Vivien leigh autobiography

  • Excellent biography of one of the greatest film and stage actresses who ever lived.
  • This is the story of the actress who became a Hollywood legend by winning the coveted role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, and whose circle.
  • Vivien Leigh styled as Lady Olivier after , was a British actress.

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    Vivien Leigh has been a very talented British actress. Vivien's secret weapon was a combination of beauty, romance, glamour, especially in the Oscar-winning performances in "Gone With the Wind" and "Streetcar Named Desire." She has inspired many of the greatest visionaries: Laurence Olivier, Winston Churchill and Christian Dior. Her legendary performances include the fictional character Scarlett O'Hara from Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone With the Wind," in fact this is where it all got started for her. It practically made Leigh a big name overnight.

    In this biography, you'll embark on a journey from Vivien's birth in India to prominence in British movies, her love affair with Laurence Olivier while both were married, through to her death in

    Vivien Leigh was the most celebrated women of the twentieth century, an engrossing adventure of success, struggles, and triumphs. She also had some controversial situ

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    Vivien Leigh: A Biography

    From the moment one first sees Vivien standing on the windswept platform as the cameras roll for the burning of Atlanta, this book holds its audience spellbound through the final act. One of the most talented, beautiful and tormented actresses who ever captured the public imagination is brought into brilliant focus in this definitive, intimate portrait of her life--and of the glittering worlds in which she lived. We are shown the two deeply divided personalities that actually lay behind the legend: one, the charming, elegant, convent-schooled "perfect hostess" whose friends and admirers included almost everyone of distinction--Churchill, feg, Williams, Brando, Selznick, Korda, Gielgud; the other, a self-destructive, spoiled, recklessly ambitious manic-depressive. Her scandalous love affair with Laurence Olivier was second in notoriety only to that of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. We follow the events and the passions that marked Vivien's rise and

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    Vivien Leigh: A Biography

    January 16,
    If I were reviewing subject matter alone, this would be an easy 5 stars. Vivien Leigh was extraordinary in the truest sense of the word—you cannot be bored reading about her.

    This biography brings Vivien to life with scrupulous attention to detail, photographs, and personal letters; you get a great sense of her personality as well as her life history. She had so many amazing experiences, worked incredibly hard, had impeccable taste, was the consummate host, and somehow managed all of that while suffering a disease that was largely misunderstood, stigmatized, and for which the treatment was as painful as it was ineffective. It’s inspiring how many personal struggles she overcame.

    I was also amazed to learn what a devoted friend she was—I’d known she was painstakingly gracious and poised, but she spent so much time writing to, thinking of, buying gifts for, and lifting up her friends. It was a hallmark of her personality, as was her humblen