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Vivien Leigh in 'Heartbreak House'

11 of 18 portraits on display in Room 44, Bookshop Gallery at the National Portrait Gallery

Vivien Leigh in 'Heartbreak House', by Fred Daniels, mid 1940s - NPG - © Estate of Fred Daniels / National Portrait Gallery, London

© Estate of Fred Daniels / National Portrait Gallery, London

Vivien Leigh in 'Heartbreak House'

by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, mid 1940s
10 7/8in. x 8 3/8in. (275 mm x 212 mm)
Purchased, 1989
Photographs Collection
NPG x32907


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  • Vivien Leigh (1913-1967), Actress. Sitter associated with 70 portraits.

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  • Fred Daniels (1892-1959). Artist of 67 portraits, Sitter in 1 portrait.

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Shown here in George Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House, Leigh's many later successes included stage and screen portrayals of Blanche du Bois in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).

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