Vivien Leigh
(1913-1967), ActressSitter associated with 144 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 Bertram Park
chlorobromide print, 16 July 1935
NPG P140(35)
by Madame Yevonde
colour dye transfer print, 1936
NPG P742
by Angus McBean, by John Vickers
bromide print, 1938
NPG P901
Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois in 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
by Angus McBean
bromide print, October 1949
NPG P902
Laurence Olivier; Vivien Leigh
by Yousuf Karsh
bromide print, 1954
NPG P490(60)
by Unknown photographer, for London Film Productions
hand-coloured bromide cigarette card, circa mid 1930s
NPG x196484
Dame (Esmerelda) Cicely Courtneidge and Vivien Leigh on the set of 'Things Are Looking Up'
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 24 August 1934
NPG x135030
Dame (Esmerelda) Cicely Courtneidge and Vivien Leigh on the set of 'Things Are Looking Up'
by George Woodbine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 24 August 1934
NPG x135031
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate negative, 16 May 1935
NPG x19227
Suzanne Mary Farrington (née Holman); Vivien Leigh
by Edward Malindine, for Daily Herald
modern bromide print from original negative, 16 May 1935
NPG x200010
by Bertram Park
gelatin silver print, 16 July 1935
NPG x199907
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 April 1935
NPG x19224
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 April 1935
NPG x19225
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 April 1935
NPG x19226
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate film negative, 16 April 1935
NPG x19228
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