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Vivian Mary Hartley, later known as Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967) was a British stage and film actress. She won two Best Actress Academy Awards for her performances as...
Nov 5, 2013 · In 1999, the American Film Institute named Vivien Leigh one of the 25 greatest female stars in Hollywood history. Quite an honour considering she made only 19 films in a career that spanned over 30 years, and over half of those films were British. Today she is mostly remembered for her Oscar-winning performances in Gone with the Wind (1939) and ...
In theatre, Vivien Leigh played marvelous heroines such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet, and Lady Macbeth. She had also played Blanche DuBois both in theatre (1949) and in the movie Streetcar named Desire (1951). Vivien’s illnesses, tuberculosis and bipolar disorder drastically changed her career and life. Laurence Olivier divorced her in 1960.
Vivien Leigh. Vivien Leigh ( / liː /; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967; born Vivian Mary Hartley and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947) was an English actress. She is best known for playing Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind in 1939, and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire in 1951. Leigh won Academy Awards for both of these roles.
Mar 12, 2015 · SUZANNE FARRINGTON 1933–2015 Suzanne Farrington was the only child of the actor and film star Vivien Leigh. She was born when her mother was 18, and restless to make her name on the stage. The ...
Mar 25, 2022 · By Stephen Galloway. March 25, 2022. Fourteen years after Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh had embarked on an adulterous affair — leading them to abandon their spouses and children, unable to ...
Feb 7, 2011 · Vivien Leigh Film Career. Vivien Leigh was born Vivian Mary Hartley in Darjeeling, India on November 5, 1913, the daughter of a British cavalry officer. The family moved to England when Vivian was 6 in 1920, and she made her first stage appearances in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tempest whilst still at school in London.
