Vivien Leigh, one of the biggest acting stars of the twentieth century, was born 100 years ago, on 5 November 1913.

Her film career included such iconic roles as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind and Blanche Dubois in A Streetcar Named Desire, both of which won her acting Academy Awards.

She won plaudits for her stage roles, while her marriage to Laurence Olivier - and subsequent divorce - kept her in the headlines (Gary O'Connor wrote about the collapse of their marriage in the Observer in 1984 - click here for part two).

When Leigh died suddenly in 1967, aged only 53, the Observer ran pictures of some of her most famous roles across its front page.

In the paper's obituary, Ronald Bryden described her as an actress 'of considerable skill and courage,' writing that while 'posterity may forget her performances, it will remember her face.' Those performances have not been forgotten yet.