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Vivien Leigh

Vivien LeighAKA Vivian Mary Hartley

Born: 5-Nov-1913
Birthplace: Darjeeling, India
Died: 8-Jul-1967
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: Tuberculosis
Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered at Tickerage Mill, Sussex, England)

Gender: Female
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Gone With The Wind

Husband: Herbert Leigh Holman (m. 20-Dec-1932, div. Feb-1940, one daughter)
Daughter: Suzanne (b. 12-Oct-1933)
Husband: Laurence Olivier (m. 31-Aug-1940, div. 2-Dec-1960)
Boyfriend: Peter Finch (1948-53)
Boyfriend: John Buckmaster
Boyfriend: John Merivale (actor, cohabited 1958-67)

    High School: Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton, England

    Oscar for Best Actress 1940 for Gone with the Wind
    Oscar for Best Actress 1952 for A Streetcar Named Desire
    Tony 1963 for Tovarich
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6773 Hollywood Blvd.
    Nervous Breakdown
    Shock Treatment
    Irish Ancestry
    French Ancestry
    Risk Factors: Bipolar Disorder, Smoking, Insomnia, Aviophobia

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood (16-Sep-2017) · Herself
    Ship of Fools (29-Jul-1965) · Mary Treadwell
    The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (28-Dec-1961) · Karen Stone
    The Deep Blue Sea (13-Oct-1955)
    A Streetcar Named Desire (18-Sep-1951) · Blanche
    Anna Karenina (22-Jan-1948) · Anna Karenina
    Caesar and Cleopatra (11-Dec-1945) · Cleopatra
    That Hamilton Woman (3-Apr-1941) · Emma Lady Hamilton
    Waterloo Bridge (17-May-1940) · Myra
    21 Days (7-Jan-1940)
    Gone with the Wind (15-Dec-1939) · Scarlett O'Hara
    Sidewalks of London (18-Oct-1938) · Libby
    A Yank at Oxford (18-Feb-1938) · Elsa Craddock
    Storm in a Teacup (25-Feb-1937) · Victoria
    Dark Journey (30-Jan-1937) · Madeleine
    Fire Over England (8-Jan-1937) · Cynthia


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