979)
Marriage Date	April 2, 1955
Children	Son- Benjamin Goodrich Daughter- Gisèle Galante
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	$20 million (as in 2017)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Olivia de Havilland

• Does Olivia de Havilland smoke? Yes 

• Does Olivia de Havilland drink alcohol? Yes

• She was born in Tokyo, Japan but she relocated to Paris.

• She has spent most of her childhood in California as she moved there with her mother and sister after her parents got divorced.

• Her sister Joan changed her last name from de Havilland to Fontaine; just to distance herself from her sister.

• Her relationship with her sister, Joan Fontaine has remained sore throughout her existence.

• In 1947, she won the Best Actress Academy Award for the movie “To Each His Own.” 

• In 1950, she was honored with Best Actress Academy Award for the movie”The Heiress” at the 22nd Academy Awards.

• She published her own book on French culture and tradition entitled “Every Frenchman Has One” in 1962. 

• She filmed seven movies with Errol Flynn out of which the most popular was The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). 

• The couple was rumored to be dating since their first movie, but they were never involved in such kind of relationship.

• On August 26, 1946, she got married to Marcus Goodrich, a Navy veteran, journalist, and author of the novel titled “Delilah,” but they got separated in 1953.

• Her son Benjamin Goodrich was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma at the age of 19.

• Benjamin died of Hodgkin’s disease on October 1, 1991, in Paris at the age of 41.

• She remarried to Pierre Galante, an executive editor for the French journal, and relocated to Paris with him.

• The couple got divorced in 1962, but just to raise their daughter together, they decided to live in the same house for another six years.

• On November 17, 2008, he was honored by Former President George W. Bush at the National Medal of Arts Ceremony at the White House.

• On September 9, 2010, she was honored with the “Legion of Honour” at Elysee Palace by the Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy. 

• In 2016, she was honored with title “Oldie Of The Year.” 

• She was honored with “Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.”

• She is a fitness freak and climbs stairs every day in her elegant residence in Paris.

• Olivia got a tribute by her craziest fans on becoming a centenarian last year. Here’s a clipping of it:

• At the age of 101, she revealed the secret behind her long life, which is 3 L’s – Love, Laughter, and Learning.