Gone With the Wind
1940
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Feb 28, 2022 · Leigh died in 1967, at the age of 53, after a bout with tuberculosis, a disease she had since 1945, according to an obituary in The New York Times. She has been in rehearsals for a West End performance in "A Delicate Balance" at the time.
Vivien Leigh ( / liː / 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 · Vivien Leigh was a British actress who achieved film immortality by playing two of American literature's most celebrated Southern belles, Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois.
Dispatches from London gave no official cause of death. However, Miss Leigh was stricken a month ago with a recurrence of tuberculosis, an illness that had plagued her for nearly a quarter of a ...
The death of Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) The private setbacks for Leigh worsened her already compromised well-being, leading to angry outbursts, excessive despair, and breakdowns.
Jul 7, 2012 · Vivien Leigh’s death was shocking in its unexpectedness. The last few weeks of her life had been spent on mandatory bed rest. Friends and loved ones poured in to 54 Eaton Square to visit, noting that her bedroom resembled the Chelsea Flower Show– a rose bower fit for a queen.
LONDON, July 8 Vivien Leigh, the stage and screen actress, was found dead in her London apartment this morning. Theater lights in the West End were blacked out for an hour tonight in tribute to her.
Jul 8, 2022 · The cause of death, cardiac arrest, would have been a consequence of tuberculosis that had afflicted her for years. One of the obituaries of the time described her as an actress “of considerable skill and courage”, rightly anticipating her face would never be forgotten.
Oct 25, 2022 · Leigh, who died in 1967 at age 53, was diagnosed with what was then called manic depression and is now referred to as bipolar disorder. But, she didn't receive the sort of treatment she would have today and instead continued taking on roles even when she wasn't doing well mentally.
Jul 8, 2012 · Her relatively short time as an actress was frequently interrupted by illness – physical and mental – causing her to take time off from acting and leading to her early death 45 years ago today ...
