Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Today Is Vivien Leigh's 100th Birthday

My brother reminded me that today is Vivien Leigh's 100th birthday—here are some photos to commemorate the occasion.


She looks great for her age, don't you think?

4 comments:

Who Am Us Anyway? said...

Indeed. Kind of the Diana Rigg of her day? And obviously i mean that as a HUGE compliment.

Mythical Monkey said...

As Katie-Bar-The-Door said to me last night, Vivien Leigh was the perfect Scarlett O'Hara and if she'd never made another movie, that would be enough to make her a legend. But she was also in Waterloo Bridge, That Hamilton Woman and A Streetcar Named Desire -- pretty great stuff.

Anonymous said...

The Leigh/Taylor version of Waterloo Bridge was severely hampered by the strict enforcement of the censorship codes, compared to the earlier version (with Mae Clarke) with I very much prefer over the remake. Photo "12 of 13" is extremely beautiful, first time I recall seeing it.

Mythical Monkey said...

Love the Mae Clarke version of Waterloo Bridge -- and I agree, I prefer it to the Vivien Leigh version. No knock on Leigh, but her version was hampered by the Code.