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#BOTD 1913 – 1967 Vivien Leigh, (b. Hartley), 53, (TB), English actress

Fire Over England * Dark Journey * Storm in a Teacup * Three Weeks Together * The First and Last (all 1937) * A Yank at Oxford * Sidewalks of London (both 1938) * Gone with the Wind (1939 Oscar Best Actress)
#BOTD 1913 – 1967 #VivienLeigh

Charlie a London street performer, protects the beautiful Liberty, 'Libby', a runaway and pickpocket, and takes her into his troupe. When Libby is 'discovered' and leaves Charlie to becomes a big star, he is heartbroken.

Sidewalks of London (1938)
#BOTD 1913 – 1967 #VivienLeigh, 53, English actress

"I don't think I will kiss you — although you need kissing badly. You should be kissed, and often, by someone who knows how.

You're a conceited, blackhearted varmint Rhett Butler."

Gone with the Wind (1939 Oscar Best Actress)
#BOTD 1913 – 1967 #VivienLeigh

"As God is my witness they're not going to lick me. I'm going to live through this and when it's over, I'll never be hungry again. No, nor any of my folk. If I have to lie, steal, cheat or kill...I'll never be hungry again."

Gone with Wind (1939)
#BOTD 1913 – 1967 Vivien Leigh, 53, English actress.

Waterloo Bridge * 21 Days (1940) That Hamilton Woman (1941) Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) Anna Karenina (1948) A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 Oscar) Deep Blue Sea (1955) The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (1961) Ship of Fools (1965)
#BOTD #VivienLeigh 1913-1967 (age 53)

"Director George Cukor described her as a 'consummate actress, hampered by beauty'. Laurence Olivier said critics should 'give her credit for being an actress and not go on forever letting their judgments be distorted by her great beauty.'"
#BOTD 1913 – 1967 Vivien Leigh

The scandalous adulterous affair between Nelson and renowned beauty Emma, Lady Hamilton, wife of a British ambassador. The film was Winston Churchill’s favourite movie, which he claimed to have seen over eighty times. (1941)
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#BOTD 1893 – 1956 Sir Alexander Korda, (b. Sándor Keller), 62, (Heart Attack), Hungarian-English filmmaker.

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#BOTD 1893 – 1956 Sir Alexander Korda, 62, Hungarian-English filmmaker.

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#BOTD 1890 – 1976 Dame Agatha Christie, (b. Miller), 85, English author, playwright.

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#BOTD 1923 – 1988 Bonita Granville, 65, (Cancer), US actress, producer.

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