- Acting films
- 16
- Acting avg
- 6.81
- Peak run
- 1937’40
- Oscar wins
- 2 of 2
Acting films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 25+ votes
Vivien by the numbers
Average
6.81
14 rated films
Vote weighted
6.93
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.68
rating spread
Career
29y
1937 to 1965
Total votes
6.82K
across every film
Best
7.9
Gone with the Wind
Worst
5.9
Elephant Walk
Newest first
Filmography
| 2024 |  Faye | Self - Actress: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (archive footage) | · | 21 |
| 2018 |  Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 6.0 | 46 |
| 2015 | Leslie Howard: The Man Who Gave a Damn | Self (archive footage) | · | 2 |
| 1994 |  That's Entertainment! III | (archive footage) (uncredited) | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1985 |  That's Dancing! | Self (archive footage) | · | 22 |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II | (archive footage) | 7.0 | 45 |
| 1975 |  Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | · | 9 |
| 1969 |  The Extraordinary Seaman | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | · | 8 |
| 1965 |  Ship of Fools | Mary Treadwell | 6.6 | 104 |
| 1961 |  The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | Karen Stone | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1955 |  The Deep Blue Sea | Hester Collyer | · | 14 |
| 1954 |  Elephant Walk | Ruth Wiley (Wide shots) (Uncredited) | 5.9 | 41 |
| 1951 |  A Streetcar Named Desire | Blanche DuBois | 7.6 | 1,533 |
| 1948 |  Anna Karenina | Anna Karenina | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1945 |  Caesar and Cleopatra | Cleopatra | 6.2 | 59 |
| 1941 |  That Hamilton Woman | Emma, Lady Hamilton | 7.1 | 95 |
| 1940 |  Waterloo Bridge | Myra | 7.5 | 185 |
| 1940 |  21 Days | Wanda | 6.1 | 28 |
| 1939 |  Gone with the Wind | Scarlett O'Hara | 7.9 | 4,509 |
| 1938 |  St. Martin's Lane | Liberty | 7.4 | 28 |
Better together?
Vivien Leigh's regulars
- Laurence OlivierCo-star · 3 films · 6.47 avg▼−0.25
- Victor SavilleDirector and actor · 2 films · 6.95 avg▲+0.52
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier movies · Victor Saville and Vivien Leigh movies
Takes
On Vivien Leigh
2 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- WonBest Actress · Academy Awards 1952Vivien Leigh
- WonBest Actress · Academy Awards 1940Vivien Leigh