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Born in India in 1913, Vivien Leigh achieved stardom in one of Hollywood's most famous ever films. Having appeared on the English stage and fallen in love with Laurence Olivier, filming Fire Over England in 1937, she would follow him to America. Leigh happened to meet the Selznick brothers who asked her to audition for the coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind and the rest is part of film history. She would win an Oscar for her role in the film and another in 1951 for her part in A Streetcar Named Desire alongside Marlon Brando. She appeared in few other films, before she died aged 53 of tuberculosis.
