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 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 |
| Height | 5'3" (1.60m) |
| Spouse | Laurence Olivier, Herbert Leigh Holman |
| Partner | John Merivale |
| Children | Suzanne Farrington |
| Parents | Ernest Richard Hartley |
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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