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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 ...
4 de abr. de 2011 · Vivien Leigh on Desert Island Discs. 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.
Vivien Leigh makes decisions about plays either for herself or for others, with a deft certainty. 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.
27 de mar. de 2013 · An afternoon at Notley Abbey. It’s officially spring, but winter still reigns in England. With freezing temperatures and even snow on occasion, it hasn’t been a very pleasant time to be outside. However, I recently treated myself to a new camera lens and was eager to try it out. As I was going to visit Robbie near Buckinghamshire anyway, I ...
For 20 glittering years, Britain and the world were mesmerized by the spectacle of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, the most romantic couple in the universe. She was alluring, coquettish, and heart-stoppingly beautiful. He was a consummate actor, radiating a darkly disturbing sexuality that captured her the moment she first set eyes upon him.
Playwright and critic, Terence Rattigan, wrote this eulogy for Vivien which was published in the New York Times. August 6th, 1967 Nowadays when we are asked to write about the death of a dearly lov…
3 de feb. de 2010 · Terribly sad! From the LA Times archives: Laurence Olivier looks on horrified as Vivien Leigh is laoded into an ambulance at LAX. David Niven with Larry Olivier at LAX. The LA Times reported that the anguished Olivier broke down and sobbed in David’s arms once Vivien had been loaded onto the plane.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. - Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier. Douglas Fairbanks Jr. I first saw her in The Mask of Virtue –her first West End success, and shared the general enthusiasm for her staggering beauty, engaging personality, unique quality of voice, remarkable talent and for her undeniable possession of what Noel Coward called ‘star ...
Just ‘Vivien Leigh’ in neat black letters, a fine rain falling in Trafalgar Square, pigeons wheeling above a dense, silent, crowd… the soft organ and the whispering, shuffling, feet of us, her late friends.
2 de abr. de 2011 · Vivien Leigh: On Interviewing a Star On a Wet Washington Day. By Kendra + April 2, 2011. In 1966, Elaine Dundy (ex-wife of Kenneth Tynan) interviewed Vivien Leigh backstage at the National Theatre in Washington DC during the run of Ivanov. The article, in which Dundy describes being snubbed by a curiously closed-off Vivien, ran in The Village ...
