Vivien Leigh

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Review: Book casts welcome light on actress Vivien Leigh

By DOUGLASS K. DANIELMarch 11, 2019 GMT

"Dark Star: A Biography of Vivien Leigh" (I.B. Tauris), by Alan Strachan

Playing two of the greatest female roles ever offered in film — Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" and Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" — has guaranteed actress Vivien Leigh a place in popular culture...

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Scarlett O’Hara outfit could fetch $100,000 at auction

April 17, 2015 GMT

DALLAS (AP) — Experts say an outfit worn in the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" by Vivien Leigh as she played Scarlett O'Hara could fetch more than $100,000 at auction.

Heritage Auctions is offering the gray jacket and skirt, featuring a black zigzag applique, plus other items from the Academy Award-winning film at auction Saturday in Beverly Hills, California.