Of course, the one time Vivien Leigh played someone “normal,” she went insane. Leigh specialized in portraying mad women: Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, and the deranged and damaged Blanche du Bois ...

Vivien Leigh, Lady Olivier (5 November 1913 ... Cleopatra, Juliet and Lady Macbeth. Lauded for her beauty, Leigh felt that it sometimes prevented her from being taken seriously as an actress.

Today would have been the 100th birthday of Vivien Leigh ... decade acting career also included turns as Lady Macbeth, Juliet, and Ophelia. Leigh was fiercely protective of her personal life ...

“Vivien Leigh teased Olivier about his first Macbeth ... When he reprised it to her Lady Macbeth at Stratford in 1955, Kenneth Tynan wrote he was quite sublime. And, of course, with his track ...

Vivien Leigh is famous for beating 1400 other ... She played major Shakespearean roles, from Ophelia to Viola to Lady Macbeth, and starred in works by contemporaries like Thornton Wilder and ...

Vivien Leigh (born Vivian Mary Hartley ... Cleopatra, Juliet, and Lady Macbeth. Later in life, she performed as a character actress in a few films. At the time, the public strongly identified ...