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Vivien Leigh
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Vivien Leigh
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1913-11-05,Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India]
Gender
Female
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.

Filmography

A Streetcar Named Desire

7.6

A Streetcar Named Desire
1951-09-19

Gone with the Wind

7.94

Gone with the Wind
1939-03-12

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

0

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000-08-01

6.5

Ship of Fools
1965-07-29

Fire Over England

6

Fire Over England
1937-03-05

Caesar and Cleopatra

6.1

Caesar and Cleopatra
1945-12-11

6.027

Anna Karenina
1948-01-22

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

6.7

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961-12-28

That Hamilton Woman

7.1

That Hamilton Woman
1941-04-03

Waterloo Bridge

7.476

Waterloo Bridge
1940-05-17

21 Days Together

6.1

21 Days Together
1940-01-07

6.4

Dark Journey
1937-07-02

Storm in a Teacup

7.5

Storm in a Teacup
1937-02-25

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

6

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972-01-10

St. Martin's Lane

7.2

St. Martin's Lane
1938-10-18

A Yank at Oxford

6.7

A Yank at Oxford
1938-02-18

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

6

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018-07-27

The Village Squire

6

The Village Squire
1935-04-14

Things Are Looking Up

6

Things Are Looking Up
1935-06-09

Look Up and Laugh

4.5

Look Up and Laugh
1935-08-13

The Deep Blue Sea

5.2

The Deep Blue Sea
1955-11-01

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

6.5

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

0

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001-09-13

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

3.3

Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961-12-31

The Screen Director

6

The Screen Director
1951-03-12

That's Entertainment! III

6.9

That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01

Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

7.2

Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
2004-11-09

Gentlemen's Agreement

7.3

Gentlemen's Agreement
1935-01-01

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

6.5

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940-07-31

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

5.5

Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940-05-29

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

5.7

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06

That's Entertainment, Part II

6.8

That's Entertainment, Part II
1976-05-16

Glorious Technicolor

6.7

Glorious Technicolor
1998-12-07

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

8

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

0

Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2005-12-12

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

10

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996-03-17

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

7.5

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009-07-02

The Skin of Our Teeth

0

The Skin of Our Teeth
1959-01-01

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

10

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990-10-22

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent

7.5

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
2020-01-03

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

0

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman
1998-01-01

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.5

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

0

Iconic Couples
2015-05-04