Vivien Leigh

Acting

Born: 1913-11-05 · Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India [now West Bengal, India]

Vivien Leigh (born November 5, 1913, Darjeeling, India—died July 8, 1967, London, England) was an English actress renowned for her roles in Hollywood and British theater. She won two Academy Awards for Best Actress, portraying Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Stre…