Joan Fontaine & Olivia de Havilland Refuse To Speak To Each Other And/Or Die

Olivia is known to have been an infamous bitch to her lovely sister, but a lovely friend to infamous bitch Bette Davis

The death of a Hollywood legend at this late stage of modern humanity begs the question: who the hell is still ticking? Everyone (or - everyone who matters) knows that Doris Day will outlive the sun, and that Lauren Bacall is murmuring husky voiced nothings to her pet Papillon in some grand Manhattan loft.  But Taylor was merely a sickly mutant '50s screen goddess...what of those '30s divas who have yet to pop their clogs? FAB FEUDS AFTER THE JUMP





The immortal sisters Olivia de Havilland and Joan Fontaine, the Venus and Serena of classic Hollywood, are two of the most accomplished living film actresses. Olivia is the last living major star of Gone With the Wind, perhaps the greatest achievement of Hollywood's studio system. Later, Olivia sued and defeated that powerful system on behalf of performers' rights, resulting in the de Havilland Law. 

When Joan, her younger sister, first attempted to join the family business, her mother refused her wish to use the "de Havilland" name, resulting in her choice of "Fontaine." As a child, Olivia would allegedly rip up her hand-me-downs to Joan, forcing her younger sister to sew them back together. As an adult, the abuse continued. In 1942, both Joan and Olivia were up for best actress -- and Joan won (the only actress to ever win for a Hitchcock picture). When her name was announced, Joan (sitting next to her sister) burst into tears, fearing she had ignited Olivia's wrath. When Olivia won her oscar in 1946, Joan was the presenter -- Olivia refused to even shake her sister's hand. Decades later, Olivia allegedly failed to invite her sister to their mother's memorial service. In 1975, they stopped speaking to each other.

Joan allegedly became estranged from her own daughters after she caught them communicating with Aunt Olivia

Despite the bad blood between the two, their good blood keeps them alive. Olivia is now 94, her sister a year younger. May they continue to live at war before they rest in peace, forever.