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Vivien Leigh Victor Fleming directs Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable on the set of Gone With the Wind, with film crew and equipment visible in the foreground. Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, both in formal evening wear, stand together at the Anna Karenina film premiere, with theater signage visible behind them. Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois and Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski stand close together in an emotional scene from A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951. Gone with the Wind Leigh, Vivien; Brando, Marlon: A Streetcar Named Desire Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, wearing a wide, floral-patterned gown with dark ribbons, seated on brick steps in a dramatic black-and-white scene. Malden, Karl; Leigh, Vivien: A Streetcar Named Desire Gone with the Wind
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Vivien Leigh: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Anne Edwards, Vivien Leigh: A Biography (1977, reprinted 1985); Jesse L. Lasky, Jr., and Pat Silver, Love Scene: The Story of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh (1978, reissued 1981); Alexander Walker, Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh (1987, reissued 1994); Hugo Vickers, Vivien Leigh (1988).

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Article History

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Invalidated site: Golden Globe Awards - Forgotten Hollywood: Vivien Leigh and ?Gone with the Wind? (1939). Oct 12, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 04, 2026
Anniversary information added. Nov 01, 2025
Add new Web site: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia - Vivien Leigh interviewed by Binny Lum, 1961. Mar 21, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - The Film Programme - Vivien Leigh's Wig, The Art of Foley. Dec 09, 2024
Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Vivien Leigh: a star, pure and simple. Oct 22, 2024
Add new Web site: BFI - Remembering Vivien Leigh. Sep 11, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - Vivien Leigh ? a life on screen. May 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Golden Globe Awards - Forgotten Hollywood: Vivien Leigh and ?Gone with the Wind? (1939). May 27, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Hollywood Walk of Fame - Vivien Leigh. Dec 25, 2019
Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Vivien Leigh Facts and Biography. Mar 12, 2019
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Vivien Leigh. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Vivien Leigh. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Vivien Leigh. Apr 22, 2013
Article revised. Apr 19, 2002
Article revised. Jan 22, 2001
Article added to new online database. May 04, 1999
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