English actress who won two Academy Awards playing ‘southern belles’: Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played in London’s West End. She was a prolific stage performer, frequently in collaboration with her husband, Laurence Olivier, who directed her in several of her roles. ALS signed “Vivien,” one page both sides, 8 x 10, personal letterhead, December 30. Letter to her friend, gossip columnist Radie Harris. In pat, “I absolutely love the beautiful glamorous hood. Thank you a thousand times & Radie did you send me a Scorpio egg too? The two presents arrived at the same time but no note with the second. If you did you are a naughty girl, but I am simply thrilled with both. I hope you had a really happy time. Ours was somewhat uproarious. We had the Cottons to dinner the other night. It was a very gay evening.” In fine condition, with some slight show-through from text on reverse and intersecting mailing folds. PSA/DNA Auction LOA and R&R COA.
