Actress Vivien Leigh was born on November 5, 1913, in Darjeeling, formerly British India. She passed away on July 8, 1967. She was born into a wealthy family of stockbrokers. She moved to England at the age of six and attended a girls' school in London. She eventually decided to pursue a career as an actress and went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. At the age of 19, she married lawyer Leigh Holman and had a daughter. She continued to appear in stage plays and made her film debut in 1934 in "Things Are Looking Up." A turning point for Vivien came in 1937, when she played the love interest of actor Laurence Olivier, and the two soon became romantically involved. When Olivier was cast in a Hollywood film, Vivien followed him to the United States. She was cast as Scarlett O'Hara in the much talked about film of the time, "Gone with the Wind." Released in 1939, the film became a huge hit, winning nine Academy Awards and earning Vivienne the Best Actress award.

Vivienne continued to appear in numerous films, including "The Lady Who Loved Me" and "The Beauty Within," but around this time her health began to deteriorate with tuberculosis. She remarried Olivier and soon became pregnant, but suffered a miscarriage after a fall during the filming of "Caesar and Cleopatra," released in 1946. This, in part, contributed to Vivienne's long-term struggle with bipolar disorder.

Vivienne won her second Academy Award for Best Actress in 1950 for "A Streetcar Named Desire." However, as the 1950s began, her bipolar disorder worsened. She continued to appear in films and on stage when her symptoms stabilized, but her tuberculosis relapsed in 1967. He died at home the following year.