Vivien Leigh
Born in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India] — Nov 05 1913• Died Jul 07 1967
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Vivien Leigh (born November 5, 1913, Darjeeling, India—died July 8, 1967, London, England) was an English actress renowned for her roles in Hollywood and British theater. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, portraying Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), both performances that solidified her place among the greatest actresses of classic cinema. Leigh was the only child of Ernest Hartley, a British broker, and Gertrude Yackjee, who had Anglo-Indian and Armenian ancestry. She spent he…
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Gone with the Wind
Scarlett O'Hara
A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche DuBois
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Ship of Fools
Mary Treadwell
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
A Yank at Oxford
Elsa Craddock
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Waterloo Bridge
Myra
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Self (archive footage)
That Hamilton Woman
Emma, Lady Hamilton
The Screen Director
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
Self (archive footage)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
Caesar and Cleopatra
Cleopatra
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
Self
The Extraordinary Seaman
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Fire Over England
Cynthia
St. Martin's Lane
Liberty
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Self (archive footage)
Laurence Olivier: a life
Self ( Archive footage )
The Deep Blue Sea
Hester Collyer
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Dark Journey
Madeleine Goddard
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Karen Stone
Storm in a Teacup
Victoria Gow
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
Self (archive footage)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
Self
21 Days
Wanda
Glorious Technicolor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
Self (archive footage)
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
Herself (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Rebecca
Mrs. de winter
Gentlemen's Agreement
Phil Stanley
Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
Self (archive footage)
The Skin of Our Teeth
Sabina
Look Up and Laugh
Marjorie Belfer
The Village Squire
Rose Venables
Things Are Looking Up
Schoolgirl
Ivanov
Anna Petrovna
Marilyn Monroe
archive footage
Flashing Images of Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando
Blanche Du Bois/Self
Private lives
Amanda Prynne
Small world: Vivien Leigh
Self- film actress
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me