Vivien Leigh

Actor Nov 5 (died age 53) Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India] 1935–2028 (93 year career)

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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 Yackj…

Known For

Film

Gone with the Wind

Scarlett O'Hara

Film

A Streetcar Named Desire

Blanche DuBois

Film

Waterloo Bridge

Myra

Film

That Hamilton Woman

Emma, Lady Hamilton

Film

Ship of Fools

Mary Treadwell

Film

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Film

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage)

Film

Storm in a Teacup

Victoria Gow

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (75)

Charmed Lives: A Family Romance

2028 Upcoming

as Self (archive footage)

May 11

Flashing Images of Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando

2023

as Blanche Du Bois/Self

Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests

2020

as Self (archive footage)

Churchill and the Movie Mogul

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood

2018

as Self (archive footage)

5.9

The Vivien Leigh Archive at the V&A

2016

as Self (archive footage)

The Greats: Vivien Leigh

2016

as Self (Archive footage)

Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn

2015

as Self (archive footage)

9.0

Before She Was Scarlet O'Hara: An Interview with Anne Edwards

2013

as Self (archive footage)

1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year

2009

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Stardust: The Bette Davis Story

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.7

Censorship and Desire

2006

as Self (archive footage)

3.0

A Streetcar on Broadway

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

An Actor Named Brando

2006

as Self (archive footage)

A Streetcar in Hollywood

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

North and the Music of the South

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Jornal Português (1938-1951)

2005

as Self (archive footage)

The Prince, The Showgirl and Me

2004

Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland

2004

as Herself (archive footage)

7.2

Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind

2004

as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" / Self (archive footage)

8.8

Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel

2001

as Self (archive footage)

Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love

2001

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Sir John Mills' Moving Memories

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance

2000

as Self (archive footage)

Glorious Technicolor

1998

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.9

The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful

1996

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

1995

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey

1995

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0

Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One

1993

as Self

Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond

1990

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind

1988

as Self (archive footage)

8.0

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Marilyn Monroe

as archive footage

That's Dancing!

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Laurence Olivier: A Life

1982

as Self ( Archive footage )

10.0

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

7.0

Gable: The King Remembered

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.5

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

6.1

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

The Extraordinary Seaman

1969

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

3.8

Ivanov

1966

as Anna Petrovna

Ship of Fools

1965

as Mary Treadwell

6.6

Tovarich

1963

as Tatiana

Antony and Cleopatra

1962

as cleopatra

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone

1961

as Karen Stone

6.9

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

as Self - Scarlett O'Hara (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.4

The Skin of Our Teeth

1959

as Sabina

Small World: Vivien Leigh

1958

as Self- film actress

The Deep Blue Sea

1955

as Hester Collyer

4.9

A Streetcar Named Desire

1951

as Blanche DuBois

7.6

The Screen Director

1951

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.0

Rebecca

1950

as Mrs. de winter

Anna Karenina

as Anna Karenina

Caesar and Cleopatra

as Cleopatra

That Hamilton Woman

as Emma, Lady Hamilton

Waterloo Bridge

as Myra

21 Days

as Wanda

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards

1940

as Self

6.3

Private Lives

1940

as Amanda Prynne

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

as Self

Gone with the Wind

as Scarlett O'Hara

British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind

1939

as Self (archive footage)

A Yank at Oxford

as Elsa Craddock

St. Martin's Lane

as Liberty

Fire Over England

as Cynthia

Storm in a Teacup

as Victoria Gow

Dark Journey

as Madeleine Goddard

The Village Squire

as Rose Venables

Look Up and Laugh

as Marjorie Belfer

Gentlemen's Agreement

1935

as Phil Stanley

7.5

Things Are Looking Up

1935

as Schoolgirl

6.5

Black Star

as Self (archive footage)

Television (3)

Iconic Couples of Hollywood

2015

as Self (archive footage)

Small World

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self