De Havilland was thought of for this Lubitsch movie but she was busy making other movies at the time.

De Havilland wanted to play this role very much, along with many other actresses.

According to Eileen Heckart's son's biography of his mother, De Havilland, Ingrid Bergman, and Angela Lansbury were all serious candidates for this role. But in the end Eileen Heckart reprised her stage role and won an Oscar for it.

Olivia De Havilland wanted too much money to star in the thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

According to 'Lucy at the Movies' by Cindy De la Haz, this movie was originally to have been more of a "Brief Encounter" drama with Olivia De Havilland in the lead.

Warner Bros originally planned Olivia de Havilland to star as Helen Chernen, the ambitious woman who manipulates to make her sister a Broadway star.

Alfred Hitchcock wanted De Havilland to play the married woman still in love with a man from her past, who has become a priest. The role became minimized, so a star of De Havilland's stature was not required.

De Havilland was one of the many major actresses at the time offered the role of Mary Bailey, opposite her former real life sweetheart Jimmy Stewart. She rejected it, taking an Oscar winning role instead in to Each His Own. It was the third role Frank Capra thought of her for, but unfortunately they never worked with each other.

Olivia De Havilland was originally cast as the murderous Ivy Lexton, but later withdrew, and was replaced by her sister, Joan Fontaine.

De Havilland was offered the role of Cassandra Towers in this film, but she was not able to make it as she was too busy shooting two other films simultaneously already.

Was pursued for the role of the dangerous -- or is she? -- "Brigid O'Shaughnessey."

Was thought of for the much older role of the American ambassador's wife.

Olivia de Havilland was one of Hitchcock's final choices but she refused the starring role when she learned that her sister Joan Fontaine was also being considered.

After Jane Bryan refused the role and retired, Miss De Havilland turned down the part. Ironically, she would later play in the radio adaptation of the film.

Director Alfred Hitchcock had the lovely star in mind to play the young smalltown girl who begins to suspect that her dashing uncle is a murderer.

Olivia De Havilland turned down the role of Blanche duBois.

Olivia de Havilland turned down the role of Lisollette Mueller.

According to Charlotte Chandler's biography of Alfred Hitchcock, De Havilland was considered for this movie when it was to have been directed by Hitchcock.