The Vivien Leigh Archive 

She's on the screen for about four hours straight in "Gone with the Wind" and you never get tired of looking at her.

Vivien Leigh didn't act; she became her characters.

Should have won the Oscar for every movie she made.

NO ONE WAS HER EQUAL. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE. THE VIVACIOUS EXQUISITE BEAUTY PRESENCE AND GRACE SET HER APART. HER ILLNESS NEVER DIMINISHED HER TALENT . ABSOLUTELY ADORED HER .

She was my grandma's favorite actress. And now she's mine.

There will never be another one like her.

I believe she won the role of Scarlett because she had a beauty that was not only pretty, but cute. She smiled and all that you hated about her melted away. If any other actress played that role they would have been hated all thru the film. She was and will always be the best.

Unforgettable and unique as an actress. In Russia we had a film critic, who wrote a book about her, they were corresponding. In his book you could see a sequence of her close ups from Waterloo Bridge, when she all of a sudden recognizes her beloved one at the railway station. The way she expresses her emotions just with her eyes is unsurpassed. I admire Vivien Leigh. She is wonderful in all her films.

She was beautiful..but beautiful in a natural way.. I think she was most beautiful when she smiled

In the garden along the River Avon behind the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, there is a small stone memorial to Vivien Leigh. By it, stands a glass jar with a fresh red rose in water. It is changed regularly....... by someone.

Vivien Leigh is an incomparable talent. There has never been and will never be an actress like her. So much beauty and skill wrapped up in a tiny frame!

In every sense, there is this scale and enormity about her. So beautiful, so smart, so talented, so ambitious, so amorous, so loving, so difficult, so possessive, so carnal, so fun, so determined, so poised, so wicked, so charmed, so honoured and respected, but so troubled, so (ultimately) unwell. It’s strange how naturally you, as the viewer, can suspend disbelief and see Scarlett O’hara, Cleopatra, Blanche DuBois. Most people don’t have that kind of presence.

Vivien Leigh, the best actress and the most beautiful in history! What a very brave woman! Always in my Heart!

She was stunningly gorgeous and brilliant. Superb actress. A true star.

When I saw Gone with the wind, for the first time...I was in a sort of trance of this movie..her face expressed every feeling in her. I think of all Stars ever and whatever nationality..she was the best actress I have ever seen on a screen Just Amazing

This was a really good mini doc. VL was beautiful in an "other worldly" sort of way.

She seems so modern, even then. She could totally fit in today.

This was a great but short documentary. Very interesting interviews and pictures. Vivien Leigh is one of my favorite actresses. Great beauty but also GREAT talent. She DOES remind me of a cat with her unusually green eyes and strange, catlike smile. It's too bad she didn't make more color films;only 4.She always looked so elegant and classy too.

As Blanche would say, "I Have Always Depended On The Kindness Of Strangers"..........Brilliant

she said that "Waterloo Bridge" was her favorite film. it was probably a relief after a huge project like "Gone With The Wind."

Leigh was the greatest British actor. Her favorite film was WATERLOO BRIDGE.

I love her. She was a brilliant actress. Her performance as Blanche was amazing.

This is a treasure!!! There is new insight here.Thank you.

My all-time favorite actress....

I was thrilled to find a two display cases from these wonderful archives when I was in London in 2017. The items from Streetcar were especially interesting to me as I love Tennessee Williams and Leigh's two roles in two of his major film versions. The V&A is AMAZING!

BRAVO!!!BRAVISSIMO!!!! VIVA VIVIEN LEIGH!!!! Thank You so much for this fantastic documentary on the great LEIGH who gave the GREATEST performance ever captured on film as Scarlett O'Hara. "She was born so Scarlett O'Hara could LIVE ". I believe Olivier was the worst decision she ever made. He was a pompous overactor who was jealous of her natural gifts born with on film, and likely to have a sadistic pleasure in making her feel inferior as an artist. Gorgeous women have ALWAYS been felt as lacking true talent in show business, and were humiliated and exploited. Just look what the great "Gentleman",Larry said about the great Hollywood Icon MARYLIN MONROE on his film "The Prince and the Showgirl", it's on RU-vid and note the sadistic pleasure in exploiting MARILYN he gets talking to a journalist. Absolutely devastating. Many decades ago, I met Karl Malden at a party in New York City and told him my parents spent their honeymoon in New York City in 1947 and saw him in Streetcar named desire on Broadway, he smiled and said: "Did they NOTICE me?"hahaha... I told him my parents loved him and felt more pain for HIM than Blanche!!! The Broadway Blanche was also British JESSICA TANDY, I asked him about Marlon Brando and LEIGH... About her he said: "She was a genius as Blanche, I was in awe of her and couldn't believe I was acting with Scarlett O'Hara!!!". I have always believed Williams created Blanche from Scarlett...and so brilliantly done! Vivien Leigh brought that English European Elegance to both characters, something the American actresses who auditioned for the coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara didn't naturally have, I'm sure DAVID Selznick loved it in casting her.

