Olivia de Havilland accepts her second Best Actress Oscar for her performance as Catherine Sloper in 1949’s American romantic drama ‘The Heiress.’ The film, which earned a total of eight nominations, took home Oscars for Lead Actress, Art Direction (Black and White), Costume Design (Black and White) and Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture). Check back everyday for a new moment and watch the #Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 12th at 8e/5p! 73 days til #Oscars95 | The Academy

The Heiress 1949 in color Olivia De Havilland and Montgomery Clift The Heiress is a 1949 American romantic drama film directed and produced by William Wyler, from a screenplay written by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted from their 1947 play of the same name, which was itself adapted from the novel Washington Square (1880), by Henry James. The film stars Olivia de Havilland as Catherine Sloper, a young naive woman who falls in love with a handsome young man despite the objections of her emotional