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Vivien Leigh 'greatest-ever beauty' -
7 September 2006
Vivien Leigh has been named as the greatest British beauty of all time in a new poll. -The Oscar-winning Gone With the Wind actress, who died in 1967, beat other Hollywood A-listers including Elizabeth Taylor and Julie Christie to the top spot. -Leigh is best known fo
Vivien Leigh - what members say
review by from East Midlands, England :
fiddle - dee - dee 3 January 2005
review by from Beds
Perfect rainy day matinee 30 April 2004
review by A customer from lanarkshire, scotland
I agree 17 September 2006
Vivien Leigh - filmography
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Ship Of Fools
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Simone Signoret, Jose Ferrer, Lee Marvin
Director: Stanley Kramer
Certificate: 
Classic drama set on a German ocean liner during the Nazi regime of the 1930s. The fateful cruise follows the lives of its passengers including disciples of Naziism, wealthy Jewish men, sleazy dance troupes and bitter lovers along the 36-day-voyage. From the sad love affair between the ship's ..read more »

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from 169 members
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A Streetcar Named Desire
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Nick Dennis, Rudy Bond, Wright King
Director: Elia Kazan
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Elia Kazan's screen adaptation of Tennessee Williams' successful Broadway play. Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) travels to New Orleans to visit her pregnant sister, Stella (Kim Hunter). Stella's husband, Stanley (Marlon Brando), resents Blanche's presence, and is unhappy when she begins seeing his ..read more »

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from 4,556 members
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Anna Karenina
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Marie Lohr, Michael Gough, Ralph Richardson
Director: Julien Duvivier
Certificate: 
Alexander Korda's screen adaptation of Tolstoy's novel starring Vivien Leigh. Anna Karenina (Leigh) is asked to come to Moscow to help sort out her brother's marital problems. On the train from St. Petersburg she befriends the Countess Vronsky who is met at the station by her son Colonel Vronsky. ..read more »

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from 353 members
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That Hamilton Woman
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Henry Wilcoxon
Director: Alexander Korda
Certificate: 
That Hamilton Woman tells the tale of a lower-class girl named Emma Hart who rises out of poverty through her own determination, beauty and will power. Soon after, she weds Lord William Hamilton, the British ambassador to Naples. Lady Hamilton's life takes a dramatic turnwhen she meets Admiral ..read more »

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from 266 members
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Twenty One Days
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: William Dewhurst, Victor Rietti, Meinhart Maur
Director: Basil Dean
Certificate: 
Classic British crime drama starring Vivien Leigh, Leslie Banks and Laurence Olivier. Keith Durrant (Banks) is a brilliant young barrister on the verge of being promoted to the bench. His plans hit a snag when his younger brother, Larry (Olivier), accidentally kills the ex-husband of his girlfriend,..read more »

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from 25 members
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Waterloo Bridge
(1940)
Starring: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Certificate: 
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.

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from 64 members
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Gone with the Wind
on DVD
(1939)
Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard
Director: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Epic romantic drama based on Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning novel set during the American Civil War. Southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh) often uses men to get what she wants, but is unable to get the one man she truly desires, Ashley Wilkes (Leslie Howard). She soon meets her match ..read more »

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from 11,175 members
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Dark Journey
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh
Director: Martin Ritt, Victor Saville
Certificate: 
Classic spy thriller set in Sweden during the first world war starring Vivien Leigh and Conrad Veidt. Madelaine Goddard (Leigh) runs a fashion boutique in Stockholm - a job that sees her travel to Paris often. It turns out she may also be a high ranking German spy. Love and duty collide as she ..read more »

60%
from 102 members
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St Martin's Lane
on DVD
(1937)
Starring: Charles Laughton, Larry Adler, Rex Harrison
Director: Tim Whelan
Certificate: 
Vivien Leigh stars in this rags-to-riches theatrical drama as a young London pickpocket called Libby, whose talent as a dancer is spotted by street performer Charles (Charles Laughton). Libby's graceful moves are soon drawing an ever-increasing audience to Charles's dramatic act, and it isn't long ..read more »

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from 90 members
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