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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Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
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2028
Black Star
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2022
Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
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2021
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
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2020
The Vivien Leigh Archive at the V&A
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2016
The Greats: Vivien Leigh
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2016
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
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2015
Before She Was Scarlet O'Hara: An Interview with Anne Edwards
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2013
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
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2009
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
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2006
A Streetcar in Hollywood
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2006
An Actor Named Brando
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2006
North and the Music of the South
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2006
Desire and Censorship
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2006
A Streetcar on Broadway
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2006
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
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2004
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
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2004
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
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2004
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
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2001
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
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2000
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
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2000
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
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1996
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
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1995
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
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1995
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
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1993
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
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1990
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
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1988
Marilyn Monroe
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1986
Laurence Olivier: A Life
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1982
Gable: The King Remembered
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1975
The Extraordinary Seaman
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1969
Ivanov
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1966
Ship of Fools
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1965
Tovarich
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1963
Antony and Cleopatra
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1962
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
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1961
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
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1961
The Skin of Our Teeth
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1959
Small World: Vivien Leigh
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1958
The Deep Blue Sea
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1955
A Streetcar Named Desire
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1951
The Screen Director
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1951
Rebecca
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1950
Anna Karenina
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1948
Caesar and Cleopatra
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1945
That Hamilton Woman
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1941
Private Lives
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1940
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
British Pathé Newsreels: 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
Gentlemen's Agreement
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1935
Look Up and Laugh
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1935
Things Are Looking Up
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1935
The Village Squire
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1935
