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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 did.
Aug 9, 2013 · This was where Vivien Leigh played Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth in 1945 before she fell ill with tuberculosis. 9. Theatre Royal, Haymarket. In 1942, Vivien Leigh made her return to the British stage after her successful sojourn in Hollywood. The play was George Bernard Shaw’s The Doctor’s Dilemma and it was staged at the Theatre Royal ...
Apr 4, 2011 · By Kendra + April 4, 2011. The BBC recently unveiled their Desert Island Discs archive online. The programme, in which famous personalities name 8 records/songs and a luxury item they’d take with them on a desert island, started in 1942 and is still broadcast today. Vivien Leigh appeared on the programme on September 9, 1952.
In the biography Vivien Leigh by Hugo Vickers, the author mentions an account David Niven wrote about Vivien’s complete nervous breakdown in Hollywood, 1953. Niven disguises Vivien’s name as “Missie” so as not to reveal her identity (most likely out of respect for their friendship while Vivien was alive). Here is his account of that ...
Mar 5, 2016 · Recently, Lena did some extended research into Durham Cottage, the Oliviers’ love nest in Christchurch Street, Chelsea, west London. Laurence Olivier bought the house (the former coach cottage belonging to the larger Durham House next door) as a London base for he and Vivien Leigh. Using quotes from biographies and excerpts and rare photos ...
To know Vivien was to love her—to have loved Vivien was also to have been loved by her, and loved with a true devotion and a passionate loyalty that might well put your own wavering emotion to shame. But this is to eulogize, and fashion must prevail. I must begin with Vivien’s faults. If I can think of any. At the moment I can only think of ...
Breakdown: the private anguish of Vivien Leigh. by Alexander Walker The Advertiser, July 4, 1987. Whatever rifts were opening in their private and professional lives, the Oliviers in public were still a celebrity couple. They did gala shows for charity. They opened government exhibitions. They were included in the Royal entourage when Queen ...
In the letter below (also from Tarquin Olivier’s book), Vivien describes her sadness at the thought of having to sell Notley in 1960. Notley- Feb 19 1960. …Ernest was fond of you as always. It has been a most wretched and miserable time.…Larry’s play opened in Boston to fair reviews. He has had a very horrid time poor darling as Tottie ...
Three years ago, she formed her own company, Vivien Leigh Ltd., to produce plays, in addition to Laurence Olivier Productions of which she is still a director. Her first investment for Vivien Leigh Ltd. was ‘Roar Like a Dove’ which was an outstanding success. She also invested in ‘Taste of Honey’, ‘Make me an Offer’, and ‘The ...
Mar 26, 2011 · At the end of a recent interview with Vivien Leigh, an apology was offered her for Elaine Dundy’s bizarre impressions which earlier had appeared in The Village Voice. Inexplicably venomous and self-aggrandizing, Dundy’s “interview” must have made every responsible journalist cringe and shudder. The storm of protest it attracted was ...
