Vivien Leigh / Movie Icons

Vivien Leigh / Movie Icons A documentary research of Vivien Leigh's life and her professional work as an actress.

Happy Birthday, Vivien Leigh!
05/11/2021

Happy Birthday, Vivien Leigh!

"Thank God for her. We were wonderfully lucky who knew her and her love. It was worth a thousand times the misery of the...
07/07/2021

"Thank God for her. We were wonderfully lucky who knew her and her love. It was worth a thousand times the misery of the present - if that's calculable. Love, Jack" (Jack Merivale to Radie Harris, 20 July 1967)

Vivien Leigh in 1966

“She is a far greater actress than many people are ready to admit." (Robert Helpmann in 1961)Vivien Leigh and Jack Meriv...
07/07/2021

“She is a far greater actress than many people are ready to admit." (Robert Helpmann in 1961)

Vivien Leigh and Jack Merivale in The Lady of the Camellias (1961-62), photo by Anthony Buckley.

“In any event she showed a great improvement over anything she had done before.” (W.A. Darlington)
07/07/2021

“In any event she showed a great improvement over anything she had done before.” (W.A. Darlington)

“She has the three essentials for a great actress: Outstanding beauty and more intelligence and imagination than the oth...
07/07/2021

“She has the three essentials for a great actress: Outstanding beauty and more intelligence and imagination than the others. While she may not have natural rhythm, she makes up for it with tremendous imagination. Her performances are always stimulating." (James Mason, 1952)

Vivien Leigh by Angus McBean,1949

“She is one of those very rare extremely beautiful creatures who are ambitious enough to become great actresses. Like al...
07/07/2021

“She is one of those very rare extremely beautiful creatures who are ambitious enough to become great actresses. Like all good workers, she is easy to work with. I admire Vivien Leigh as much because she need not be a great actress – with her beauty as I do – because she is great.” (Charles Laughton on Vivien Leigh, 1940)

Vivien Leigh (5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967)“The passport to immortality demands more than a captivating freakishness; ...
07/07/2021

Vivien Leigh (5 November 1913 – 8 July 1967)

“The passport to immortality demands more than a captivating freakishness; it insists upon the beauty that holds Time captive...” (James Agate)

Photo by Angus McBean, 1965

International Cat Day 2021Vivien Leigh with her beloved Poo Jones, 1960
01/03/2021

International Cat Day 2021

Vivien Leigh with her beloved Poo Jones, 1960

Costume design by Carl Toms for Vivien Leigh as Marguerite in the play The Lady of the Camellias, Old Vic tour of Austra...
26/02/2021

Costume design by Carl Toms for Vivien Leigh as Marguerite in the play The Lady of the Camellias, Old Vic tour of Australia, New Zealand and South America, 1961-62. (V&A archive)

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