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- Remembering Vivien Leigh | Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh November 5th, 1913 — July 7th, 1967 Vivien Leigh’s death was shocking in its unexpectedness The last few weeks of her life had been spent on mandatory bed rest Friends and loved ones poured in to 54 Eaton Square to visit, noting that her bedroom resembled the Chelsea Flower Show– a rose bower fit for a queen
- Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
by Vivien Leigh Everywoman, April 1951 *NOTE* The images below were published with the actual article, but these original prints by Tom Blau were scanned from Vivien Leigh’s personal albums, part of the Kendra Bean Collection
- Vivien Leigh: the mask behind the face - Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
It is easy to forget that Vivien Leigh has been a star ever since she was acclaimed in a soft-centred and woolly-minded play called ‘The Mask of Virtue’ thirty years ago It wasn’t entirely a success drummed up by pop newspapers thirsting, as always, for overnight sensation James Agate wrote her a poised eulogy, and she was accepted as a promising meteor who might find a settled place
- BFI Blog: Remembering Vivien Leigh
Vivien Leigh continues to fascinate modern audiences 100 years after her birth Kendra Bean, author of Vivien Leigh: An Intimate Portrait, looks back over the too-short career of one of Britain’s b…
- Breakdown: the private anguish of Vivien Leigh
At the end of the first week of February, 1953, he and Vivien were seen off at Heathrow by Olivier “Take care of her,” he called to Finch as Vivien blew him a wistful kiss As Olivier said later, the penny had dropped His situation was now rather like that of Leigh Holman (Vivien’s first husband) nearly 20 years earlier
- Love and Larry - Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
The year was 1936, and Vivien Leigh was a stage actress, married to a barrister and the mother of a small daughter Olivier was a stage star, married to the distinguished actress Jill Esmond Yet when Vivien saw Olivier on stage all thoughts of their respective commitments instantly evaporated he vowed to have him and, after pursuing him with a determination worthy of Scarlett O’Hara, she
- Backstage with Vivien Leigh - Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
This Vivien Leigh was alive with future projects which should excite theatrical entrepreneurs,writers, directors and fans This legendary beauty and acclaimed actress expressed a firm intention of soon doing The Cherry Orchard; described a search for a new play by “anadventuresome young playwright–even though it’s difficult to find a good, new woman’s role”; and sustains a hope of
- Revealing David Nivens Missie | Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
In Confessions of An Actor, Laurence Olivier talks about David Niven and Stewart Granger being there with Vivien during her infamous 1953 breakdown during the filming of Elephant Walk Because Larry was in Ischia at the time, it took him a few days to get back to Hollywood and collect his wife This is David’s harrowing account
- Waterloo Bridge - Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
Vivien Leigh, who up to now has done wonders with the part so long as freshness and vivacity were needed, isn’t so good in the dumps and with her hair down, and the neuroticism that leads to her street-walking and final suicide–on Waterloo Bridge need one add?–lacks conviction
- Drugs, chaos, and Gone with the Wind - Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier
On December 10, Leigh, Myron, and Olivier arrived at Selznick Studios to watch the first night of Wind’s production—the pivotal burning-of-Atlanta scene “Before the fire had died down, Vivien had stepped, phoenix-like out of the embers and presented herself to David O Selznick,” wrote Alexander Walker in Vivien: The Life of Vivien Leigh
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