 Of all the actresses considered for the role, Louise Platt (qv),  Tallulah Bankhead (qv), Linda Watkins (I) (qv),  Adele Longmire (qv), Haila Stoddard (qv),  Susan Hayward (I) (qv), Dorothy Mathews (qv),  Brenda Marshall (qv), Paulette Goddard (qv),  Anita Louise (qv), Margaret Tallichet (qv), Frances Dee (qv),  Nancy Coleman (qv), Marcella Martin (I) (qv),  Lana Turner (qv), Diana Barrymore (qv), Jean Arthur (I) (qv),  Joan Bennett (I) (qv) and Vivien Leigh (qv) were tested for the  role of Scarlett OHara.