Want to know the best Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) movies? How about the worst Vivien Leigh movies? Curious about Vivien Leigh box office grosses or which Vivien Leigh movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Vivien Leigh movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
One of our goals here at Ultimate Movie Rankings is to write a movie page on every member of the American Film Institute’sTop 50 Screen Legends list. So far we have written about 21 of the 25 actors on that list but only 13 of the 25 actresses on that list. Well it is time to add the 14th actress to the list of completed pages. Ranked as the 16th best Screen Legend actress ….Vivien Leigh.
Vivien Leigh was a 2 time Best Actress Oscar® winner. Her roles as Scarlett O’Hara in 1939’s Gone With The Wind and as Blanche DuBois in 1951’s A Streetcar Named Desire might be the greatest one two punch ever for an actress. Even more amazing in my mind is the fact that she did not appear in many movies during her 30 year career….and yet she still managed to appear in these two legendary roles.
Her IMDb page shows 20 acting credits from 1935-1965. This page will rank 15 Vivien Leigh movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Her television appearance, uncredited and 3 of her very early movies which were not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
Vivien Leigh Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Vivien Leigh Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Vivien Leigh movie received and by how many Oscar® wins each Vivien Leigh movie received.
- Sort Vivien Leigh movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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Stats and Possibly Interesting Things From The Above Vivien Leigh Table
- Six Vivien Leigh movies crossed the magical $100 million domestic gross mark. That is a percentage of 40.00% of her movies listed. Gone With The Wind (1939) was her biggest box office hit.
- An average Vivien Leigh movie grosses $200.80 million in adjusted box office gross.
- Using RottenTomatoes.com’s 60% fresh meter. 11 of Vivien Leigh’s movies are rated as good movies…or 73.33% of her movies. Gone With The Wind (1939) was her highest rated movie while 21 Days Together (1940) was her lowest rated movie.
- Seven Vivien Leigh movies received at least one Oscar® nomination in any category…..or 46.66% of her movies.
- Four Vivien Leigh movies won at least one Oscar® in any category…..or 26.66% of her movies.
- An average Ultimate Movie Ranking Score (UMR) is 40.00. 9 Vivien Leigh movies scored higher than that average….or 60.00% of her movies. Gone With The Wind (1939) got the the highest UMR Score while Dark Journey (1937) got the lowest UMR Score.
Check out Vivien Leigh‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time. Another wonderful website is Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier….tons of great stuff to look at here…..and it is highly recommended for Leigh and Olivier fans.
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I had no idea she had appeared in so few movies in her career. I like Gone With The Wind, but I am not a fan of Streetcar Named Desire at all. The Leigh movie I like the most is Ship of Fools. When she beats Lee Marvin over the head with her shoe is one classic moment.
Hey Robert….I am right there with you A Streetcar Named Desire. Ship of Fools is pretty good….although it needed more Leigh and Lee Marvin. Thanks for the visit.
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Leigh was never as big a star as Davis, Hepburn, Crawford etc. Simply because she never made enough movies. She was primary stage actress, but she was without doubt, one of the finest actresses ever to appear on screen. She took on two of the most challenging and sought after roles in the history of Hollywood and she made them her own. I think her performance in Street Car Named Desire was one of the most moving I’ve ever seen.
Waterloo Bridge is also a fantastic little movie, very moving and she’s so enchanting. It’s sad that she had so many personal problems and that obviously affected her movie career. But anyone who loves movies, there’ll always be a place for Gone with the Wind and Streetcar and her presence secures her place in movie history.
Hey Chris you make some good points on Vivien Leigh. Her performance in A Streetcar Named Desire is great….but I really dislike that movie….I have tried 3 times and after each viewing I am so glad the movie finally ended. Maybe one day I will like it….but that day is not close currently. I will have to check out Waterloo Bridge….currently I have only seen 4 of her movies…that seems unacceptable considering how high she is ranked according to AFI. Thanks for checking out my latest.
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Thank you Sandt your comment and compliment are greatly appreciated.
Thank you your comment and compliment are greatly appreciated.
Hey Wnc45……I agree her quantity of movies compared those greats is small…..but her top 2 movies are pretty impressive impressive. Thanks for stopping by.
Two great roles and 13 so so movies. Hard to see how she ranks to the greats like Kat Hepburn, Bête Davis and others