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Vivien Leigh was a British actress born in Darjeeling, India in 1913

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Vivien is best known for her performances of grey characters

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Vivien won an Oscar for her role Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind

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She won a second Oscar 12 years later for her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in a Streetcar Named Desire

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Vivien earned the reputation of being difficult to work with early on in her career

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Vivien was diagnosed with manic depression which is now called bipolar disorder quite early in her career

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Vivien continued to work despite all odds and thus the reputation of 'being difficult'

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It is said she took medications and was given tranquilizers during film shoot

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Vivien also had many miscarriages and suffered from tuberculosis later in life

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In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Leigh as the 16th greatest female movie star of Hollywood