Before starring in Gone With The Wind , Vivien Leigh, both Vivian Mary Hartley, had already established a reputation as a great actress on the British stage and screen. Gone With The Wind was the role that would make her an international star.

Other films she made since Gone With The Wind include Waterloo Bridge (1940), A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), and Ship of Fools (1965).

Vivien would win two Academy Awards during her career - both for Best Actress. Her first one was for Gone With The Wind and her second one was for A Streetcar Named Desire .

Vivien was born a British father and Irish mother in India on November 5, 1913. She died on July 7, 1967 as a result of tuberculosis. She suffered manic depressive disorder all her life and at one time recieved shock treatments. Near the end of her life, her manic depressive disorder landed her in a nursing home.

Vivien would marry twice. She married Leigh Holman and then married Sir Laurence Olivier, whom she considered the love of her life. When Vivien had to be admitted to a nursing home, Olivier often visited her.

 

Wrote by Shannon