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Vivien Leigh, autant en emporte le vent
Revealed by "Gone with the Wind", Vivien Leigh entered the pantheon of the seventh art at the age of 24 as Scarlett O'Hara, the most coveted role of the time. The young actress won the Oscar... Read allRevealed by "Gone with the Wind", Vivien Leigh entered the pantheon of the seventh art at the age of 24 as Scarlett O'Hara, the most coveted role of the time. The young actress won the Oscar for best actress in 1940. Surfing on her notoriety, Vivien Leigh went on to make five fea... Read allRevealed by "Gone with the Wind", Vivien Leigh entered the pantheon of the seventh art at the age of 24 as Scarlett O'Hara, the most coveted role of the time. The young actress won the Oscar for best actress in 1940. Surfing on her notoriety, Vivien Leigh went on to make five feature films before being crowned a second time in 1952 for her moving incarnation of Blanch... Read all
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Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond
Best Available Bio on Vivien Leigh
This biography, produced in 1990, is clearly the best available work on the incomparable Vivien Leigh. Clips are shown from home movies in colonial India (her birthplace) as well as many of her earlier British works. Having seem most of her movies, this sketch catches the best scenes particularly of some of the weaker ones (Anna Karenina, Cleopatra, and Mrs. Stone). True Vivien Leigh fans will know all of the bigger names like Gone With the Wind, Streetcar, and Waterloo Bridge. Certain things were conspicuously left out, probably to appear sympathetic to her medical problems and personal issues.
Jessica Lange hosted this thing, and she seemed sort of flip or sarcastic. Her face is always cocked to one side with an inappropriate smirk. I don't buy Jessica Lange, yankee from Minnesota, as a die-hard fan either, especially with her demeanor here. At any rate, this bio is part of a GWTW Special Edition and well worth the watch.
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Vivien Leigh
(1913-1967)
Who Was Vivien Leigh?
Vivien Leigh was convent-educated in England and throughout Europe and was inspired by her schoolmate Maureen O'Sullivan to embark on an acting career. Leigh earned international popularity and an Academy Award for her unforgettable portrayal of Scarlett O'Hara in David O. Selznick's production of Gone with the Wind.
Early Life
Leigh was born Vivian Mary Hartley on November 5, 1913, in Darjeeling, India, to an English stockbroker and his Irish wife. The family returned to England when Hartley was six years old. A year later, the precocious Hartley announced to classmate Maureen O'Sullivan that she "was going to be famous." She was right, though her fame would eventually come under a different name.
As a teen, Vivian Hartley attended schools in England, France, Italy and Germany, becoming fluent in both French and Italian. She went on to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, but put her career temporarily on hold at age 19, when she married a lawyer named Leigh Holman and had his daughter. Replacing t