Olivia de Havilland of "Gone with the Wind" Dies at 104

Still fighting at 101

In 2018, aged 101, Olivia took on the industry in another major court battle, suing the FX network over a depiction of her in its Emmy-nominated miniseries "Feud: Bette and Joan".

The miniseries was about the enmity between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis.

Olivia de Havilland argued the series put her in a bad light, with her fictional version describing her sister as a "bitch".

An appeals court unanimously tossed out the lawsuit, prioritizing the rights of the show's creators to freedom of speech over her complaint.

Interviewed by the New York Times weeks before the ruling, Olivia de Havilland cautioned that if there were no consequences for fictional portrayals of real personalities, then "lies about well-known public figures masquerading as the truth will become more and more common". 

(Writer & Editor: Agence France-Presse) 

Source: http://u.afp.com/37vL