Vivien Leigh
Like many on this list, Vivien Leigh believed that her physical beauty sometimes overshadowed her acting talents. Indeed, one director described her as a “consummate actress, hampered by beauty.”
While she is most renowned for her roles in “Gone with the Wind” and “A Streetcar Named Desire,” she enjoyed a prolific career on stage. For several decades, she battled tuberculosis, ultimately succumbing to the illness when it recurred in 1967.
