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1940 Winner Oscar. Best Actress in a Leading Role. Gone with the Wind. BAFTA Awards. 1953 Winner BAFTA Film Award. Best British Actress. A Streetcar Named Desire. USA. Golden Globes, USA. 1952 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Actress - Drama. A Streetcar Named Desire. National Board of Review, USA. 1940 Winner NBR Award. Best Acting. Gone with the Wind.
- November 5, 1913
- July 7, 1967
Leigh's performance in A Streetcar Named Desire won glowing reviews, as well as a second Academy Award for Best Actress, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award for Best British Actress, and a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.
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Vivien Leigh was a British stage and film actress who won two Academy Awards for her roles as "southern belles" in Gone with the Wind and A Streetcar Named Desire. She also won a Tony Award for Tovarich and a BAFTA Award for A Streetcar Named Desire. See her full list of awards and nominations by year.
Apr 2, 2014 · Vivien Leigh was a British actress who won an Oscar for her role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind. She also starred as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire and had a long and tumultuous relationship with Laurence Olivier. Learn about her life, career, health and legacy.
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. Because of the outbreak of World War I, she is six years old the first time ...
Mar 21, 2024 · November 5, 1913, Darjeeling, India. Died: July 8, 1967, London, England (aged 53) Awards And Honors: Academy Award (1952) Academy Award (1940) Academy Award (1952): Actress in a Leading Role. Academy Award (1940): Actress in a Leading Role. Tony Award (1963): Best Actress in a Musical. (Show more) Notable Family Members: spouse Laurence Olivier.