No. She was her sister-in-law.
It was George Ashley Wilkes.
Leslie Howard
Melanie Hamilton married her cousin Ashley Wilkes.
India is Ashley Wilkes sister
According to the IMDb website, the role of Beau Wilkes, son of Ashley and Melanie Wilkes, was played by Mickey Kuhn (in the scene where Melanie is dying) and Gary Carlson (uncredited - in the scene where Melanie is feeding the returning soldiers.)
Melanie Wilkes sings "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" at Tara's melancholy Christmas in Gone with the Wind.
It was George Ashley Wilkes.
Leslie Howard
Melanie Hamilton married her cousin Ashley Wilkes.
India is Ashley Wilkes sister
According to the IMDb website, the role of Beau Wilkes, son of Ashley and Melanie Wilkes, was played by Mickey Kuhn (in the scene where Melanie is dying) and Gary Carlson (uncredited - in the scene where Melanie is feeding the returning soldiers.)
Pittypat or "Aunt Pitty" is Melanie Wilkes and also Scarlett O'Haras' first husband Charles' aunt.
The four main characters are Scarlett O'Hara, Rhett Butler, Ashley Wilkes, and Melanie Hamilton.
Well, nine characters die, in all. Brent Tarleton, Stuart Tarleton, Raiford Calvert, Ellen O'Hara, Gerald O'Hara, Melanie Wilkes, Bonnie Butler, Frank Kennedy, and Charlie Hamilton.
Ashley Wilkes is going to marry Melanie Hamilton his cousin and that it will be announced at the Bar-b-q
Melanie Wilkes reads the book aloud to the ladies of the sewing circle while the men go to raid Shantytown.
No, Ava Gardner would have been a teenager when Gone With The Wind came out in 1939. Vivien Leigh was Scarlett O'Hara, and Olivia de Havilland was Melanie Wilkes Hamilton.