Alicia Rhett

Alicia Rhett ( born February 1, 1915 in Savannah, Georgia, † January 3, 2014 in Charleston, South Carolina) was an American actress.

Life

After her father's death in World War Alicia Rhett moved with her mother to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was a theater actress. During a performance of the play Lady Windermere's Fan, she was discovered by George Cukor for the film Gone with the Wind and moved to Hollywood. Originally it was planned in the film for the role of Melanie Hamilton, but Olivia de Havilland received. Instead, Alicia Rhett was in the role of India Wilkes, sister of Ashley Wilkes (played by Leslie Howard), occupied.

After the great success of Gone with the Wind Alicia Rhett received numerous offers for other productions, but she refused. They never came back on in a movie or the theater. Instead, she began working as a painter of portraits and sketches. She illustrated a number of books, including South Carolina Indians by Beth Causey and Leila Darby, and produced, among other portraits of Louis E. Denfeld and Alexandra Ripley, the author of From Winder blown sequel Scarlett. She also worked at a radio station. She returned to her home to Charleston, where they last lived in a retirement home.

Alicia Rhett was never married and had no children.