A (tenuous) local connection. . .

From CNN:

Alicia Rhett, who had been one of the oldest surviving cast member of the classic film "Gone With the Wind," died Friday in her longtime hometown of Charleston, South Carolina, a retirement community spokeswoman said. . .

Rhett was doing local theater productions when she was spotted for a role in the 1939 classic "Gone With the Wind," a film based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

She was cast as India Wilkes, sister of plantation owner Ashley Wilkes who was at odds with Scarlet O'Hara, played by Vivien Leigh.

While the runaway success and continued notoriety of "Gone With the Wind" made Rhett recognizable nationwide, she did not pursue the limelight. Instead of heading to Hollywood, Rhett went back to Charleston. . .

Alicia Rhett's grandfather, Col. Alfred Rhett, CSA (1829-1889), was the brother of Maj. Andrew Burnet Rhett, CSA (1833-1879), who married Henrietta Aiken (1836-1918), daughter of Gov. William Aiken (SC). Henrietta Aiken Rhett inherited the Highland Lake (then called Rhett's Mill Pond) property from her father in 1873. . . if I've figured out the family tree correctly.