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De Havilland’s suit, filed June 30, alleges that the 101-year-old actress, whose 49 feature film roles included portraying Melanie Hamilton in “Gone with the Wind,” was not asked by FX for permission to use her name and identity in “Feud: Bette and Joan” and was not compensated for such use. Catherine Zeta-Jones portrayed de Havilland in the series, which starred Jessica Lange as Crawford and Susan Sarandon as Davis.

In his declaration, Crawford grandson Casey LaLonde says he is a fan of “Feud” executive producer Ryan Murphy’s work and that he voluntarily presented footage from his grandmother’s home movie collection to assistant producer Tanase Popa.

“I did not request nor receive any compensation for the use of my grandmother’s home movies as research material for ‘Feud,’ ” LaLonde says. “Nor did Mr. Popa or anyone else in the making of ‘Feud’ offer or pay me any compensation to borrow the home movies.” Crawford’s grandson says a quote attributed to a de Havilland lawyer in a USA Today story — that LaLonde gave permission to FX to use Crawford’s likeness in “Feud” and that he was compensated for doing so — was “patently untrue.”

Popa never asked for LaLonde’s consent to allow Lange to be cast as Crawford, according to LaLonde, who added that it was a “wonderful surprise” when he found out that he was portrayed in the final episode of “Feud.”