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November 5, 1913

Vivien Leigh born

Actress Vivien Leigh is born in Darjeeling, India. Leigh is best remembered for playing Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she received her first Best Actress Oscar. In 1940, Leigh married actor Laurence Olivier. She won a second Best Actress Oscar in 1951, for her role as Blanche du Bois in A Streetcar Named Desire.

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