Vivien Leigh
(1913-1967), ActressSitter associated with 147 portraits
Born Vivian Hartley in Darjeeling, India, and educated in England and on the Continent, Leigh made her British film debut in Things Are Looking Up (1934). Her appearance opposite Laurence Olivier in Fire Over England (1937) led to a well-publicised romance. A household name following her Oscar-winning role as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), Leigh's marriage to Olivier in 1940 placed her at the centre of British theatre.
by Keystone Press Agency Ltd
bromide print, 27 September 1941
NPG x36100
by Unknown photographer
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 29 October 1941
NPG x137589
Vivien Leigh; Laurence Olivier in 'That Hamilton Woman'
by Robert Coburn
modern bromide print from original negative, 1941
NPG x139689
Vivien Leigh in 'That Hamilton Woman'
by Robert Coburn
modern bromide print from original negative, 1941
NPG x139690
Vivien Leigh; Laurence Olivier
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1942
NPG x180373
Vivien Leigh as Lady Teazle and Cyril Francis Maude as Sir Peter in 'The School for Scandal'
by Lenare
paper negative, 24 April 1942
NPG x896
Vivien Leigh as Lady Teazle in 'The School for Scandal'
by Lenare
paper negative, 24 April 1942
NPG x898
Vivien Leigh as Lady Teazle and Cyril Francis Maude as Sir Peter in 'The School for Scandal'
by Lenare
paper negative, 24 April 1942
NPG x902
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1942
NPG x180377
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate glass negative, 1942
NPG x180376
by Paul Tanqueray
half-plate copy film negative, 1942
NPG x180375
Vivien Leigh and two unknown men
by Tim Gidal
bromide fibre print, 1943
NPG x138998
Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra on the set of 'Caesar and Cleopatra'
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 17 October 1944
NPG x14129
Gabriel Pascal; Basil Sydney; Stewart Granger; Vivien Leigh
by (Edward) Russell Westwood
bromide print, 1945
NPG x35607
Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra; Claude Rains as Julius Caesar in 'Caesar and Cleopatra'
by Wilfrid Newton
vintage film still, 1945
NPG x137519
Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra; Flora Robson as Ftatateeta in 'Caesar and Cleopatra'
by Wilfrid Newton
vintage film still, 1945
NPG x137520
Vivien Leigh as Cleopatra; Flora Robson as Ftatateeta in 'Caesar and Cleopatra'
by Wilfrid Newton
vintage film still, 1945
NPG x137521
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