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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).
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.
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.
Producer Alexander Korda intended 21 Days as a star vehicle for Vivien Leigh, but his constant interference caused great problems on the set. He rearranged shooting schedules and added a sequence, and director Basil Dean reportedly never viewed a rough cut or the finished product.
Anna Karenina is a 1948 British film based on the 1877 novel of the same title by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy.. The film was directed by Julien Duvivier, and starred Vivien Leigh in the title role.
Stars Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier were newlyweds at the time of filming and were considered a "dream couple". The film's tagline was The Year's Most Exciting Team of Screen Lovers! [14] That Hamilton Woman is the last of three films they made together and their only film as a married couple.
A Yank at Oxford is a 1938 comedy-drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Robert Taylor, Lionel Barrymore, Maureen O'Sullivan, Vivien Leigh and Edmund Gwenn.The screenplay was written by John Monk Saunders and Leon Gordon.
During the shoot, Vivien Leigh, who was pregnant, tripped and suffered a miscarriage. The incident triggered Leigh's manic depression, leading to her emotional breakdown, and halted production for five weeks. [1] The film was described as a "box office stinker" at the time and almost ended Pascal's career.