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Vivien Leigh (/ l iː / LEE; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. She 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 ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Leigh was born Vivian Mary Hartley on November 5, 1913, in Darjeeling, India, to an English stockbroker and his Irish wife. The family returned to England when Hartley was six years old.
May 28, 2024 · Vivien Leigh (born November 5, 1913, Darjeeling, India—died July 8, 1967, London, England) was a British actress who achieved motion picture immortality by playing two of American literature’s most celebrated Southern belles, Scarlett O’Hara and Blanche DuBois.
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Vivien Leigh. Actress: A Streetcar Named Desire. If a film were made of the life of Vivien Leigh, it would open in India just before World War I, where a successful British businessman could live like a prince. In the mountains above Calcutta, a little princess is born.
- November 5, 1913
- July 7, 1967
Vivien Leigh was born on November 5, 1913, in Darjeeling in the Bengal Presidency of British India to Earnest Hartley and Gertrude May Frances. Her father was a clerk in the brokerage offices of Piggott Chapman and Company in Bengal.
May 2, 2020 · Leigh was born Vivian Mary Hartley in 1913 in Darjeeling, India. She knew she wanted to be an actress from the time she was three and recited “Little Bo Peep” for her mother’s theater group.
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Vivien was no longer Lady Olivier when she performed her last major film role, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961). Born November 5, 1913 Died July 7, 1967 (53)
