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Tired of all her efforts at Tara, Scarlett wishes to escape too: I do want to escape too! I'm so very tired of it all!. . . The South is dead, it's dead, the Yankees and the carpetbaggers have got it and there's nothing left for us.

Vivien Leigh

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Vivien Leigh
Age: 53 †
Born: 1913
Born: November 5
Died: 1967
Died: July 8
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Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Darjeeling (India)
Vivien Leigh
Lady Olivier
Vivian Mary Hartley
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