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person_profile-Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh Died at age: 53

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Vivien Leigh

Date of Birth:

Nov 05, 1913

Country of birth:

India]

Died:

Jul 07, 1967

Biography of

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.

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Vivien Leigh

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Filmography of

Vivien Leigh

Found 39 Movies in total

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2020

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2018

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2015

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2012

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2009

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

Herself (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2005

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

Herself (Archive Footage) ( Actor )

... 2001

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2000

Glorious Technicolor

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1998

Lee Marvin: A Personal Portrait by John Boorman

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1998

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1996

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1988

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1983

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1975

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1972

The Extraordinary Seaman

Self (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1969

Ship of Fools

Mary Treadwell ( Actor )

... 1965

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Scarlett O'Hara (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1961

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

Karen Stone ( Actor )

... 1961

The Skin of Our Teeth

Sabina ( Actor )

... 1959

The Deep Blue Sea

Hester Collyer ( Actor )

... 1955

A Streetcar Named Desire

Blanche DuBois ( Actor )

... 1951

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina ( Actor )

... 1948

Caesar and Cleopatra

Cleopatra ( Actor )

... 1945

That Hamilton Woman

Emma, Lady Hamilton ( Actor )

... 1941

Waterloo Bridge

Myra ( Actor )

... 1940

21 Days Together

Wanda ( Actor )

... 1940

Gone with the Wind

Scarlett O'Hara ( Actor )

... 1939

St. Martin's Lane

Liberty ( Actor )

... 1938

A Yank at Oxford

Elsa Craddock ( Actor )

... 1938

Dark Journey

Madeleine Goddard ( Actor )

... 1937

Fire Over England

Cynthia ( Actor )

... 1937

Storm in a Teacup

Victoria Gow ( Actor )

... 1937

Look Up and Laugh

Marjorie Belfer ( Actor )

... 1935

Things Are Looking Up

Schoolgirl ( Actor )

... 1935

Gentlemen's Agreement

Phil Stanley ( Actor )

... 1935