Vivien Leigh
Awards & Honours
18
Awards Won
4
Honours
3
Rankings
5
Covers
1
Records
Vivien Leigh remains one of only a handful of actors to win two competitive Academy Awards. She was the first British actress to achieve that feat, and her performances as Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche DuBois are widely considered among the greatest in cinema history. The American Film Institute ranked her the 16th-greatest female screen legend. Leigh also triumphed on stage with a Tony Award for Tovarich, making her one of the few performers to win both an Oscar and a Tony. Her legacy as a fiercely intelligent, emotionally raw actress endures, with new generations discovering her work through restorations and festival retrospectives.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
Ranked #16 on the list of Greatest Female Screen Legends.
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Star at 6773 Hollywood Boulevard.
Blue Plaque
Blue plaque at 54 Eaton Square, London, her residence at the time of death.
Commemorative Plaque
Plaque at her birthplace in Darjeeling, India.
Rankings & Lists
AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars
Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Performances of All Time
Entertainment Weekly's 100 Greatest Movie Performances
Magazine Covers
Time
1939-12-25
Gone with the Wind
Life
1939-12-01
Scarlett O'Hara
Life
1952-02-01
A Streetcar Named Desire
Vogue
1939-10-01
Vivien Leigh
Vanity Fair
1939-10-01
Scarlett O'Hara
Records & Feats
First British actress to win two Academy Awards
Won Best Actress for Gone with the Wind (1939) and A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).