Portrait of Vivien Leigh

Acting

Vivien Leigh

Career

Active from 1935 to 2014, with a break from 1967 to 1987, busiest in 1935 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles
22
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire
GoodWatch score89/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1952 · Won · 24th Academy Awards

    A Streetcar Named Desire

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Actress in a Leading Role

    1940 · Won · 12th Academy Awards

    Gone with the Wind

    Source: Wikidata

Characters

1

The characters Vivien Leigh played, best-known titles first.

Character images: TheTVDB

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 5.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Vivien Leigh Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.9, average 5.4
  • Crime
    2.2, average 3.5
  • Uncanny
    1.2, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Political Intrigue 4
  • Melancholy 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Romance 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • 1930s 2
  • Tragic Love Story 2
  • British Cinema 2
  • Class Conflict 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

33
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year
1939: Secrets of Hollywood's Golden Year (2023)

TV show

2010s

1 title
The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour
The Selznick Studios Retrospective Backlot Tour (2014)

as (in "Gone with the Wind") (archive footage)

2000s

1 title
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Restoring a Legend: Gone with the Wind (2004)

as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (archive footage)

1990s

1 title · average score 87
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 87

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1980s

2 titles
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (1986)

as archive footage

1970s

1 title · average score 70
That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
GoodWatch score 70

as (archive footage)

1960s

5 titles · average score 49
Ivanov
Ivanov (1966)

as Anna Petrovna

Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools (1965)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mary Treadwell

Tovarich
Tovarich (1963)

as Tatiana

Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra (1962)

as Cleopatra

The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
GoodWatch score 31

as Karen Stone

1950s

5 titles · average score 70
The Skin of Our Teeth
The Skin of Our Teeth (1959)

as Lily Sabina

The Deep Blue Sea
The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
GoodWatch score 63

as Hester Collyer

Elephant Walk
Elephant Walk (1954)
GoodWatch score 59

as Ruth Wiley (Wide shots) (Uncredited)

A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
GoodWatch score 89

as Blanche DuBois

Rebecca
Rebecca (1950)

as Mrs. de winter

1940s

6 titles · average score 70
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina (1948)
GoodWatch score 63

as Anna Karenina

Caesar and Cleopatra
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945)
GoodWatch score 69

as Cleopatra

That Hamilton Woman
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
GoodWatch score 87

as Emma, Lady Hamilton

Waterloo Bridge
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
GoodWatch score 77

as Myra

21 Days
21 Days (1940)
GoodWatch score 56

as Wanda

Private Lives
Private Lives (1940)

as Amanda Prynne

1930s

10 titles · average score 66
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

as Scarlett O'Hara

St. Martin's Lane
St. Martin's Lane (1938)
GoodWatch score 68

as Liberty

A Yank at Oxford
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
GoodWatch score 61

as Elsa Craddock

Storm in a Teacup
Storm in a Teacup (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

as Victoria Gow

Dark Journey
Dark Journey (1937)
GoodWatch score 57

as Madeleine Goddard

Fire Over England
Fire Over England (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

as Cynthia

Look Up and Laugh
Look Up and Laugh (1935)

as Marjorie Belfer

Things Are Looking Up
Things Are Looking Up (1935)

as Unnamed Schoolgirl

Gentlemen's Agreement
Gentlemen's Agreement (1935)

as Phil Stanley

The Village Squire
The Village Squire (1935)

as Rose Venables