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 John Vickers
vintage bromide print, 1938
NPG Ax183862
Maureen O'Sullivan; Robert Taylor; Vivien Leigh in 'A Yank at Oxford'
by Unknown photographer
modern bromide print from original negative, 1938
NPG x139687
Vivien Leigh; Maureen O'Sullivan in 'A Yank at Oxford'
by Unknown photographer
modern bromide print from original negative, 1938
NPG x139688
Vivien Leigh as Libby in 'St Martin's Lane'
by Unknown photographer
vintage film still, 1938
NPG x139796
Vivien Leigh as Libby and Charles Laughton as Charles Staggers in 'St Martin's Lane'
by Unknown photographer
vintage film still, 1938
NPG x139797
by Unknown photographer, after Baroness Catherine d'Erlanger
gelatin silver print, 1938-1959
NPG Ax105811
Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone with the Wind'
by Clarence Sinclair Bull
modern bromide print, 1939
NPG x35326
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone With The Wind'
by Unknown photographer
modern print from transparency, 1939
NPG x137776
Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in 'Gone With The Wind'
by Unknown photographer, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 1939
NPG x200577
Vivien Leigh; Laurence Olivier
by James Abbe Jr
toned vintage bromide print, 1939
On display in Room 27 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG x88923
by Gordon Anthony
modern bromide print from original negative, 1940
NPG x44747
Vivien Leigh as Myra and Robert Taylor as Roy Cronin in 'Waterloo Bridge'
possibly by Robert Coburn
vintage film still, 1940
NPG x139798
Vivien Leigh as Myra and Robert Taylor as Roy Cronin in 'Waterloo Bridge'
possibly by Robert Coburn
vintage film still, 1940
NPG x139799
Laurence Olivier; Vivien Leigh
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, 1940
NPG x194360
by Unknown photographer
bromide cigarette card, 1940s
NPG x196483
Vivien Leigh in 'Waterloo Bridge'
by Laszlo Willinger
gelatin silver print, 1940
NPG x201538
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Vivien Leigh as Lady Hamilton in 'That Hamilton Woman'
by Robert Coburn, or by Laszlo Willinger
bromide print, 1941
NPG x128515
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1941
NPG x32907
by Fred Daniels
cream-toned vintage bromide print, 1941
NPG x32908
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