Vivien Leigh
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
Vivien Leigh (born November 5, 1913, Darjeeling, India—died July 8, 1967, London, England) was an English actress renowned for her roles in Hollywood and British theater. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, portraying Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), both performances that solidified her place among the greatest actresses of classic cinema. Leigh was the only child of Ernest Hartley, a British broker, and Gertrude Yackj...
Known For
Filmography
Charmed Lives: A Family Romance
2028
as Self (archive footage)
Faye
2024
as Self - Actress: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (archive footage)
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
2023
Black Star
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Gone with the Wind – Makeup and Wardrobe Tests
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Churchill and the Movie Mogul
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Vivien Leigh Archive at the V&A
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Greats: Vivien Leigh
2016
as Self (Archive footage)
Jornal Português (1938-1951)
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
2015
as Self (archive footage)
The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour
2014
as (in "Gone with the Wind") (archive footage)
Before She Was Scarlet O'Hara: An Interview with Anne Edwards
2013
as Self (archive footage)
1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Stardust: The Bette Davis Story
2006
as Self (archive footage)
A Streetcar on Broadway
2006
as Self (archive footage)
A Streetcar in Hollywood
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Desire and Censorship
2006
as Self (archive footage)
An Actor Named Brando
2006
as Self (archive footage)
North and the Music of the South
2006
as Self (archive footage)
Melanie Remembers: Reflections by Olivia de Havilland
2004
as Herself (archive footage)
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me
2004
as Self (archive footage)
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
2004
as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (archive footage)
Larry & Vivien: The Oliviers in Love
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond Tara: The Extraordinary Life of Hattie McDaniel
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Vivien Leigh: A Delicate Balance
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Glorious Technicolor
1998
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Legends in Light: The Photography of George Hurrell
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)
Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey
1995
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One
1993
as Self
Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
1990
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
All-Time Movie Greats
1988
as Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe
1986
as archive footage
That's Dancing!
1985
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Laurence Olivier: A Life
1982
as Self ( Archive footage )
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ivanov
1966
as Anna Petrovna
Ship of Fools
1965
as Mary Treadwell
Tovarich
1963
as Tatiana
Antony and Cleopatra
1962
as Cleopatra
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
1961
as Karen Stone
Hollywood: The Selznick Years
1961
as Self (uncredited)
The Skin of Our Teeth
1959
as Sabina
Small World: Vivien Leigh
1958
as Self
Small World
1958
as Self
The Deep Blue Sea
1955
as Hester Collyer
A Streetcar Named Desire
1951
as Blanche DuBois
The Screen Director
1951
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rebecca
1950
as Mrs. de winter
Anna Karenina
1948
as Anna Karenina
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
British Pathé: Vivien Leigh & Laurence Olivier
1946
as Self
Caesar and Cleopatra
1945
as Cleopatra
That Hamilton Woman
1941
as Emma, Lady Hamilton
Waterloo Bridge
1940
as Myra
21 Days
1940
as Wanda
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards
1940
as Self
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
Private Lives
1940
as Amanda Prynne
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Scarlett O'Hara
British Pathé Newsreels: Gone with the Wind
1939
as Self (archive footage)
St. Martin's Lane
1938
as Liberty
A Yank at Oxford
1938
as Elsa Craddock
Fire Over England
1937
as Cynthia
Dark Journey
1937
as Madeleine Goddard
Storm in a Teacup
1937
as Victoria Gow
The Village Squire
1935
as Rose Venables
Things Are Looking Up
1935
as Unnamed Schoolgirl
Look Up and Laugh
1935
as Marjorie Belfer
Gentlemen's Agreement
1935
as Phil Stanley