Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1913-11-05
Place of Birth: Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India]
Also Known As: Вів'єн Мері Гартлі, 비비안 리, Vivian Mary Hartley, Vivian Leigh

Movies List of Vivien Leigh

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Gone with the Wind

1939 Movie
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Ship of Fools

1965 Movie
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Fire Over England

1937 Movie
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Caesar and Cleopatra

1945 Movie
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Anna Karenina

1948 Movie
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That Hamilton Woman

1941 Movie
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Waterloo Bridge

1940 Movie
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21 Days Together

1940 Movie
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Dark Journey

1937 Movie
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Storm in a Teacup

1937 Movie
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St. Martin's Lane

1938 Movie
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A Yank at Oxford

1938 Movie
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The Village Squire

1935 Movie
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Things Are Looking Up

1935 Movie
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Look Up and Laugh

1935 Movie
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The Deep Blue Sea

1955 Movie
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The Screen Director

1951 Movie
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Gentlemen's Agreement

1935 Movie
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Glorious Technicolor

1998 Movie
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The Skin of Our Teeth

1959 Movie