Vivian Mary Hartley, later known as Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier was a British stage and film actress. She won two Best Actress Academy Awards for her performances as southern belles: 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. She won a Tony Award for her work in the Broadway version of Tovarich.
After an education in drama school, Leigh appeared in small roles in four f...
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