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Leigh, Vivien (1913–1967)

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Indian-born British actor Vivien Leigh as she appeared in the classic film Gone With the Wind (1939) in the role of Scarlett O'Hara. The film won ten Academy Awards. This promotional studio picture makes Vivien Leigh look much younger than her actual 26 years. Her lead man, Clark Gable (who played Rhett Butler), was 38 years old at the time.

Indian-born English actor. She won Academy Awards for her performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939) and as Blanche du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951). She was married to Laurence Olivier 1940–60, and starred with him in the play Antony and Cleopatra (1951).

Leigh appeared on the stage in London and New York. Her other films include Lady Hamilton (1941), Anna Karenina (1948), and Ship of Fools (1965).



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But Vivien Leigh ruled the movie columns as writers like Louella Parsons wondered why an English actress would play a Southern Belle when there were plenty of REAL Southern Belles around, including Alabama's Tallulah Bankhead, voted third choice for Scarlett by school groups, behind Bette Davis and Hepburn.
The show - based on the 1939 movie starring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh which won 10 Oscars - was slaughtered by the critics.
CAPTION(S): STAGE STAR: Darius in Chicago; CLASSIC: Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in the movie ULI WEBER/PA
 
 
 
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