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Vivien Leigh‌

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Female

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calendar1913-11-05

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Vivien Leigh

Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India]

Vivien Leigh

Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India]

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1913-11-05

Popularity

star15.5

Biography

Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley, and also known as Lady Olivier after 1947; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967) was an English stage and film actress. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, for her iconic performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963). After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in Fire Over England (1937). Lauded for her beauty, Leigh felt that her physical attributes sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress. Despite her fame as a screen actress, Leigh was primarily a stage performer. During her 30-year career, she played roles ranging from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet, and Lady Macbeth. Later in life, she performed as a character actress in a few films. At the time, the public strongly identified Leigh with her second husband Laurence Olivier, who was her spouse from 1940 to 1960. Leigh and Olivier starred together in many stage productions, with Olivier often directing, and in three films. She earned a reputation for being difficult to work with, and for much of her adult life she suffered from bipolar disorder as well as recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis, which was first diagnosed in the mid-1940s and ultimately claimed her life at the age of 53. Although her career had periods of inactivity, in 1999 the American Film Institute ranked Leigh as the 16th greatest female movie star of classic Hollywood cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vivien Leigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

A Streetcar Named Desire

A Streetcar Named Desire‌
star7.6
calendar 1951

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind‌
star7.9
calendar 1939

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

Ship of Fools

Ship of Fools‌
star6.5
calendar 1965

Fire Over England

Fire Over England‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Caesar and Cleopatra

Caesar and Cleopatra‌
star6.1
calendar 1945

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone‌
star6.7
calendar 1961

That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman‌
star7.0
calendar 1941

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge‌
star7.5
calendar 1940

21 Days Together

21 Days Together‌
star6.1
calendar 1940

Dark Journey

Dark Journey‌
star6.4
calendar 1937

Storm in a Teacup

Storm in a Teacup‌
star7.5
calendar 1937

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

St. Martin's Lane

St. Martin's Lane‌
star7.2
calendar 1938

A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford‌
star6.7
calendar 1938

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood‌
star6.0
calendar 2018

The Village Squire

The Village Squire‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Things Are Looking Up

Things Are Looking Up‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Look Up and Laugh

Look Up and Laugh‌
star4.5
calendar 1935

The Deep Blue Sea

The Deep Blue Sea‌
star5.2
calendar 1955

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage‌
star6.5
calendar 1983

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years‌
star3.3
calendar 1961

The Screen Director

The Screen Director‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III‌
star6.9
calendar 1994

Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland‌
star7.2
calendar 2004

Gentlemen's Agreement

Gentlemen's Agreement‌
star7.3
calendar 1935

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?‌
star5.7
calendar 1975

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

Hollywood: Style Center of the World‌
star5.5
calendar 1940

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II‌
star6.8
calendar 1976

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind‌
star8.0
calendar 1988

Glorious Technicolor

Glorious Technicolor‌
star6.7
calendar 1998

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

Jornal Português (1938-1951)‌
star0.0
calendar 2005

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful‌
star10.0
calendar 1996

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year‌
star7.5
calendar 2009

The Skin of Our Teeth

The Skin of Our Teeth‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond‌
star10.0
calendar 1990

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent‌
star7.5
calendar 2020

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Tv Credits

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Ed Sullivan Show‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

Iconic Couples

Iconic Couples‌
star0.0
calendar 2015