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Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\nShe finished the decade with perhaps her best-remembered role: Melanie Wilkes in the classic Gone with the Wind, often ranked as one of the best Hollywood films of all time and, adjusted for inflation, still the highest-grossing film ever made.<\/p>\n
As the kindhearted best friend and confidant to Vivien Leigh\u2019s Scarlett O\u2019Hara, de Havilland provided the heart of the film, giving a classic performance that earned her her first Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n
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But her other biggest contribution to Hollywood came off screen: in 1943, she sued Warner Bros. over the terms of her exclusive contract, wanting the freedom to pursue roles with other studios.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
She finished the decade with perhaps her best-remembered role: Melanie Wilkes in the classic Gone with the Wind, often ranked as one of the best Hollywood films of all time and, adjusted for inflation, still the highest-grossing film ever made. As the kindhearted best friend and confidant to Vivien Leigh\u2019s Scarlett O\u2019Hara, de Havilland provided…<\/p>\n