Thursday, June 22, 2006

Mayfair Favourites...Part 6














Olivia de Havilland - Olivia Mary de Havilland, British, b. 1916

Older sister of Joan Fontaine. Turned down the role of Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), allegedly stating that "A lady just doesn't say or do those things on the screen".

5'31/2"

As my father used to say: 'I think I could fall madly in bed with her'

As I say: '
Nothing risqué, nothing gained'