Vivien Leigh
Acting
Born November 5, 1913 · Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India]
Biography
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 her childhood between England and Europe,…
Known For · 40 titles
The Ed Sullivan Show
Gone with the Wind
Small World
A Streetcar Named Desire
Waterloo Bridge
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
That Hamilton Woman
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment, Part II
Ship of Fools
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
Caesar and Cleopatra
21 Days
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
Anna Karenina
Laurence Olivier: A Life
Desire and Censorship
Glorious Technicolor
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
The Extraordinary Seaman
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
That's Dancing!
Antony and Cleopatra
Black Star
The Deep Blue Sea
Rebecca
The Skin of Our Teeth
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies