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Following the release of Devotion, a Hollywood biography of the Brontë sisters filmed in 1943 but withheld from release during the suspension and litigation, de Havilland signed a three picture deal with Paramount Pictures.
James Agee, in his review for The Dark Mirror ( 1946 ), noted the change, and stated that although she had always been " one of the prettiest women in movies ", her recent performances had proven her acting ability.
He commented that she did not possess " any remarkable talent, but her playing is thoughtful, quiet, detailed, and well sustained, and since it is founded, as some more talented playing is not, in an unusually healthful-seeming and likable temperament, it is an undivided pleasure to see.
" She won Best Actress Academy Awards for To Each His Own ( 1946 ) and The Heiress ( 1949 ), and was also widely praised for her Academy Award – nominated performance in The Snake Pit ( 1948 ).
This was one of the earliest films to attempt a realistic portrayal of mental illness, an ' historically important Hollywood exposé of the grim conditions in state mental hospitals ' and de Havilland was lauded for her willingness to play a role that was completely devoid of glamor and that confronted such controversial subject matter.
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