Vivien Leigh's biography

Vivian Mary Hartley is 54 years old film actor born at Darjeeling, India. Vivien was born on Wednesday 5th of November 1913. She is often nicknamed as Viv, V, Vivling, Vivian Hartley, Vivien Hartley, Vivian Mary Hartley, Lady Olivier, Vivien Leigh. According to year of birth 1913 she belongs to Greatest Generation. Birthday on 5th of November means Vivien is Scorpio. Scorpio is a watery sign. These people are very intense in their thoughts. They always learn from the transformatory phase of their life.She was married 2 times.

She is native english speaker. Vivien is white british. Vivien is citizen of United Kingdom. She is roman catholic. Vivien´s primary profession is to be film actor. You can know Vivien also as stage actor. She is recently known as actor. Vivien received Academy Award for Best Actress Gone with the Wind in 1939

Vivien Leigh's dad

Vivien Leigh's father's name is Ernest Hartley.

Vivien Leigh's family

Vivien Leigh's ex husbands

Laurence Olivier

Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier have been together since 1940 for 20 years. He is known as film actor. Her ex husband was born on Wednesday 22nd of May 1907 in Dorking. Her ex husband died on Tuesday 11th of July 1989 in West Sussex. Laurence Olivier was 76 years old, when this happened.

Herbert Leigh Holman

Vivien Leigh and Herbert Leigh Holman have been together since 1932 for 8 years.

Vivien has 1 daughter.

Vivien Leigh's daughter: Suzanne Farrington

Vivien Leigh's daughter's name is Suzanne Farrington. She is known as actor. Vivien´s daughter was born on Thursday 12th of October 1933 in London. Her daughter died on Sunday 1st of March 2015 in Zeals. Suzanne Farrington was 102 years old, when this happened.

Vivien Leigh's schools

We found 3 schools Vivien attended. Complete list of schools: Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Woldingham School, Loreto Convent.

Detailed informations about her schools

Vivien studied high school - Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton, England.

She studied university - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (King`s College London).

Vivien Leigh's career

Her main focus is to be film actor. Vivien is famous thanks to Gone With The Wind. You could see Vivien also in Gone with the Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire.

Is Vivien Leigh gay ?

She is known to be straight.

Vivien Leigh's boyfriend

John Merivale

Vivien Leigh and John Merivale have been together since 1960 for 7 years. He is known as stage actor. Her boyfriend was born on Saturday 1st of December 1917 in Toronto. Her boyfriend died on Tuesday 6th of February 1990 in London. John Merivale was 77 years old, when this happened.

How did Vivien Leigh die

She died on on Saturday 8th of July 1967 when he was 54 years old at Eaton Square. Vivien Leighs death was caused by tuberculosis. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Vivien Leigh's Awards

Won Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Actress (Musical) for "Tovarich".
She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6773 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
Was the first British actress to receive an Academy Award. She won the Best Actress Oscar for Gone with the Wind (1939) in February 1940.
For her performance as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), she won the first British Academy Award for Best Actress at the newly inaugurated BAFTA Awards ceremony in 1953.
Was the 14th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Gone with the Wind (1939) at The 12th Academy Awards on February 29, 1940.
Vivian won the Tony Award for her work in the Broadway musical "Tovarich" (1963).

Vivien Leigh's Rankings

Ranked #48 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
Her performance as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) is ranked #3 on Premiere magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

Vivien Leigh's Nominations

Vivien was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress
She was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actress

What else you don't know about Vivien Leigh ?

Her middle name is Mary. Vivien likes to spend time in: France.

What Vivien Leigh has done for a first time

The producer of the 1935 play "The Mask of Virtue" suggested to her that she change the 'a' in her first name to an 'e' from "Vivian" to "Vivien".
She took her then husband's first name (Leigh) as her last name when she began acting professionally.
Was the first British actress to receive an Academy Award. She won the Best Actress Oscar for Gone with the Wind (1939) in February 1940.
For her performance as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), she won the first British Academy Award for Best Actress at the newly inaugurated BAFTA Awards ceremony in 1953.
Gave birth to her only child at age 19, a daughter named Suzanne Mary Holman (aka Suzanne Farrington) on October 10, 1933 in a London nursing home. Child's father is her first ex-husband, Herbert Holman.
Starred in three Oscar Best Picture nominees: Gone with the Wind (1939), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and Ship of Fools (1965). The first of these was a winner in the category.

Vivien Leigh's quotes

[to critics about her reviews for "The Mask of Virtue" (1935), her second play on the London stage] It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.
Some critics saw fit to say that I was a great actress. I thought that was a foolish, wicked thing to say because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry.
[when asked to take over Joan Crawford's role in Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)] No, thank you. I can just about stand looking at Joan Crawford's face at six o'clock in the morning, but not Bette Davis'.
[on Alexander Korda] Alex was like a father to us - we went to see him with every little problem we had. We usually left convinced that he had solved it - or that we'd got our own way.
All day long you're really leading up to the evening's performance. To time everything correctly, you have to take care of yourself - which is a very difficult thing to do, because it's highly emotional
Am I finished with Hollywood? Good heavens, no! I shall certainly go back there if there is a film to make.
Actresses go on for a long time and there are always marvelous parts to play.
[on Warren Beatty] He has the kind of magnetic sensuality you could light torches with.
I'm not a film star; I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.
Most of us have compromised with life. Those who fight for what they want will always thrill us.
I cannot let well enough alone. I get restless. I have to be doing different things. I am a very impatient person and headstrong. If I've made up my mind to do something, I can't be persuaded out of it.
Comedy is much more difficult than tragedy - and a much better training, I think. It's much easier to make people cry than to make them laugh.
I didn't change my characterization [of Scarlett]. I just had to get used to working with different directors, but my characterization is my characterization, and I wouldn't change it for anyone.
I did meet Norma Shearer, and she was very gracious. Even before I met her, she sent me a wire congratulating me on being chosen for the role of Scarlett.

Vivien Leigh's height, weight, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Vivien Leigh looks. We will focus on Vivien´s height, weight, body shape, eye color and hair color. Vivien is tall as 5' 3" (160 cm). Vivien weights 119lbs (54 kg). Body build is slim. Vivien´s eyes are tinted green. Vivien´s hair is shade of brown - dark.

Vivien Leigh