Olivia de Havilland, Star of ‘Gone With the Wind,’ Dies at 104

  • Actress had 60 film credits and two Oscars in 50-year career
  • Her lawsuit against Warner Bros. made actors free agents
Olivia de Havilland in 1938.Source: Keystone/Hulton Archive via Getty Images

Olivia de Havilland, the last surviving star of the 1939 classic film “Gone With the Wind” and the instigator of a landmark lawsuit that ended studios’ control over their actors, has died. She was 104.

The actress died in Paris, her publicist told the Associated Press. No cause of death was given.