Is an accomplished sketch and portrait artist. In fact, she was an artist before working on Gone with the Wind (1939).
Gone with the Wind (1939) was the only movie role Rhett did. She was offered other roles, but moved back to South Carolina citing she did not think she was right for the parts.
Originally tested for the role of Melanie
Raised in Delaware and South Carolina.
As of October 2008, Ms. Rhett is the oldest surviving [credited] cast member of Gone with the Wind. Cammie King (Bonnie Blue Butler) is the youngest. Of all the credited cast members, there are a total of six people still alive, including Ms. Rhett and Ms. King. The others are Mickey Kuhn, Olivia de Havilland, Ann Rutherford, and Mary Anderson.
(2005) Living in Charleston, South Carolina.
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