Distinguished British leading lady, Vivien Leigh

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

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Screenshot from Gone with the Wind (1939) (1) featuring Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara
  • 12th September, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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Vivien Leigh’s home advertised for sale, as reported in Country Life

Select Vivien Leigh Filmography

Fire Over England (1937) opening credits (3)
Fire Over England (1937)
Cynthia
Dark Journey (1937) opening credits
Dark Journey (1937)
Madeleine Goddard
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)
Photograph of English-born Australian actor, Peter Finch (1)
Significant Romance

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