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Vivien Leigh (/ l iː / LEE; born Vivian Mary Hartley; 5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967), styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared in small roles in four films in 1935 and progressed to the role of heroine in Fire Over England (1937).
Fifty years since the actress' premature death from tuberculosis at the age of 53 on July 8, 1967 — thanks to an extraordinary trove of some 10,000 documents obtained by London's Victoria and ...
Suzanne Farrington (née Holman; 12 October 1933 – 1 March 2015) was the only child of British actress Vivien Leigh and her first husband, Herbert Leigh Holman. Upon her mother's death, Farrington was bequeathed her mother's papers, including her letters, photographs, contracts and diaries.
During the shooting, Leigh's name was first changed to "Jeanette Reames", then to "Janet Leigh" and finally back to her birth name "Jeanette Morrison", as the studio felt "Janet Leigh" might cause confusion with actress Vivien Leigh. [20] However, Johnson did not like the name and it was ultimately changed back to "Janet Leigh" (pronounced "Lee").
Actress Vivien Leigh won two Oscars, and one, for “A Streetcar Named Desire,” was stolen from her home in 1951. ... Joan Crawford’s best actress award, for the 1945 film “Mildred Pierce ...
Vivien Eng died in a fire in Hell's Kitchen apartment fire after actor Dylan Baker tried to rescue her. Broadway actress dies in apartment fire after 'Good Wife' star's attempted rescue Skip to ...
Vivien Leigh in 1948 Vivien Leigh and Marlon Brando in the 1951 film A Streetcar Named Desire. British actress Vivien Leigh (1913–1967) was born in Darjeeling, India; her family returned to England when she was six years old.
Vivien Leigh, English actress and second wife of Laurence Olivier [31] Oscar Levant, American pianist, composer, television and film personality [32] Carmen Miranda, Luso-Brazilian Singer, dancer, actress [citation needed] Michael Moriarty, American actor [33] Robbie Muir, Australian rules football player - when aged seven. [34]