Vivien Leigh
| First Name | Vivien |
| Last Name | Leigh |
| Full Name at Birth | Vivian Mary Hartley |
| Other Names | VivVVivling |
| Age | 53 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | November 5, 1913 |
| Birthplace | Darjeeling, India |
| Date of Death | July 8, 1967 |
| Location of Death | London, England, UK |
| Cause of Death | Tuberculosis |
| Height | 5' 3½" (161 cm) |
| Weight (lb) | 117 |
| Build | Slim |
| Eye Color | Green |
| Hair Color | Brown - Dark |
| Distinctive Features | Her green eyesHer hair.Her beautiful face.Her beautiful body.Cat like smileRaised right eyebrow |
| Star Sign | Scorpio |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | English |
| High School | Convent of the Sacred Heart, Roehampton, England |
| University | Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (King`s College London) |
| Occupation Category | Actress |
| Claim to Fame | Gone With The Wind |
| Measurements (inches) | 32A-23-33 |
| Father | Ernest Hartley (banker and horse trainer for the Indian army in WWI) |
| Mother | Gertrude Yackjee (Irish) |
| Friends | Rachel Kempson (the mother of Oscar-winning actress Vanessa Redgrave), Kay Kendall, Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, David Niven, Sir John Gielgud, Lauren Bacall, Humphrey Bogart, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Sunny Alexander, Bobby Helpmann, Noel Coward, Maureen O'Sullivan, Tennessee Williams |
| Pets | Jupiter (Dog) [1940]Sebastian (Dog)Siamese cats (Cat)New Boy (Cat - Siamese, given to her by Laurence Olivier)Poo Jones (Cat - Siamese)Tissy (Cat - Tabby cat, stray cat until Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier found it)Armando (Cat - Siamese cat)Nicholas (Cat)Christmas (Cat)Snow (Cat)Cleopatra (cow)Sabina (cow) |
| Favorite People | Charles Dickens (Author) |
| Favorite Places | France |
| Favorite Foods | French Cuisine |
| Favorite Colors | Green, Red, White, Blue |
Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 – 7 July 1967) was an English actress. She won two Best Actress Academy Awards for playing "southern belles": Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she also played on stage in London's West End.
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Filmography
Selected Vivien Leigh film and TV show credits:
Acting Credits
1955
ITV Play of the Week
Sabina
1935
Gentlemen's Agreement
Phil Stanley
1935
The Village Squire
Rose Venables
1935
Things Are Looking Up
Schoolgirl
Soundtrack Credits
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