Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India, on November 5, 1913, was an English actress. Young Vivien Leigh got her stage debut for her mother's amateur theatre group, reciting "Little Bo Peep", at the age of 3. She landed her professional stage debut in a play "The Mask of Virtue" (1935) in role as Henriette Duquesnoy, at Ambassadors Theatre. She made her Broadway debut in a musical "Tovarich" (1963) in role as Tatiana, at Broadway Theatre, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. She made her big screen debut in comedy film The Village Squire (1935) in role as Rose Venables. Vivien breakthrough performance came as Scarlett O'Hara in epic romance film Gone with the Wind (1939).
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Vivien Leigh
Photo: Fawcett Publications / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Birth Date:
November 5, 1913
Died:
July 8, 1967
Nationality:
United Kingdom
Sun Sign:
Scorpio
Natural hair color:
Dark Brown
Eye Color:
Blue
Height:
5 ft 3 in | 160 cm
Weight:
54 kg | 119 lbs
Body Measurements:
35-25-35 in | 89-63.5-89 cm
Bra Size:
34A
Shoe Size:
7.5 US | 38 EU
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA Film Award for Best British Actress for her performance as Scarlett O'Hara in epic historical romance film Gone with the Wind (1939).
She won the Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama for her role as Blanche DuBois in Southern Gothic drama movie A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).
She won the National Board of Review, USA Award for Best Acting for her role as Myra Lester in drama romance movie Waterloo Bridge (1940).
That Hamilton Woman (1941) - Emma, Lady Hamilton
Ship of Fools (1965) - Mary Treadwell
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) - Cleopatra
Fire Over England (1937) - Cynthia
Anna Karenina (1948) - Anna Karenina
Storm in a Teacup (1937) - Victoria Gow
Sidewalks of London (1938) - Libby
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) - Karen Stone
Attended the Loreto Convent in Darjeeling, India and Convent of the Sacred Heart in London.
Studied at Sacred Heart in San Remo, Italy.
Studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
She was the only child.
Had Scottish, Irish, Armenian and Indian ancestry.
She played Anna Petrova in a play "Ivanov" (1966), at Shubert Theatre.
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6773 Hollywood Boulevard in 1960.
She was inducted into OFTA Film Hall of Fame in 2001.
Suffered from bipolar disorder.
Vivien died on July 8, 1967, London, United Kingdom, at the age of 53.
She was married to:
Herbert Leigh Holman (1932-1940), they had one daughter, Suzanne Holman
Laurence Olivier (1940-1961)
She dated John Merivale (1961-1967) and Peter Finch (1948-1953).