Olivia de Havilland on June 18, 2016 in Paris - Thibault Camus / AP / SIPA

Olivia de Havilland, who had notably played in Gone with the Wind , died this Sunday in Paris, where she lived, at the age of 104 years. "Dame Olivia de Havilland passed away peacefully of natural causes," US Agent Lisa Goldberg said in a statement. The world of cinema was quick to pay tribute to the one who won the Oscar for best actress for To Each Her Own (Mitchell Leisen, 1946) and L'Héritière (William Wyler, 1949).

The Academy of Oscars has also hailed on Twitter "a true legend of the film industry", "a pillar of the golden age of Hollywood and an immeasurable talent". “The world has lost an international treasure,” said his ex-lawyer Suzelle Smith. She would like to be remembered with joy, pride, and with a glass of champagne! ".

"Hollywood Queen"

Thierry Frémaux, general delegate of the Cannes Film Festival, recalled that Olivia de Havilland had been "the first woman president of the jury" of the French film event. “And at a time of questioning the place of women in cinema and in society in general, we must above all remember her through the force that was hers when she attacked the studio system to liberate actresses of contracts who exploited them, ”he said, assuring that this“ Hollywood queen ”had demonstrated“ strength and courage ”throughout her career.

She was “also a woman of character. The resistance that she was able to oppose to the studios in the 1930s and 1940s, going so far as to prosecute them, played a decisive role in very substantially improving the rights of actors and actresses ”, also greeted Roselyne Bachelot, Minister of French Culture.

Olivia de Havilland had won in 1943 against the Warner studio, which refused to release her from her contract, a legal victory which will set a precedent in the defense of the rights of actors. A legacy hailed by American actor Jared Leto, who wrote on Twitter that he had "the pleasure of spending time with her in Paris".

The legendary Olivia De Havilland passed away yesterday. She was 104. Olivia made a powerful impact in my life and I had the pleasure to spend some time with her in Paris. I thanked her for her bravery and shared how her choices affected me and my brother (1/6) pic.twitter.com/R9RXsrWHS9

- JARED LETO (@JaredLeto) July 26, 2020

The quarrel with his sister

“I thanked her for her courage and told her how her choices impacted me and my brother,” he added. It was amazing to meet her. It's a legend ! "Olivia de Havilland has spent part of her life making people forget that she was capable of playing roles other than cute, well-behaved young ladies." Total: 2 Oscars and the 1st female presidency of the jury of the Cannes festival + a quarrel for life with Joan Fontaine, his sister ”, also reacted on Twitter the former president of the festival Gilles Jacob.

Olivia de Havilland has spent part of her life making people forget that she was capable of playing roles other than cute, well-behaved young ladies. Total: 2 Oscars and the 1st female presidency of the jury of the Cannes festival. + a lifelong quarrel with his sister Joan Fontaine.

- gilles jacob (@jajacobbi) July 26, 2020

“She was beautiful, she was chic, she was proud to have had a great career and to have belonged to a world that no longer exists. She was American and she preferred France, ”greeted Frédéric Mitterrand. “We never knew why she was quarreling with her sister Joan Fontaine. The eternal young girls have mysterious rivalries and their fiancé, the Oscar, whom they both coveted, undoubtedly separated them, ”continued the former Minister of Culture.

She was indeed the sister of this other Oscar winner, who died in 2013, with whom she had a stormy relationship.

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