A great documentary on Viv and the archives of her extraordinary life. The great beauty and talent.

Thank you for this short but beautiful overview of Vivian's life. I especially enjoyed Claire Bloom's comments.

First time I ever saw her was in gwtw in 2011. She had a Talent and beauty combination that was so unique.

Brilliant woman- classy talented and unique- her roles have given me an insight to myself and this has been with me always, love you 💗💓❤💕💐

So brilliantly put together. She was astonishing actress.

Vivien Leigh was the greatest Actress to ever lived bar none.

My absolutely favourite actress of all time. Love Vivien!

6:39 It truly was “an incredible ordeal, the filming of [Gone with the Wind].” Not only was Vivian Leigh in almost every single scene of the film, not only was the script changed almost daily, not only did she have to wear the heavy and confining clothes of the day in the heat, but she had to do it all under the incredibly bright and hot lighting for Technicolor filming that the camera technician described as working in Death Valley. The director, Victor Fleming, deliberately goaded her and angered her throughout the filming process. She apparently chain smoked between scenes to deal with the stress. And to top it off, she wasn’t allowed by the studio to see her partner, Laurence Olivier, at her house-iirc she saw him rarely or never-during the filming. They had guards placed around her residence so her married partner could not come to see her (also married) and cause a scandal, because the studio wanted to tightly control her public image. It was a terrible ordeal, and she still shines so brightly through the entire movie.

Many many years ago I went to the cinema to see a revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. I was especially looking forward to seeing Brando again, but found that I couldn't take my eyes off of Vivien Leigh. Someone once said that after the film version of Streetcar there was no need for any other actress to play Blanche DuBois, that Vivien had hit every note of the role so perfectly that it was complete.

What a wonderful video . I truly appreciate this. Thank you .

A great actress the first time I saw Gone with the wind, she captured me she's one of the reasons that I love old movies. besides she could play the on screen one the best norodic.

And only twenty films under her belt. WOW, THATS HISTRIONIC!!!

Her beauty is timeless just like that of Nefertiti who lived 3000 years ago.

1.58..That Angus McBean double exposure shot is just stunning!

I always thought the 2 most beautiful actress' in Hollywood back then were Elizabeth Taylor and Vivien Leigh and for me what separated them apart was Liz was an alright actress and Vivien was a GREAT actress!!

The MOST ELECTRICAL OF ACTRESSES!!! She devastated me in Anna Karanina! Committing suicide for her sins. OMFG!!! I cried for days

Love her ❤ Beautiful 😍 There is a reason why Gone WITH The Wind is on lots of best films of all time lists ! Legend so Beautiful yet troubled too she will never be forgotten ❤

I studied at Roehampton in 1998. As a great admirer of hers, I was thrilled to be there.

I fell in love with this woman when I was a child and my love will live forever!

LOVE That Hamilton Woman!!!!

Gosh, their pencrafts on the visitors log were art.

Now I know she was from England. Beautiful lady.

What a Great Actress !! If she would have moved to Hollywood, she would have owned it !!

I'm in love with Vivien and I was born after she died

My Queen💔

I didn’t know she was British. Now I’m sad she got the southern belle part in gone with the wind. But having witnessed her perfect performance, can’t think of a better actress for that role. She convinced me she was a southern belle

Love you forever Viv

She is Eternal

Love all her movies ❤️, it's really ashame she became ill.

A stunning actress, and the most beautiful woman who will ever walk this planet.

So very interesting. I am so glad this popped up.

She was so beautiful. Those eyes of hers when she was young so beautiful. Rest in peace Viviane Godbless You Amen. 🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊🦋🦋🦋🦋🐬🐬🐬🕊🕊🕊🌹🌹🌹🌹🌷🌷🌷🌷💐💐💐🙏

Like I've said in another video of Vivien Leigh, she is the most beautiful actress in the world, alive or dead.

