Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh (5 November 1913 - 8 July 1967), jiske janam ke naam Vivian Mary Hartley rahaa, lekin jaada kar ke Lady Oliver ke naam se jaana jaawat rahaa, England ke ek actress rahii. Leigh ke janam Darjeeling, India me bhais rahaa. Aapan drama school ke parrhai khalaas kare ke baad, Leigh, 1935 me chaar film me chhota-cchota role me act karis rahaa aur 1937 me heoine ke role Fire Over England me karis rahaa. Iske baad uske Academy Award for Best Actress dui dafe mila, uske performances as Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind (1939) aur Blanche DuBois ke role A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) me, ek role jon uu London ke West End me 1949 me karis rahaa. Uu ek  Tony Award bhi jiitis hae, uske kaam  Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963) me. 

Uake screen me famous hoe ke baawajuut, Leigh khaas kar ke ek stage performer rahii. Uu aapan 30 saal ke career me dher roles play karie jisme Noël Coward aur George Bernard Shaw comedies se lae ke classic Shakespearean characters jaise Ophelia, Cleopatra, Juliet aur Lady Macbeth rahaa. Aapan jindagi me baad me uu character actress ke role ke act kare rahii. Jab ki uske career me uu sab time act nai karat rahii, 1999 me American Film Institute (AFI) Leigh ke rank karis as the 16th-greatest female movie star of classic Hollywood cinema.

Ii time janata Leigh ke uske duusra admii, Laurence Olivier se identify karis, jon uske admii 1940 se 1960 talak rahaa. Leigh aur Olivier saathe dher  stage productions me act kare rahin, jisme jaada kar ke  Olivier  direct karat rahaa. Uske saathe acting karna easy nai rahaa aur uske jindagi ke jaada time me uske bipolar disorder rahaa, aur bouts of chronic tuberculosis, jiske mid-1940s me diagnose karaa gais rahaa jon aakhri me 53 saal ke umar me uske maut ke kaaran rahaa. Olivier 1982, p. 174.

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