Vivien Leigh
| Born | November 5, 1913 |
| Hometown | Darjeeling, India |
| Height | 5'3" (1.60m) |
| Spouse | Laurence Olivier, Herbert Leigh Holman |
| Partner | John Merivale |
| Children | Suzanne Farrington |
| Parents | Ernest Richard Hartley |
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Oscar winners Cillian Murphy (‘Oppenheimer’) and Emma Stone (‘Poor Things’) nearly break screen time record
- Since 1940, the record for highest average screen time between same-year lead acting Oscar winners has been held by Robert Donat (“Goodbye, Mr. Chips”) and Vivien Leigh (“Gone with the Wind”), whose mean of one hour, 54 minutes, and 43 seconds will likely never be surpassed. Nonetheless, there is a brand new pair in second …
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On This Day: 25 November 1947
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AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | British Actress | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) | Winner |
| 1952 | British Academy of Film & Television Arts | British Actress | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) | Winner |
| 1952 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) | Nominated |
| 1940 | Golden Globe | Best Performance By an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama | Gone with the Wind (film) | Winner |
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Game show staple 'Jeopardy' uses old clues and returning players to return to the air while honoring the strike.
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Today in History: July 8, The 'Great Grain Robbery'
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Trans actor finds personal connection with Blanche in ‘Streetcar’
When director Jeremy Seghers asked Indigo Leigh to play Blanche DuBois in “A Streetcar Named Desire,” she had an immediate response: “Yes, please, yes.” The character in Tennessee Williams’ 1947 Pulitzer prize-winning play has become iconic through the years, immortalized on screen by Vivian Leigh, who gave an Oscar-winning performance in the 1951 film adaptation. For the Orlando performer, a ...
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The Academy Museum Podcast Season 2 to Explore Casting Stories Behind Vivien Leigh, Joan Fontaine and Noble Johnson (EXCLUSIVE)
The Academy Museum’s podcast will launch its Season 2 with the series “Close Up on Casting” bowing on June 15. In the course of 10 episodes, “Close Up on Casting,” produced in partnership with LAist, will try to answer the Academy’s question: “Who gets the part?” The episode topics will include “The Casting of ‘Rebecca:’ […]
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‘Gone With The Wind’ To Get Trigger Warning For “Hurtful Or Harmful” Aspects Of 19th-Century Slavery
Gone With the Wind will now come with a trigger warning for those affected by descriptions of 19th century slavery in the Deep South. The Daily Telegraph in the UK reports that publisher Pan Macmillan has decided readers could find depictions of the era “hurtful or indeed harmful,” and is adding a warning to new […]
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Gone with the Wind branded ‘harmful’ by its own publisher
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Unseen photo of Duchess of Argyll set to go on display in London
Previously unseen photographs of Princess Alexandra and the Duchess of Argyll are among 25 newly discovered works by Madame Yevonde to be unveiled at the National Portrait Gallery.