My mother met Vivien Leigh when she visited Australia . Mum said she was smaller than average , but when she was introduced to Vivien . Her smile was enchanting and she was beautiful . The story is longer as my mother told it to me so many times . I had watched GWTW. I wanted to know everything . Very happy memories for both of us .

Beautiful lady. I love both her winning Oscar movies

True beauty

HER PHYSICAL HEALTH WAS POOR AND OF COURSE THIS AFFECTED HER MENTAL HEALTH...SHE DIED WAY TOO SOON....SAD....

It's My opinion. Vivien's only mistake, was Larry. He was professionally jealous, always. Let's remember the delivery of the Oscars of 1940. All the spotlight on Vivien. He was cruel in his memoir with her, 1982 My support always with my Dear Vivien Leigh🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Absolutely stunning 🙏😢❤️

Waterloo Bridge is a Beautiful film starring Vivien Leigh and Robert Taylor. Highly Recommended 😊😍👍

A legend✨

heavenly looks :)

Scarlet O'Hara was leigh

She was born in 1913, not 1915. People need to do their research beforehand.

My favorite movie with Vivein Leigh is Waterloo Bridge ....Vivien and Robert Taylor were perfect.

This made me cry because I know that even if she was still alive I would be able to meet her but now I know that she’s dead, she died a long time ago it makes me sad because I know I’ll never get to me I was beautiful and intelligent woman in the whole world

Streetcar Named Desire was and still very disturbing to me. Excellent performances. Tennessee Williams always presented women as helpless and dependent. Maggie the Cat started out weak but she prevailed so maybe his viewpoint was changing. My sister wrote a term paper in English class regarding Williams portrayal of women.

Lady Hamilton. Beautiful

She was my mom’s cousin. Her mother was my grandmother’s sister.

STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE film was directed by Elia Kazan. When there was a difference in performance, Leigh said, "This was how Olivier directed it in London." Kazan responded, "But you're not in London, and you're being directed by me."

I always admire her

That was an utter delight

Jesus H Christ all the stars in the book of Vivien: Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Orson Welles, Sir Alec Guinness, Richard Burton and Judy Garland.

Interesting video.

I love her she is amazing! Wish I could have met her she would be great to have tea with!

There was fire in those gorgeous eyes.

7:15 to 7:20.... An ORIGINAL Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in their house?😮

i think she was exceptionally beautiful im glad she got the part of Scarlett

It must be something special with you British. First time I was in Gibraltar..Spain. My husband and I was on the top of this famous Hill and later wandered around. In an open place there were a restaurant and I heard the english language...and suddenly I got a feeling of beeing Home.. And I am a norwegion with wiking ancestors...and have never been in England..but I never forget this feeling of beeing home..only from hearing the language...perhaps it was of spirituel art. Special it was...whatever..

The thing that struck me was Claire Bloom was talking about the Olivier's marriage difficulties when she herself had an affair with Lawrence while he was married to Vivien.

Wish the play Macbeth with Vivienne starring as Lady Macbeth had been filmed. By all accounts she was fantastic in the part.

We share a birthday, but that's about it. I could use some of her mania.

The most beautiful AND talented actress in movie history. Put together the talent of Bette Davis and the looks of Hedy Lamarr. Olivier definatly limited her movie carreer as he knew she was far superior on screen (which he was on stage). Really a pity - after GWTW she could have had the biggest carreer ever.

thannks

Vivien played the cello!

I love you vivian

Vivien Leigh did not like Clark Gable. He had problems with his teeth and had bad breath and she complained about it often. That made me respect more, since they had quite a lot of love scenes. It takes a great actress to not show it how she really felt about him.

La mejor actriz

великолепная пара и фильм потрясающий Вивьен и Лоуренс бесподобны вечная любовь

She was born in Darjeeling, India. What? What the hell. Never known this before 🙂

She wasn’t bipolar……living with Olivier,who was a habitual homosexual philanderer, that would drive any woman into the throws of depression. Danny Kaye and Olivier were often lovers for over 20 years even though Kaye was married and stayed married to the same woman for 40 years.

Who knows the name of the movie with Vivian Leigh, where she goes to Paris with her brother and everyone tell her that she came along and her brother was never with her. She spends the rest of the movie trying to prove she is not crazy and where is her brother. Name that movie for me because I want to see it.

fab

Curator looks like a Norwegian writer called Tore Renberg.