Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh

British actress (1913–1967)

Vivian Mary Olivier, known professionally as Vivien Leigh and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh performed on stage before receiving small roles in four films in 1935, eventually progressing to the role of heroine in Fire Over England (1937). She went on to win 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 adaptation of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had played on stage in London's West End in 1949. For the latter role, she also won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, and later won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 19 films (1937–1965) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 3 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1965 Ship Of Fools. Columbia Pictures Corp. 149 min 35mm B&W sound
1961 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone Jose Quintero 104 min Color
1955 The Deep, Blue Sea. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 99 min. 35mm Color sound
1951 A Streetcar Named Desire Culver City 125 min 16mm B&W sound
1951 A Streetcar named Desire united artists 122 mi 16mm B&W sound
1948 Anna Karenina Julien Duvivier 139 min B&W
1946 Caesar And Cleopatra. Gabriel Pascal 14 reels 35mm Color sound
1940 21 Days Basil Dean 72 min B&W
1940 Sidewalks Of London. Tim Whelan 9 reels B&W
1940 Waterloo Bridge. Mervyn LeRoy 11 reels. B&W sound
1939 [Gone with the wind--soundtrack excerpt] producer, David O. Selznick ; director, Victor Fleming. 3 16mm sound
1939 Gone with the wind MGM/UA 222 mi 16mm Color sound
1939 Gone With The Wind. Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming 26 reels Color sound
1938 A YANK AT OXFORD. Loew's Inc. 11 reels. B&W
1938 St. Martin's Lane Tim Whelan
1937 DARK JOURNEY. London Films Prods. Ltd. 8 reels B&W
1937 Fire Over England Culver City 91 min 16mm sound
1937 FIRE OVER ENGLAND. London Film Productions Ltd. 10 reels B&W
1937 STORM IN A TEACUP. London Film Productions Ltd. 9 reels B&W