EW, de Havilland died peacefully in her sleep at home, she was 104.Born in Tokyo to British parents, de Havilland would make her film debut in the 1930s, and would go on to be one of the biggest on-screen stars of her time.
de Havilland resided in Paris, and was also the elder sister of fellow Hollywood icon Joan Fontaine, with whom she had a famously strained relationship.She came to prominence starring alongside Errol Flynn, but perhaps her biggest legacy is a ruling that is known as the ‘de Havilland law.’She sued studio Warner Brothers after they attempted to extend her seven-year contract.
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