Vivien Leigh
Vivian Mary Olivier, known professionally as Vivien Leigh and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in Fire Over England (1937). She then won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949. For the latter role, she also won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. She also won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963).
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Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
actor
2021
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
actor
2009
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
actor
2000
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
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1993
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
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1988
The Extraordinary Seaman
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1969
Ship of Fools
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1965
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
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1961
The Deep Blue Sea
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1955
A Streetcar Named Desire
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1951
Anna Karenina
actor
1948
Caesar and Cleopatra
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1945
That Hamilton Woman
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1941
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
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1940
Waterloo Bridge
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1940
21 Days
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1940
Gone with the Wind
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1939
St. Martin's Lane
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1938
A Yank at Oxford
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1938
Dark Journey
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1937
Fire Over England
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1937
Storm in a Teacup
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1937
Things Are Looking Up
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1935
