Vivien Leigh

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Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 â€“ 7 July 1967) was an English actress. She won two Best Actress Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in 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 former husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. During her 30-year stage career, she played roles that ranged from the heroines of NoÃ«l Coward and George Bernard Shaw comedies to classic Shakespearean characters such as Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth.

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Posted by Googlehead on 03/14/14 at 01:34 PM

Now there is a gorgeous and extremely talented actress! Thank you Karyn! +1FD

Posted by LavynyaDeea on 09/27/11 at 01:46 AM

Beautiful woman +1

Posted by Rago on 10/06/10 at 01:18 AM

She very nice, like much

Posted by cheryl63 on 09/25/10 at 09:41 PM

She is a favorite- love her movies, particularly "Gone With the Wind". She was very pretty. fav+1

Posted by apopkaflowerchild on 07/23/10 at 11:46 PM

Wow. I was just talking about her the other day. I think she was the most beautiful actress ever. I was reading that she suffered from manic depression and tuberculocis. I was really sad to hear that. Thanks for the WP....fav+1

Posted by lauraleca73 on 04/21/10 at 12:44 AM

SUPERBA FEMEIE

Posted by ella.vamp on 03/19/10 at 12:20 PM

oh i LOVE gone with the wind and i'm so glad that i found this beautiful pic.!

Posted by Cubby113 on 03/10/10 at 11:07 PM

My Mother's name is Vivian, and she loves old movies, that's all she watches. She tells me who all the old actors and actresses are, plus Vivian Leigh. Her husband, Sir Lawrence Olivier, wanted her to play the leading female role of "Wuthering Heights" alongside him in the movie, but they didn't want her for the part, so they cast Merle Oberon, and not long after that she got the role for Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With The Wind". It turned out even better, when her husband didn't get his way, much better for her career. I thought Merle Oberon sucked in that role anyway, I would have much better liked Greer Garson in "Wuthering Heights". I'm just now really getting into old movies, but I have always been a fan of Cary Grant, that man could do anything, he set his mind too. Love the pic.!!! Fave +1+D

Posted by Ahava on 03/08/10 at 12:13 AM

This is wonderful, Karyn! I also thought Vivian was an incredible actress for her time. Did you know she died believing she really WAS Scarlet O'Hara?