Voting Station

Vivien Leigh

Please vote to return to collections.

Actress

The Resume

    (November 5, 1913-July 7, 1967)
    Won the 1939 Oscar for Best Actress (Gone With the Wind)
    Won the 1951 Oscar for Best Actress (A Streetcar Named Desire)
    Birth name is Vivian Mary Hartley
    Starred in Ship of Fools (1965),' 'Deep Blue Sea (1955),' 'Streetcar Named Desire (1951),' 'Anna Karenina (1948),' 'Caesar and Cleopatra (1945),' 'That Hamilton Woman (1941),' 'Waterloo Bridge (1940),' 'Gone with the Wind (1939),' 'Sidewalks of London (1938),' 'Storm in a Teacup (1937),' 'Gentlemen's Agreement (1935)' and 'Look Up and Laugh (1935)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She suffered with Bipolar depression.
    She divorced twice.
    She was a four-pack a day smoker.
    She died of tuberculosis.
    While married, she got actor Laurence Olivier to leave his wife for her.
    Olivier later left her for Joan Plowright.
    She was the child of wealthy parents.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She attended an all-girl private school.
    Her parents put her in a convent school when she six, two years younger than the other girls.
    She said: 'A woman's charm is fifty percent illusion.'
    She was voted Prettiest Girl in the School.
    She ranked #48 in Empire Magazine's Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time.

Credit: Debby


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 133 Votes: 42.11% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 350 Votes: 24.29% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 86 Votes: 51.16% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 89 Votes: 47.19% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 57 Votes: 54.39% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 61 Votes: 72.13% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 32 Votes: 84.38% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 200 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 77 Votes: 55.84% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 146 Votes: 66.44% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 90 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 134 Votes: 56.72% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 173 Votes: 54.34% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 3552 Votes: 31.76% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 150 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 767 Votes: 43.55% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 810 Votes: 42.10% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 623 Votes: 43.66% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 1817 Votes: 46.62% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1096 Votes: 50.09% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 13531 Votes: 68.78% Annoying