By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:53 EST, 4 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:41 EST, 5 January 2014 . Actress Alicia Rhett, who was the oldest surviving cast member of the classic 1939 film Gone With The Wind, has died aged 98. Rhett, left, portrayed India Wilkes, sister of Ashley Wilkes, in the award-winning movie based on Margaret Mitchell’s Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel of the same name. Bill Trawick, boss of the South Carolina retirement home in which she had lived since 2002, said: ‘Alicia was a kind and gentle lady.’ Classic: Alicia Rhett, who has died aged 98, played Ashley Wilkes in the award-winning film .
Alicia Rhett played India Wilkes, sister of Ashley Wilkes, in the classic film .