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Vivien Leigh Biography

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  • Birth Name: Vivian Mary Hartley
  • Birth Place: Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/05/1913, Scorpio
  • Date of Death: 07/07/1967
  • Profession: Actor
Vivien Leigh Fast Facts:
  • Attended the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Roehampton, England until the age of thirteen before embarking on a tour of Europe with her parents; the rest of her education consisted of brief stints in finishing schools.
  • Met future husband Laurence Olivier playing Ophelia to his Hamlet in 1937.
  • Said to have predicted of herself and Olivier, "Larry won't play Rhett Butler, but I shall play Scarlett O'Hara. Wait and see."
  • Katharine Hepburn was her maid of honor at her small 1940 wedding to Olivier. 
  • British beauty ironically found her greatest fame and acclaim playing two belles of the American South: Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire.
  • Struggled for decades with bipolar disorder that affected her life both professionally and personally and by the chronic tuberculosis that eventually killed her. 
  • In 1993, her Best Actress Oscar for Gone with the Wind was sold at auction for more than a half million dollars. 
    Vivien Leigh Relationships:
  • Ernest Hartley - Father
  • Gertrude Yackje - Mother
  • Herbert Leigh Holman - Ex-husband
  • Jack Merivale - Significant Other
  • Laurence Olivier - Ex-husband
  • Suzanne Holman Farrington - Daughter

  • Vivien Leigh Awards:
  • 1951 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1952 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama - Nominee
  • 1939 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Winner
  • 1963 Tony: Actress (Musical) - Winner

  • College:
  • Attended Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London, England
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