Vivien Leigh (Leigh) (real name – Vivian, Mary Hartley; Hartley) (05.11.1913 – 08.07.1967), English actress.
She was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (London). Since 1934 he starred in the movies, in 1935 made her debut in London's Kew.
Also play in other theaters of London, including in the "Old Vic". Among the best roles – Titania (Midsummer Night's Dream "by Shakespeare), Jennifer Dyubeda (" Doctor's Dilemma, Shaw), Sabine ("On the brink of death" Wilder), Antigone (Antigone Anuya), Blanche ("Streetcar, called Desire, Tennessee Williams, performed the same role in the film, 1951), Paola ("Duel of Angels" Fry).
In 1955 the stage Shakespeare Memorial Theatre played Viola, Lady Macbeth, Lavinia ("Twelfth Night", "Macbeth," "Titus Andronicus" Shakespeare).
The most significant role in the movie: Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With the Wind ", 1939), Myra (" Waterloo Bridge ", 1940), Lady Hamilton (" Hamilton ", 1941), Anna (Anna Karenina, 1948), Mary Tredvell ("Ship of fools", 1964).
I have to create complicated and contradictory nature, are disclosed in the dramatic collision with harsh reality.
Lit.: Scrap V., Vivien Leigh, MA, 1963; Barker F., The Oliviers, a biography, L., 1953.