Vivien Leigh
British actress
Vivien Leigh, styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice, for her definitive performances as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind and Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar Named Desire, a role she had also played on stage in London's West End in 1949.Wikipedia
Born | November 5, 1913 |
Hometown | Darjeeling, India |
Net worth | $10 million |
Height | 5'3" (1.60m) |
Spouse | Laurence Olivier (m 1940 - 1960) , Herbert Leigh Holman (m 1932 - 1940) |
Partner | John Merivale (1960 - 1967) |
Children | Suzanne Farrington |
Parents | Ernest Hartley |
MOVIES & TV SHOWS
AWARDS
Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
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1953 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | British Actress | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) | Winner |
1952 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) | Nominated |
1952 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) | Winner |
1940 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Gone with the Wind | Winner |