Vivien Leigh
Actor
'New Moon': In love, three's a crowd...offer our thoughts on how the movies ended. 1939 • 'Gone With the Wind' The triangle: The spoiled, beautiful Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) loves Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard), but keeps tempting him after he marries another. She loves... In this article: New Moon, Ashley Wilkes, Scarlett O'Hara, Cary Grant, Rhett Butler, The Twilight Saga, Summit Entertainment, Jules and Jim, and The Philadelphia Story |
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Just Jared | 11 hours ago
Rachel Weisz Covers Redbook Dec. 2009
...Jackson: "Really? Because I feel quite scared quite often. For example, taking on the role of Blanche in Streetcar, a role Vivien Leigh and other great actresses have portrayed, was absolutely terrifying. But fear makes life more...
In this article: Redbook, Rachel Weisz, The Lovely Bones, Darren Aronofsky, Carrie Prejean, Freida Pinto, Peter Jackson, and Dev Patel
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Daily Mail | 17 hours ago
From lads' mag favourite to Lady Macbeth: Abi Titmuss on playing Shakespeare's famous villain
...at the Globe theatre in London last year. What on earth makes her think she can follow in the footsteps of Ellen Terry, Vivien Leigh, Judi Dench and Sinead Cusack, all of whom have played Lady Macbeth to great acclaim? Well, ye of little...
In this article: Abi Titmuss, John Leslie, Lady Macbeth, William Shakespeare, Judi Dench, David Walliams, Tea, Macbeth, DVD, and London
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OK! Magazine | 1 day ago
Rachel Weisz: 'Fear Makes Life More Interesting'
...feel quite scared quite often," Rachel tells Redbook magazine. "For example, taking on the role of Blanche in Streetcar, a role Vivien Leigh and other great actresses have portrayed, was absolutely terrifying. But fear makes life more...
In this article: Rachel Weisz, Redbook, OK!, Lindsay Lohan, Taylor Swift, Darren Aronofsky, New Moon, and Peter Jackson
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BBC News | 2 days ago
Mardell's America
...Rex Harrison because he was so quintessentially British. And just to throw all that I've written up in the air: British actress Vivien Leigh became the quintessential Southern belle for her performance in Gone With The Wind. Because it can...
In this article: Rex Harrison, Hollywood, Vampire, Margaret Thatcher, Alec Guinness, Twilight, Kate Beckinsale, John Gielgud, and Count Dracula
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San Jose Mercury News | 2 days ago
Review: Frankly, my dear, 'Gone With the Wind' anniversary DVD is a dandy
...of Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer Prize-winning megaseller is set in the Civil War-era South, where self-centered Scarlett (Vivien Leigh, Academy Award for best actress) wants handsome Ashley (Leslie Howard), the one man she can't have -...
In this article: Academy Award, Gone with the Wind, Sacha Baron Cohen, DVD, Jim Jarmusch, Bruno, Rhett Butler, Scarlett O'Hara, Twilight's Robert Pattinson, and Bill Murray
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Playbill.com | 4 days ago
Wilde Again: Fowler, Racey, Maloney and More to Star in Off-Broadway's Ernest in Love
...also penned the score the Broadway's Tovarich, another cult favorite known primarily today for its cast album, featuring original star Vivien Leigh. Director Moore staged Irish Repertory's acclaimed revival of Finian's Rainbow during the...
In this article: Ernest in Love, Beth Fowler, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Boy from Oz
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Centre Daily Times | 5 days ago
Scarlett's sister remembers the making of a legend
AP Photo This undated image from the film "Gone with the Wind" provided by New Line Cinema shows, from left: Evelyn Keyes, Vivien Leigh and Ann Rutherford. Rutherford, 89, is among the few surviving principal cast members of the Clark...
In this article: Ann Rutherford, Gone with the Wind, Scarlett O'Hara, Oscar, DVD, Blu-ray, Hollywood, David O. Selznick, Louis B. Mayer, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Starpulse Entertainment News | 6 days ago
'Gone With The Wind' 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition Out Nov. 17
...the backdrop of the Civil War, between handsome Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and his sassy, headstrong heroine Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), "Gone with the Wind" has thrilled audiences with its eternal love affair. Winner of 10 Academy...
In this article: Gone with the Wind, Blu-ray, Warner Home Video, DVD, Clark Gable, Hollywood, Rhett Butler, Academy Awards, and TCM
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boston.com - Latest movie news | 7 days ago
DVD Releases
...the latest in an almost absurdly long list of fresh spotlight grabs for the film that invented the event reissue. Watching Vivien Leigh (right, with Leslie Howard) utter Scarlett's vow never to be hungry again, you'll find all the...
In this article: Blu-ray, Sacha Baron Cohen, DVD, The Wizard of Oz, J.J. Abrams, Scarlett, David O. Selznick, Universal, and Abigail Breslin
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Daily Mail | November 11, 2009
Another triumph for Hollywood superstar Hilary Swank
...the publicity game (which might explain her presence tonight). Winning two Oscars puts her in a rarefied group that includes Vivien Leigh and Meryl Streep, but to win three would elevate her beyond even her dreams (when she won her second...
In this article: Hilary Swank, Oscars, Amelia Earhart, Hollywood, Milan, Chad Lowe, and Million Dollar Baby
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Description from Wikipedia:
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), was an English actress. She won two Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": 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.
She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. During her thirty-year stage career, she played parts that ranged from the heroines of Noël Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth.
Lauded for her beauty, Leigh felt that it sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress, but ill health proved to be her greatest obstacle. Affected by bipolar disorder for most of her adult life, she gained a reputation for being a difficult person to work with, and her career went through periods of decline. She was further weakened by recurrent bouts of chronic tuberculosis, with which she was first diagnosed in the mid-1940s. She and Olivier divorced in 1960, and Leigh worked sporadically in film and theatre until her death from tuberculosis, in 1967.
- Name At Birth:
- Vivian Mary Hartley
- Birth Date:
- November 05, 1913
- Birthplace:
- Darjeeling, India
- Death Date:
- July 07, 1967
- Place of Death:
- London, England, UK
- Spouse:
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- Laurence Olivier (1940-1960)
- Herbert Leigh Holman (1932-1940)
- Domestic Partner:
- John Merivale (1960-1967)
- Occupation:
- Actress
- Years Active:
- 1933–1967
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