- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 5, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India]
- Died
- July 7, 1967
Vivien Leigh
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, attending convent schools before enrolling at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London in 1932, setting the stage for her acting career. Her film debut came in Things Are Looking Up (1934), followed by roles in British films such as Fire Over England (1937), where she starred alongside La…
Filmography
movieFlashing Images of Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando
2023 · Blanche Du Bois/Self
movieVivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieChurchill and the Movie Mogul
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieScotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieJornal Português (1938-1951)
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieLeslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015 · Self (archive footage)
tvIconic Couples of Hollywood
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movie1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009 · Self (archive footage)
movieStardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieMelanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
2004 · Herself (archive footage)
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
2004
movieLarry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001 · Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001 · Self (archive footage)
movieSir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000 · Self (archive footage)
movieGlorious Technicolor
1998 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 · Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movie100 Years at the Movies
1994 · Self (archive footage)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993 · Self
movieVivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
All-Time Movie Greats
1988 · Self (archive footage)
movieMarilyn Monroe
1986 · archive footage
movieThat's Dancing!
1985 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieLaurence Olivier: a life
1982 · Self ( Archive footage )
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
movieBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Extraordinary Seaman
1969 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieIvanov
1966 · Anna Petrovna
movieShip of Fools
1965 · Mary Treadwell
movieTovarich
1963 · Tatiana
movieAnthony and Cleopatra
1962 · cleopatra
movieHollywood: The Selznick Years
1961 · Self - Scarlett O'Hara (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961 · Karen Stone
movieThe Skin of Our Teeth
1959 · Sabina
movieSmall World: Vivien Leigh
1958 · Self- film actress
Small World
1958 · Self
movieThe Deep Blue Sea
1955 · Hester Collyer
movieA Streetcar Named Desire
1951 · Blanche DuBois
The Screen Director
1951 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieRebecca
1950 · Mrs. de winter
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieAnna Karenina
1948 · Anna Karenina
movieCaesar and Cleopatra
1945 · Cleopatra
movieThat Hamilton Woman
1941 · Emma, Lady Hamilton
moviePrivate Lives
1940 · Amanda Prynne
movieCavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940 · Self
movieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
movieWaterloo Bridge
1940 · Myra
movie21 Days
1940 · Wanda
movieGone with the Wind
1939 · Scarlett O'Hara
movieSt. Martin's Lane
1938 · Liberty
movieA Yank at Oxford
1938 · Elsa Craddock
movieDark Journey
1937 · Madeleine Goddard
movieFire Over England
1937 · Cynthia
movieStorm in a Teacup
1937 · Victoria Gow
movieLook Up and Laugh
1935 · Marjorie Belfer
movieThings Are Looking Up
1935 · Unnamed Schoolgirl
movieThe Village Squire
1935 · Rose Venables
movieGentlemen's Agreement
1935 · Phil Stanley