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''My career began in the middle of the Golden Age, 1935, when sound had already been firmly established and color was first introduced,'' de Havilland says via email, her preferred method of discussing her career. ''It was an illustrious beginning: playing the tempestuous Hermia in Max Reinhardt's black-and-white motion picture presentation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.'' The actress knew the role well, having played Hermia in Reinhardt's stage production at the Hollywood Bowl in 1934—just months after graduating from high school. She'd originally been the second understudy to Gloria Stuart, who, many years later, appeared in James Cameron's Titanic.

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