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.
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in 'Fire Over England'
by Tunbridge
vintage film still, 1936
NPG x139795
by Yevonde
tri-colour separation negative, 1936
NPG x222907
Vivien Leigh as Cynthia in 'Fire Over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x19527
Laurence Olivier as Michael Ingolby and Vivien Leigh as Cynthia in 'Fire Over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x19528
Vivien Leigh as Cynthia and Laurence Olivier as Michael Ingolby in 'Fire Over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x19529
Laurence Olivier as Michael Ingolby and Vivien Leigh as Cynthia in 'Fire Over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x19530
Vivien Leigh as Cynthia in 'Fire Over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x19531
Laurence Olivier as Michael Ingolby and Vivien Leigh as Cynthia in 'Fire over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x23963
Laurence Olivier as Michael Ingolby and Vivien Leigh as Cynthia in 'Fire Over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x23964
Laurence Olivier as Michael Ingolby and Vivien Leigh as Cynthia in 'Fire over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x23965
Laurence Olivier; Vivien Leigh as Michael Ingolby and Cynthia in 'Fire Over England'
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1936
NPG x24290
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 28 May 1937
NPG x36099
Laurence Olivier as Hamlet and Vivien Leigh as Ophelia in 'Hamlet'
by Unknown photographer
postcard print, 1937
NPG x137983
Laurence Olivier as Hamlet and Vivien Leigh as Ophelia in 'Hamlet'
by Unknown photographer
postcard print, 1937
NPG x137984
Vivien Leigh as Aurora, Goddess of Dawn
by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, 1938
NPG Ax183861
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