| BLANCHE | It proved an Oscar-winning role for Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Name Desire (7) |
| STELLA | Teddy Tahu Rhodes wailed this name in the Previn opera of Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Name |
| CLAUDETTE | It Happened One Night proved an Oscar winner for French actress ... Colbert |
| OHARA | Oscar role for Vivien Leigh |
| CLEOPATRA | Role for Vivien Leigh or Rhonda Fleming |
| STREETCAR | It was named Desire for Vivien Leigh (9) |
| OLIVIER | Laurence, actor who married Vivien Leigh in 1940 (7) |
| ACCLAIM | It proved to be Triumph's last ever production car (7) |
| DITCHED | Lost diamonds proved an irritation (7) |
| HAIRCUT | It proved fatal to Samson (7) |
| STANLEY | ___ Kowalski, lead male character in "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
| SCARLETT | ___ O'Hara, role played by Vivien Leigh in Gone With The Wind (8) |
| BLIND | Film starring Sandra Bullock in an Oscar-winning role, The ___ Side (5) |
| SUSANSARANDON | Actress and political activist who played an Oscar-winning role in Dead Man Walking (5, 8) |
| ANASTASIA | Romanov daughter - and an Oscar-winning role for Ingrid Bergman (9) |
| ROMANHOLIDAY | 1953 film starring Audrey Hepburn, in an Oscar-winning role, and Gregory Peck |
| DIAGHILEV | Russian impresario raised support before introduction of Vivien Leigh in play |
| ORMOND | French actress, Julia _, who played Vivien Leigh in My Week with Marilyn (6) |
| BATTLEOF | In June 1775, it proved to be a costly victory for Britain in the American Revolutionary War (6,2,6,4) |
| BUNKER | In June 1775, it proved to be a costly victory for Britain in the American Revolutionary War (6,2,6,4) |