Distinguished British leading lady, Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967) | Gone with the Wind (1939), Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), That Hamilton Woman (1941)

Distinguished British leading lady, whose stage and screen career was limited by delicate health

Mini Biography

Vivien Leigh for many years was the wife of Laurence Olivier.

Latest Vivien Leigh Pictures

Screenshot from Gone with the Wind (1939) (1) featuring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara
  • 12th September, 2020
Vivien Leigh
Gone with the Wind (1939) screenshot (1) | Vivien Leigh
Main title from the ‘Discovering: Vivien Leigh’ episode of Discovering Film, featuring Vivien Leigh
  • 23rd June, 2019
Vivien Leigh
Discovering Film | Discovering: Vivien Leigh opening credits
Vivien Leigh (as Emma Lady Hamilton) and Laurence Olivier (as Lord Horatio Nelson) in a photograph from That Hamilton Woman (1941)
  • 24th December, 2018
Vivien Leigh
That Hamilton Woman (1941) photograph (1) | Leigh, Olivier
Country Life reports the sale of Vivien Leigh’s former home in Wiltshire. Article from 26<sup>th</sup> July 2017.
  • 8th August, 2017
Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh’s home advertised for sale, as reported in Country Life

Select Vivien Leigh Filmography

Dark Journey (1937) opening credits
Dark Journey (1937)
Madeleine Goddard
Fire Over England (1937) opening credits (3)
Fire Over England (1937)
Cynthia
Gone with the Wind (1939) opening credits (4)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Scarlett – Their Daughter
21 Days (1940) opening credits (2)
21 Days (1940)
Wanda
That Hamilton Woman [Lady Hamilton] (1941) opening credits (3)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Emma Lady Hamilton
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) screenshot (1)
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) screenshot (1)
Anna Karenina (1948)
Anna Karenina
Ship of Fools (1965) opening credits (17)
Ship of Fools (1965)
Mary Treadwell
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Personal Details

Born
Died
British actor, Laurence Olivier, with a small moustache wears a dark suit and herringbone tie
Husband  m. 1940–1961 (divorced)
British actor, Laurence Olivier, with a small moustache wears a dark suit and herringbone tie
Peter Finch
Significant Romance

Watch Vivien Leigh on British television